CENTRE
: HALL, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1897.
NO. 49
VOL. LXX.
WASHINGTON LETTER,
THERE'S TROUBLE AHEAD F
THE ADMINISTRATION.
INTERESTING SESSIONS | Live oF
| Drawn for January Te
{ publican members of the House in| CALIFORNIA JURORS,
about everything else, it does not seem
| Personally. Conducted Tour
nia Rallroad,
LOCAL ITEMS,
rm of Court, Begin. | Cullings of More
24. from Everywhere.
vin Pennsylva than Ordinary Interest
| likely that as many as seventy-two of
them could have persuaded
[take part in this movement unless
| they knew that Mr. Reed had no ob-
FARMERS’ INSTITUTE AT SPRING | 1p, following is the list of jurymen |
MILLS |
[drawn for January term of court, com-
ning Monday, Jan
been to " :
Po-day started in clear with indica
tions for milder,
America is a great country, In va-
riety and grandeur of natural scenery
Mach Opposition among Republican M$
bers over Legistation Advoonted hy
President MeKiloley's Message
WASHINGTON, Dee. 13.—The
who would have predicted the pre
condition of the Washington en
the Republican party little
than a year ago, when it had just
ed a President and a majority o
House, would not have
credit for sound judgment,
the bitterest ehemy of that party
fact, it now difficult for
Washington, to believe the exte
the disruption of the party. No
can better illustrate this than the
tude of the Republicans in Congr
wards the recommendations ma
Mr. McKinley's message. Not
gle one of them has the support «
where near the solid Republicar
in either branch
McKinley asked indirectly, Se
Gage directly, for the
ment of the greenbacks,
the Democrats and Populists
from voting, it is doubtful wh
bill providing therefore could
ther branch of Congress. Mr.
ley’s Cuban policy is constan
openly assailed by Republicans
ed for the immediate ratificatic
treaty for the annexation of
) mad
n
it
of
a ore
t
he
en
by
In
in
of
ng
tti
f=
been g
evel
is ot
by
iin-
ny-
ote
Mr.
ary
of Congress,
ire-
i
Fr a
8 @f-
and
ask-
Wf the
wail,
that
idon-
but not'a move has been
¢
i
direction in the Senate, and
ment of the treaty is looked fi
fended the civil service law,
half of the Republican memb
House are openly engaged in
to break that law.
everything is tending towar
ration of the Democratic part§, pow-
re de-
One-
f the
effort
fact,
resto-
down
er, and the once boasted solidl of the
tepublican party, which wa
its most noted trait, |
rently forever.
The House
Committee is laboring hard
yea rs
as gol} appa-
Banking andBrrency
roduce
a financial bill, but it is onBnother
case of “much ado about nig," as
there are about as many difl@t opin-
Committee as Bre are
fous in the
members, and each opinion
repre-
owner,
i,
sented by a bill framed by
1 that Czar in se
It has been sai
Commitlee
this men
lecting
whom he knew would nev
a bill, and it looks that wa
1
ilivan Sv iss in
t of pen- |
Re presentative Mi
the pay
his speech against
men qt exten-
BERon’
the
the Pension laws as now ¢
sions to wealthy
V.
“
sively from Gen. H.
cent arraignment of istioe
nistered,
because he endorsed what gentle
man had said and knew nobody
could raise any question @n. Boyn-
ton's right to eriticise, ough the
Pension bill passed by thfouse, car-
0 than
ries an appropriation re
$141,000,000, something 1§2 for each
man, woman and ehild ife U. 8.
it was rushed through tibuse in an
and
Demoecra}
two
by
Repre sentative
hour or evergiendment
proposed voted
as
down. gley’
mark that of every $5 pfut
te
3 ree
by the
government $2 went pensions
and fifty cents to pay fst on the
public debt, although pably not
made for such purpgought, in
view of the probable pen defleit of
$10,000,000 in the next
a
i year, and
the announced desire de adminis
ed
edness, to cause many Jons
on their thinking cap
It is practically certfhat at the |
caucus of the Democrdf the House, |
to be held this week, §i be decided |
to make Cuba a partyftion, and to |
use every opportunity attempt to |
get the Senate resofs, declaring |
for the recognition ofan belliger- |
ency, adopted by thdse; also that |
5
indebt-
{ put |
10
tration to increase our
the caucus will decishe party op- |
posed to each and evfinanecial rec-|
ommendation made fe administra- |
tion. It is pot likelft the caucus
will say anything hit the silver |
question. The posits the party is |
too well known to thoy new dec-
laration in favor of }. The caucus
will probably declafinst the an-
nexation of Hawaifier by treaty
or legislation, and ¥ also declare
against the enactny the bankrupt-
ey law, but there Libt about the
latter action, as the some strong
advocates of the bjpt law among
the Democrats, anders who doubt
the wisdom of trybp make it a par-
ty question. |
The report that! Reed is in sym-
pathy with the fbn civil service
reform, because hognizes in ita
means of lessenilr. McKinley's
chances for a retation, was par-
tially confirmed 'e attendance at
a caucus of Repu representatives
called to considefs and Means of
fighting the pretvil service law,
and bring P,~ndification or
complete repeal Bac J nigq.
