VOL. LXX.
25, 1897.
NO. 8
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
BRYAN ON A VISIT TO THE CAP!
TAL
With Prominent Democrats he will Dis,
cuss the Fatare Flans for a Free
Silver Campaign,
Representative Walker, of Mass.,
could’nt upset the Reed rules, but he
could and did express himself very
vigorously on the subject, saying in
part: “Under the rules of this House,
we get mighty few rights, When you
gO to see about a bill, you are referred
to a sub-committee, and then you may
cool your heels there day after day be-
fore you can get so much as one mem-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22,—Hon. W. J.
Bryan will visit Washington this
week, but he will not probably stay |
until inauguration day. He will be |
the guest of Mr. John R. Mel
who will give a dinner to about one]
hundred guests in his honor. This |
dinner will not be a political event, as |
the guests will include a number of
personal friends of Mr. Bryan in all
the parties. But during Mr. Bryan's |
stay there will be a
haps several, to discuss the immediate |
future of the Democratic party. |
Senator Daniel, of Va., is one of the |.
best elocutionists in the Senate;
quently Washington's farewell ad-|
dress, which, in accordance with the
usual resolution was read immediately
after the Senate convened, in honor of |
Washington’s birthday, was much |
better rendered than usual, and was
listened to by an unusually large num-
ber of Senators, in addition to the
crowded galleries,
It is unfortunate in more senses than |
one that there should be an investiga-
tion at this time into an act of the ad-
ministration by which the step-father
of the President's wife will largely
benefitted. And everybody sincerely
wishes that the Senate Committee on
Public Lands will find everything |
straight about the Florida land patent |
for 23,000 acres, which was recently is-
sued to Mr. Perrine, the husband of
Mrs. Cleveland's mother, and which |
the Committee is
Ex-Congressman Brookshire, of In-|
diana, is counsel for the settlers on!
this land, claim that the grant |
was forfeited many years ago.
The Civil
made answer to Senator
lution, adopted by the Senate
week, as to the alleged dismissal of!
two women from a branch of the Ag-|
ricultural Department, at South Oma- |
ha, Neor., for displaying pictures of]
Mr. Bryan in the late campaign. The |
answer says the Commission investi-|
gated the complaint when first made
and that Secretary Morton denied that |
Le all,
conference, per-
CO nse
|
be
now investigating. |
who
Service Commission has |
Allen's reso- |
last
| ber of the sub-committee to hear you.
| And when you do, he tells you he
{ knows all about it and intimates that
you are boring him. Then when he
reports against you and you try to ap-
| peal to the full committee, you get no
satisfaction.” He called this “a sys-
tem of tyranny,” and added much
more to the same effect,
RN
MERRILL LINN DROPx DEAD
Famous Lewisburg Lawyer, Historian and
Hewder Passes Away Suddenly,
. Merrill Linn dropped dead at his |
Tk at Lewisburg on Wednesday. |
Captain Linn was commanding offi-
cer of company H.
| volunteers from September 1, 1861,
{ April 14, 1864, when he resigned.
51st Pennsylvania
to
He |
| was an eminent lawyer, a great reader,
| with a wonderful memory for the de-
tails of what he read, of |
and a man
Mr. Lion was an authority on local
of the
He was a candidate
Jucher on the
wublican ticket and was a
9th
for
lo
I man who
:
He
Linn,
was a
of
to
brother
Bellefonte,
the
of John
and
Blair
well-
of Centre
Was
residents
Bs lt
Interest on State Balances
THE WEATHER,
Foster's Weather Forecasts for the Latte
Part of February,
My last bulletin gave the forecasts
of the storm to cross the continent
from 17th to 21st, and the next distur-
bance will reach the Pacific coast about
26th, eastern states 27th.
Rockies country about 22d, great cen-
tral valleys 24th, eastern states 26th.
Cool wave will cross the west of the
Rockies country about 25th,
tral valleys 27th, eastern states March
1st.