lute control Mr ~
0!
jection to it. The Democrat
has never favored the civil service law,
average
| with its one part real reform to nine
| parts of the arrant
| humbuggery, so it will not be surpris-
most
| ing to see them vote with the
Republicans, if their kicking
| TA&r as a vote,
- Oy
Nationaksystem of Post Roads
The establishment of a national BY H-
tem of post roads and the extension of
Lo cover
the post-oilice system so as
$
ted to tl
Lhe House on 7,
of Connecticut.
for the consolidati
| Commerce Commission with the Post-
a Post-
office Department, to be under
master General and ten associates. in-
of
to
empow
cluding the present members
n, each
The bill
i Inter-State Commissi
ceive $10.000 a vear.
to cover transportation of persons, bag
LO
of
mails and
Fre
Kage
y parcels and general freight, ©
secure control and management
such road now carrying the
{ of other roads and transportation agen-
| cies as may be needed for the public
i Use,
Tr
Gov, FPiongree's Oplalon
in this
b
Y OUr 80
There is too much truth
tract
Pingree of Michigan :
eX-
}
i
15
from a recent speec y (ov,
“It
who
i
i
ble ple the
peoj
Their ¢
called respecta are
most dangerous, oak
nent respectability hides them. and
le will not believe
her
you when you
show t
I
members
n up,
are church and wear long
faces, My ¢ Xperience is that
in the
who stand foremost
spend the rest of the week bribing al-|
dermen and gettin stock jobbing |
a |
id
ip
widows and or-|
d
i
Ea —
Cut Dowa the Attorneys
Judge Doty,
sion ti
i
urg, filed his |
case of A.
F
Ww
dec
W
pan)
tion
in favor
Mellon against » (as wel Com- |
15 An ace
$177.
up
cut down
to foreclose a mort KK)!
of Mellon,
i"
i delan on by |
i.
The judge
attorney's comimmissi
d al
idgment for
the gas COMpRUY.
th
the mm from 88.875
lowed other credits, giv-
156,006) and
ion with inter-
Fought Fire Like Demous.
”
i
d in Guthrie coun- |
It started
and
A prairie fire
ty, O. T
Ruh on
_It
a fe ri
V hig
near the iniy ne,
li
Ti
to
their crops, the women and children
T
5 te tied
swept with lightning speed. oe farme-
131 i
HARE GENO
ers fought preserve |
assisting, CANONS runoving east
and west Trail ereek, finally
stopped the fire, alt
but only
ey
£r serious
¥
¢
}
l
i ats
wropertly loss had been tiled,
Wp
Counterfeit Two Doliar ni
Local banks have'been warned to be
on the lookout for a new counterfeit $21
treasury note, which is now in cireula-
tion. It is of fair workmanship and |
silk
threads of the genuine paper are, how-
on paper of good quality. The
ever, imitated by a few widely distrib
uted red ink marks. The!
note purports to be of the series of
1891, check letter D, plate No. 2, B,
OD Orn =e
12.656 528,
and blue
oy
Death of Mea
-
MeKinley. i
Mrs, Nancy McKinley, mother of |
the President, died at her home in |
Canfon, at 2:30 on Monday morning, |
She was a member of the Methodist |
church, ghe was born in 1809. All!
i
i
Al soit
I had the rheumatism so badly that |
I could not get my hand to my head. |
I tried the doctor's medicine without |
the least benefit. At last I thought of |
Chamberlain's Pain Balm: the first |
bottle relieved all of the pain, and one!
half of the second bottle effected a com- |
plete cure.—W. J. HorLLAND, Holland: |
Va. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is
equally good for sprains, swellings,
and lameness, as well as burns, cuts,
and bruises, for sale by J. H. Ross,
Linden Hall, 8. M. Swartz, Tumsey-
ville, F. A, Carson, Potters Mills, and
H. F. Rossman, Spring Mills,
aS A IRA
~If in need of a stylish and dressy
suit, it is wise to consult Lewins, Belle
fonte, and have him fit you out.
a A vii
Regular $1.00 books, at 25 cents,
Kurtz Bro's, Bellefonte,
opposite Brockerhoft,
AA or ss NAA
~Ladies’ gold pen, in fine plush box
{it is unrivaled. Its wooded heights
its rugged and rocky mountains,
| great lakes, its balmy slopes are the ad
!
To
{ miration of all mankind. traverse
{ this great country, to behold its diver
{ cation, a revelation to
|
| metropolitan citizen,
| Conducted Tour to
i
{ the
| Railroad Company which leaves New
1808, affords
tent opportunity
Fhe Pers
Californias
direction
January
| York on
Fost exce i
| vast variety and boundless beauty
I'he pe
Ai
{this marvelous land,
westward in
T
stopping en
specs
cars in charge of ourist
|
i
| i
. rou
Chaperon
po |
ina,
| tou,
Springs,
Denver, Co Ni
orado
i
(sarde {ions
and }
{ fornia visits will be made
{and the famous Hotel Del
{ Jose, Li
{ta Cruz
Riverside, 8
: SEN Hu
Diego,
| Re
Wi
Pasadena.
len
§
that
sdland# and
1
{ celal,” the finest train
i
return on the “Gol inte
Crosses the
{or tinent. leaving I A nigele Febru-
ii ESI, IRVIN J ATNHEeIPS ¥ ii-
Tue El Pa-
teen days will
stopping at
=O,
iis,
Ro ind-trip
rate,
inciuding all JESSRTY eXpense
during entire trip, $335 from all point
on the Pennsylvania Railroad Sys
[ Pittsburg
tinerary ai
address (
»
i
WwW.
Agel
al Passen
Philadel.
1 t { ' ros
¢ rele §2e
4
Lt tation,
Miia,
a
Something for Christmas
or
¥
‘hristmas
appreciate,
ch ees
Wil
fresh oy
wash
'
brooms, brus! ete
bi
ceptabie Christmas presents.
In all these you want no inferior ar-
these
i
and in all particulars
old,
ory,
YOu «
bre
nil
i
#
rest assured that the wel
"WI,
he
bill for you in a manner to render sat-
id to
holiday Season,
House bloc
all the ab
fill
ini ft
reliable Sechler gro can {
isfaction and at your e yment
of
Ties
Us
oO oi
0
the Sechlers in the
By
i
:
32.01 3
Bellefonte, has
Trex
il
h e
we, and is of other
11d Fie
articles, new and fresh and at prices to
Wy
Misappropriated,
sii baer ibe
he
A man who would not
paper
poor,” sent $1.50 the other
New York firm for a
f
few days he received by mail two
his home because Was
day ya
4
ts
$
a a Killer,”
Ina
small pieces of board, with the follow.
ing printed on them: No. 1—-No.
Place the flea on No. 1 and hit him
with No. 2, or put on No. 2 and hit
him with No. 1. If the first lick don't
Kill him, try, try again.”
fp —“—
Enoagh to Discourage a Saint,
A Bucks county man spent nineteen
pointment of postmaster,
appointed. When he learned that he
was counted only a fourth-class post-
master he immediately resigned. He
said he had worked long enough to be
a first-class postmaster, and derned if
he hedn’t sense enough to know it.
a ——— —————
Marriage Licenses,
The following marriage licenses
were issued daring the past week:
H. I. Hagen, Tyrone, and Mary
John M. Word, Stormstown, and
Minnie E. Meyers, Armstrong coun-
ty.
E. 8. Bhaffer, Spring Mille, and
Lizzie Styer, Coburn.
Geo. W, Eaton, Blanchard, and Se
rena Walker, Romola.
M. D. Gentzel, and Margaret Long,
of Penn Hall,
sin
BAIA ——-
Books, nicely bound in cloth, at
l4e per volume, at Kurtz Bro's,
opposite Brockerhoff, Bellefonte,
wsdl
Ai iss
—~Ladies’ solid gold ring, set with
opals and pearls, $3.75 at—Bushmans,
$2.50, st—Bushmanps,
en te ma
~~~Bubseribs forthe Reronras.
A Foast of Information for the Agriculty.
vistu, Large Attendance and Addresses
of Wide Interest,
he Farmers’ Institute on Monday
i
entire success { the bad weather
spite 0
he farmers and their wives nd
i“
wed thelr appreciation
of the sessions by an en masse atten
dance,
I'he
gantly decorated vy
width of
W
pl itform in the el
hj
On the pla
Wis
vit the fi
ii}
the hall. tlorm
48 an organ, and its tones mingled
th the voices of admirable
Pp
in
t11i¢d §
Licie on of
‘oodward
Program A
ighout
M. Wolf, D. 1
i x Of Weleo
Coll
1, Mon
),. del
ree ray
A »
ti
racticable addre
He
1! 3
followed
Hall
WOOR experience as a practical f
Was
ire Wl Ose
Adil
a complele master
Oe
hichils
HIRDIN
a
livered by
and High Sel
f
f veneral
ta Zeiie]
: 2 §
HE Nis « Xperience
obtained ; his paper ¢
from A to Z
late Dairying, Hon. J
oF.