This disturbance will occur in the
high temperature storm period,
preceding the storm wave
BI
the temper-
jut a great |
temperature expected
tween the warm wave of this
ance and March 9, and, therefore,
of this disturbance
probably be a cold wave,
is
disturb-
wave will
At this time I am not sure
the cold wave will follow the above de-
ing it, and it will be best to
for it on the earlier dates given as the
last cold wave in February.
Heavy snows fi the north and heavy |
company this disturbance.
ern states should prepare
weather in March.
for winter |
Oo tly ins i
Me Kinley's Inauguration Bible
the members of the committee ap pol.
ted to present Major McKinley a Bible
for use in the inaugural ceremonies,
“The Bible upon which
Kinley will
received re- |
for |
has
in
Senator Kaufman
plies from
23 States
his search
In the fol-|
State balances.
runs from 2 to 4 per cent. : New |
Wisconsin, Virginia,
Island,
Missouri, |
Florida, Geor- |
Kentucky, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota.
North Carolina,
Dakota,
Rhode
Nebraska,
Connecticut,
Illinois,
In Pennsylvania millions of public
not get a cent for!
but the Republican bosses are sup- |
the 4th of March as president of the
U fine
elegant volume,” said Bishop Arnett,
The book will be donated to Major Me-
the
nited States will be a very
Kinley for this purpose as gift
{the African Methodist
It is now being printed in
Cincinnati by the Methodist
publishing house. It wiil hand-
somely bound and lined front and back
with silk, with dedicatory
On the
be
a suitable
inside,
a beautiful
form of a shield,
the date
will
the of the president,
and the of the donor
handsomely engraved.
name
name
i
A CONDENSED REPORT OF THEIR
MOVES.
The Work of our Esteemed Boro Fathers
the Past Year, -
with the Work on Streets,
Expenses Conpected
Our people hear so little of the do-
ings of our councilmanic fathers that
wrong surmises often arise, To get at
{the real doings, by the courtesy of Sec-
| retary R* H. Foreman, we were allow-
| ed to examine the minutes of the past
| 12 months, which we find kept in an
| intelligent and business-like manner,
[and from them make the following
sy nopsis :
Feb, 7
fy %
Ct
6, bills ordered paid,
| unimpartant business,
other
Mar. 2, motion by Deininger to get
council room. Dr. Hosterman re
commended for Auditor.
March 6, bids received for
nishing a room for council
I, for one
for $15.
a
96, fur-
including |
by Andy |
A similar offer wa
year,
Reesman,
by the Penn's Valley |
dank to give a room on 2nd floor, for |
$15 ; the bank's offer accepted.
Flory elected street commissioner :
| & motion by Strohmeyer and by Dein- |
| inger.
March #6, met in spec ial session |
‘in private office of Penn's Valley B'k |
| for purpose to devise a plan and to get |
a),
boro, |
‘in order to
[sic] * get authority over |
This is virtual admission that]
a
1
{ fore on this part of the pike was with- |
time ex-
aud that stopped it.
The Reporter at the
posed the game,
April 3, '68,
| Penn 8 Valley
“met in private office of
Bank,” three
after which a
motions
BGlhing else of importance,
May 1, '96, “met in private office
| Penn's V alle y Bank.” CC. Deininger
Walks, police, |
Hoffer street
O13
on
96, the
sensi.
above
Riter made a very
By met in room
Doe.
May 1
bank.
work on streets, which adopted,
but how the Doc. managed to squeese
Was
posed to put a nice bonus into their |
CE | pockets in thus farming out the public
specified, or that he knew the polities | ! !
funds, and this is the reason the se hool |
of those discharged. The most signifi- |
| orders are not paid—the banks use the
the discharges were made for the cause
be enclosed in a handsome box made {in a motion is a puzzler.) Deininger
and gold moun-| makes two motions on brick
May 22, '96, met in their own room :
Deininger stated the object and made |
ele.
¥
ted, | TW
py
cant portion of the answer, especially |
to those in office who regard them-|
selves as being protected by the Civil
Service Commission, is the following:
“The Commission is not an appoint-
ing, or reinstating, or removing body.
Representative McRae, of Ark., who
was one of the Democratic members of
the Coinage committee who voted for
the favorable report, with amend-
ments, of the Senate bill authorizing
the President to appoint delegates for
any international monetary conference
called by any nation or by himself,
took occasion to briefly state the atti-
tude of the Democrats toward the bill.
He said the Democrats had no faith
whatever in such a method of bring-
ing about the free coinage of silver,
but that they had no desire to place
any obstacles in the way of the Repub-
licans trying to carry out the promise
made by their national platform; on
the contrary, that they were anxious
for the next administration to demon-
strate to the country what could be
done along that line,
Notwithstanding Senator Kyle's as-
sertion that he did not get the Repub-
lican votes which reelected him by
making promises, the Republicans in
Washington are now counting upon
his voting with them to obtain con-
trol of the Senate organization and to
fill Committee vacancies that will ex-
ist March 4th. This confidence of the
Republicans is not based upon any
vague expectation or hope; they do
not say Senator Kyle may vote with
us, but that Senator Kyle will vote
with us. In voting with the Republi
cans in this particular case, should his
vote settle the question, Senator Kyle
will betray the principles he has pro-
fessed ever since he entered the Senate,
As most people know, the Senate Fi-
nance Committee, as at present made
up, is controlled by silver, although
seven of its thirteen members, includ-
ing the Chairman, are Republicans,
There will be two vacancies in this
committee on March 4th. Senator
Bherman will enter the Cabinet and
Benator Voorhees will retire to private
life. The Republican leaders consider
it necessary, as this is the Committee
that will handle the new tariff bill,
that both of these vacancies shall be
fillled by men who can be counted up-
on to support the new tariff bill and to
oppose any silver legislation that may
be proposed; and they are saying that
Benator Kyle, whose advocacy of sil-
ver and of free trade is widely known,
will vote with them. If he does, what
clu" !
A Winter Snake Story
We can get in a summer snake story
:
when the sarpints are about, but here |
is one that has all the chills of winter.
A portion of a sandbank caved in on
the old Clark farm, near Sharon, Pa., |
oue day last week, and disclosed a ball |
of snakes several feet in circumference.
They were thawed out and over 100 |
were killed. Several others were found |
frozen, and when thrown on the
ground broke like sticks. The length
varied from 8 inches to 2} feet. Alto-
gether this winter over 300 have been
found balled together in that bank.
anes cuss
An Odd Custom, {
Some of the Prussian girls have an
odd way of finding out whieh of al
number will married first. The
girls take some corn and make a small
heap of it on the floor; and in it con-
ceal one of their finger rings. A chick-
en is then introduced and let loose be-
side the little heap of corn. Presently
the bird begins to eat the grain, and
whichever ring is first exposed, the
owner of it will be the first to marry.
a —_— A —— po
Died on Saturday.
Died at the residence of R. A. Del-
(ett, at Washington, D. C., Saturday
morning, February 20, Mary C. Del.
lett. Her remains were taken to Mil
roy and interred in the new cemetery
on Monday. Deceased had been in
delicate health for some years but the
immediate cause of her death was
heart failure. She was a sister of W,
8. Dellett, of Milroy, and W. W. Del-
lett, of this place.
be
Union Co. Deaths.
At Red Top, Lavina Yost Benfer,
aged 75 years,
At Buffalo Roads, George Dieffen-
derfer, aged 68 years,
Wife of Wm. Curwin, formerly of
Mifflinburg, aged 56 years.
A few months ago Mr. Byron Every,
of Woodstock, Mich.,, was badly af-
flicted with rheumatism. His right
leg was swollen the full length, caus
ing him great suffering. He was ad-
vised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
Oue bottle of it helped him considera-
bly and the second bottle effected a
cure. The 25 and 50 cent sizes are for
sale by 8, M. Bwartz, Tusseyville, J.
H. Ross, Linden Hall, Wm. Pealer,
Spring Mills, B. E. Bartholomew,
will be the pstural inference ?
\
miles
a hill
Suddenly Closed
Harter's school house, five
its very uttermost capacity on account
There were a large
progressing finely when all at once the
building began to give way. There
was a general stampede and a rush for
the door and windows. Rev. Sechrist
closed the meeting immediately and
everybody escaped without injury to
’ Bn a Hef's p (Jaazetie
anyone.— Bellefonte Gazette, -
-
- nlm
Want the Railroad Extended,
Since the completion of the Belle
fonte Central Railroad to Pine Grove
Mills the people in Btone Valley, across
the mountain from the present termi-
nous of the road, have been excited
over the extension into their valley.
Meetings have been held, right of way
secured and considerable money has
been subscribed to push the lige
through. Stone Valley people want
the road badly, having no outlet, and
if it will be extended it will it will en-
hance the value of their farms.
TA — ni
Changed Made,
Commissioner of Pensions Murphy
has issued an order directing that all
cases of helpless minors for continu-
ance of pensions under the act of June
27, 1890, will be made extra special,
and chiefs of divisions have been di-
rected to take up such changes at once
and put them to an early adjudication.
A A
WHERE IT WENT.
If Senator Kaufman desires a start-
ing point for disappearing state funds,
let him read the speech of the late
Judge Orvis, member of the House,
from this county, made some fifteen
years ago, and he will find & hole
where one million disappeared.
A I A AAS
For Sale.
The Harpster property now occu
pied by D. J. Meyer, will be offered at
private sale. It is desirably located,
and has good dwelling house, stable,
and other necessary outbuildings,
along with a large building now occu-
pied by A. J. Reesman’s stove and tin
store. The property will be offered at
a bargain. Address
Joux 8. HARPSTER,
123 Btepheson St., Freeport, Ill.
—For bargains on ing Harrows,
Plows and ie ng Ha
Oats Hall
work on Hoffer street or- |
dered to go on. i
June 5, '06
y 4 to
Complaint that limbs
on some trees hang too low. Deinin-
ger makes a motion to pay bills,
of work on Hofler hill up to June 5, is |
$58.45.
June 26, "86, motion by Deininger to
elect Chas. Arney chief of police by |
acclamation.
July 3,
Al. Krape refuses
6, Deininger moves to bor-
brot in,
lay a tax for expenses.
makes two other motions,
July 3
a survey of pike ;
appoint Brisbin to hire a stone crush-
r ; Deininger moves that the work on |
pike go ahead ;
to make a motion for a committee to
direct the survey.
BONDING THE TOWN,
Aug. 7, 96, Deinioger motion to re-|
consider his $300 motion. Forman
offers ordinance adopting Penn Av.
as a street ; Deininger moves a hack
license ordinance. Deininger moves
to bond the property in the boro for
one thousand dollars in ten bonds of
$100 each to pay for work on pike, (he
has no property), payable after Aug.
1901, with interest at 5 per ct. semi-an-
nually, under act of Ap. 20, '74. Also
to lay an interest tax of $80 each year
to provide for these bonds,
Motion by Deininger relative to in-
terest.
[Here we ask the property holders
to reflect : See sections of the law on
pages 1243 to 1245, digest, where it
says before an indebtedness can be
made it shall be first published for the
information of tax payers and then
submitted to a vote, which has not
been done.
Again, the law says the interest is
payable in a year after the debt
has been made. This law has
been violated, since the interest was
enllected from the citizens last fall be-
fore the bonds were lifted, a year in
advance !
Then the same law says 8 per cent.
of the amount of the debt shall be col-
lected yearly, and since only $400 in
bonds has been taken, at § per cent.
amounts to only $32, yet §80, or 20 per
cent. on the $400 was collected !
Who is to handle this unlawful sur.
plus interest ? Likely the bank, and
this may, in the minds of some, ex-
lin te Joke why wich bard work
done to get one and two of the bank
on the council !
If a violation of the law should ren-
der such bonds illegal the payment of |
them would fall upon councilmen who |
have property, while those that have !
no property would pay nothing. We |
refer to this in all kindness, so coun-
cilmen don’t innocently err,
On the same pages it will be found |
there is a penalty of one thousand dol-
lars for a violation of this law,
Queer the bonding wasn't known
until citizens paid their 20 per cent.
interest tax in addition to their regu- |
{ lar boro tax for the work on pike. On
inquiring of president of council, Prof. |
Wolf, we were assured ro bonds had
been issued and that the tax
must mistake. By councilman |
informed had
| been signed, and councilman Foreman
{ fr ankly
The w
interest
be nu
jrisbin we were bonds
y admitted the same.
ork on Kerlin's hill cost
The work on Hoffer's hill
$155, 5000 brick for
Hear
cost
crossings
Work on
§&
$25.
Aug. 22, two motions by Deininger
Bep. 11, bills order ed to be paid.
Oct,
motions made by Deininger,
Oct. If
two
9
bills ordered to be paid
i, two motions by Deininger ;
Ciaris resigns,
Nov.
Dec,
20, bills ordered paid.
motion by Deininger : bills |
I]
'
Feb. 5, '97, Brisbin : bills |
motion by
We omit mention of all unimportant
| matter.
E
Total amount of bills
above twely
XPENSES, ETC.
paid in
months,
ve - - B46
$1077
mls ttl sssm—
Curious Facts About March 4.
No fears need be felt, by this genera-
Presidents
h of March
as in the past times on account of that
iat our Can-
te
TL
day happening to fall on Sunday, as |
pl KO
i
We {
271171. tha
1
*
t
week
until the date |
for 168 years,
After 2
years before the
year
{
|
days i be on
hand. 985 people must wait 84
inauguration will be
ith
postponed because of a Sunday (
f
f
Not to be too long about it
from 1887 t
our las
might be |
but |
that |
at | I
as jt
an event will
4621
time most of us will, we hope,
such
| eleven times until
OOCur
by
be
and
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A Tour to Balmy Florida via * KR
When the
north is at its worst Flori
When lakes and riv-
and a drifting
the violets are
blooming there and the air laden
of budding
howls
the
is
perfume
When Old
northern
Boreas
homes and
{singing in Florida's graceful palms
happy song. The elegant special
trains of the Penusylvania Railroad
{ Jacksonville tours are fitting introdue-
tions to this delightful land. The
| next tour, allowing two weeks in Flor-
Philadel-
| phia under personal escort February
Round-trip tickets, including
| Pullman accommodations and meals
on the special train, will be sold at the
| following rates: From New York,
{ $50.00; Philadelphia, $48.00; Canandai-
| gua, $52.85; Erie, $5485; Pittsburg,
| $53.00, and at other proportionate rates
| from other points,
For tickets and itineraries apply to
ticket agents, Tourist Agent, 1196
Broadway, New York, or to Geo, W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel
phia. febls-2
A oe he
One Way to be Happy.
Is to attend to the comfort of your
family. Should one catch a slight
cold or cough, call on R. E. Bartholo-
mew, Centre Hall, and G. H. Long,
Spring Mills, and get a trial bottle of
Otto's Cure, the great German Reme-
dy free. We give it away to prove
that we have a sure cure for Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Constipation, and all
diseases of the throat and Lungs.
Large sizes 50¢. and 25¢.
| da, leaves New York and
1 on
and,
Oyster Sapper,
The Ladies’ Aid Bociety of the Uni
ted Evangelical Church will hold an
oyster supper in their room in the
Dinges building on Saturday afternoon
and evening, March 6th. The Pro.
ceeds for the benefit of the church.
AA ess.
Weekly Wanthiue Report, Centre Hall.
oie Bs
Feb. oh
“
“
is
i“
Lid
On 20, afternoon, 21-4 am
on 22, evening and night .95 in, rain.
LOCAL JOTTINGS
What Has Occurred of More than Ordinary
Interest,’
Frank Shutt has changed his mind
and recalled his public sale,
The best laid plans of mice and men
gang aft aglee, said Bobi
Lyman Smith will move
| Goodling lives ;
| neighbor.
wy Burns,
Rev,
a good
where
Lyman makes
We urge all in arrears t
fone
[and us.
M I
Our neighbor
34
ring a wrist d br
T
si Satur
uh
he
24 inches of
lay aller:
d sunshin
in
der the mil
ning.
We
snyder,
learn that
mother-in-
near Penn
gler,
fellows wi
The
thunder and
BEVEre w
to find it
Whatever 3
need not
inter mi
Lig
1116 re
juar
COW ard] iy
We |
fr
ing
ave Lhiree sad cases of lot
dre IPEY
waler
would
ire
requit
1
mirangers con
general thing,
t
fe
Reporter
John Martz w
Whiteman's
he now liv
town yet ha:
Rev. Christ
| protracted meeting
Presbyterian chu
i
kK and wes ek bx
Wes. Whit
the spring and take po
STHAan wii
1Arm
Dauberman’s
¢ of
industrious citizens
We see o
r Ded
of f b al Aad aroun
iT entery
inger, ha
IS guess a4 W
| that makes 1
| broken out in tl
Ww heat kes
and unless
ps
wi be 514 } 4
rears out to nis
the wheat gamblers will
down then buy it up.
will flit
4}
own ot
Shannon B
{
5
ai
erend of
house on Church str
down sometimes
138418
Hi
time and take a
Here is one
A fellow not
here avers the best time
in the the
your articles will bring hig
we give w ith wit charge:
from
a sale
and
miles
a
to have
is increase of moon,
aer prices,
A subscriber of Nittany
ing in advance, has a mentary
word in addition, by adding, “I
ways find the Reporfer reliable
straight upon all
speaking well of it.”
We the
made in the county
amount expended on the 1
and improvemen something
over $8100 and about all paid for, indi-
cating a profitable income.
valley, pay-
compli
al-
and
ith all
things, with
see from statement
that the
picnic ground
re
grange
its is is
All work together for the growth of
Centre Hall ; itizens have
done solid work in. this direction by
deeds—empty talk dont help any town
on to prosperity. Support your home
enterprises right along and don’t let
envious and jealous spirits scare you.
a few of our c
Centre Hall has five flourishing en-%
terprizes run by steam, namly, a steam
roller flouring mill, Bartholmew’s ;
Luce's combined steam planing and
sawmill, with cider mill attached :
Colyer's steam sawmill with Poulson’s
steam handle works attached ; Rear
ick’s steam implement works, and
Boob’s steam wheel works, This is a
good point for any other manufactu-
ring industries. Come and see bafote $
locating elsew here,
mini
I have given Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy a fair test and consider it one
of the very best remedies for croup
that I bave ever found. Oune dose has
always been sufficient, although I use
it freely. Any cold my children con-
tract yields very readily to this medi-
cine. I can conscientiously recom-
mend it for croup and colds in chil
dren.—Geo. E. Wolfe, Clerk of the
Cireuit Court, Fernandina, Fla. Sold
by 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville, J. H.
Ross, Linden Hall, Wm. Pealer,
Spring Mills, R. E. Bartholomew,
Centre Hall.
SA ho A Sl
~The largest stock, the lowest prices
and satisfaction guaranteed is what
gives the Philad. Branch, Bellefo
Tuesday night § inch of snow.
its big trade. Ounce a vustomer al
& patron of that store,
4