i
This address was a star effort. illustra-
xO ie
as it was by three life size cows
he worthless cow,
h
painted on canvas,
t
the good cow and the medium -—en
. % l
4 " tl
All
i poi
as taken up in its order, and e
nts of demerit explained and p
the
» first : in the
the merits
cond, and the very ordi
{ the third.
ing any cow's quality can readily |
By his show-
»
Ek
judged by the frame nature has given
| her,
the truthtelling points in their own
Farmers present at once recognize
| 0
barnyards but never knew how simple
they were to read upon the cow with-
'T
I
out
I
interesting paper, on The Sheep, show-
the farm
itieal inspection.
). Royer, of Rebersburg, read an
ing they
and not harmful.
{ The Cow, by H. E. Duck, of Mill
| heim, a farmer studious and ex peri-
were profitable on
{ enced, set forth the cow as one of the
1oblest of our domestic animals, and
| sustained it by facts,
Tuesday afternoon, Bpraying
| Fruit Culture, by C. Kreider, of Cedar
and
Springs. This was quite interesting
to all. When, how and what to spray, |
how to treat your orchards to obtain
| fine fruit, were poids he explained |
{and exhibited samples of the results |
| of his methods,
Dr. Frear, on Commercial Fertilizers |
aud Jno. A. Woodward, on The Farm- |
ers’ Outlook, closed the afternoon ses.
sion.
Our reporter was not present at the |
evening session, but the following good i
things were on the program : |
A Model Country Home, Miss Wini- |
fred Wolf, Rebersburg.
Sanitary Arrangements of the House,
Mrs. C. P. Long, Spring Mills,
The Yard and Garden, Miss Mabel
Allison, Spring Mills,
Care of the Bick, Mrs. C. E. Royer,
Spring Mills.
Love in the Home, Miss Lillie Rich- |
ardson, Spring Mills.
st —————
WESTERN HORSE DEALERS ATIEN
+ TION!
A good location for public and pri.
vate sales of western horses, is st the
Centre Hall House, in the heart of
Penns valley. For further informa
tion, address, W.H. RUNKLE, jr.
GRAND JURORS —18T WEEK.
Jacob Krumrine, Furguson
Wm, M,
NT.
David Rbinesmith, Benner.
ower, Potter,
Brooks, Bpring.
Robert Montgomery, Bellefonte,
samuel McCoy, Potter,
A. C, Iddings, Boggs.
J. W.
Wm
Fvans, Gregg.
Keller, Miles,
, Wagner,
Jacob Runkle, Bellefi
John ellefonte,
ples
Robert A. Lucas, Snow Bhoe twp.
0. P 1A
Charles Garis,
ng, Giregyg,
spring.
Lil
Bellefon
I'aylor.
Coll
neon, rey
Veston
Daniel Korman,
I P. Barton, 1
CC. McK inley .
Isane Ellenberger. Furguson.
Harvey Meese, Benner
£.18. 3 Milesburg
Henry Burnside.
La Milesbu
Daley,
vi
» gion,
Wa
210
IRer,
€2¢
Be
wrt r
( (
b. F. Keister,
SARC He
4 1
i
i
i over,
ram VV, Miller, 8
Ww Weber, Harris,
rank McKinley, Bo
PF. W. Swope, Hust
Henry Armagast
The lias M. 13% il
H. R.
n tate College,
I
I
or
ik,
Kg
n.
Benner,
» Philipsburg.
134 fonte.
Bidwell
1
WwW Patton,
Fravel, Snow Sh
Baisor,
oe IW p
Walker
Liege,
J
James
in Johnsonbaugh,
Armst zg, Co
Frank Thorpe, Harris.
Wm. Zeigler, Miles
Gi. KR. Decker, Haines.
2 Arthur Kerlin,
R. P. Barnes, Spring.
D. B. Thomas, Harris.
Howard Ocke
M. C. Walk,
Wm. Horner, Spring.
rye
rong
k
Centre
¥
i
, Haines
Taylor,
Fdward Meese, Spring
K
(ico, Brown, Boggs
Albert SB. Allen, Harris.
J.C. CO
TRAVERSE Jt
James A. Kooney, Penn,
Geo. J. Hunter, Harris,
Geo. LL. Jackson, Bellefonte.
W. W. Bilger, Rush.
Ellis Way, Union.
James Egan, Liberty
v
ondo, Gregg,
Uk
HORS “ND
WEEK
Isaac Smith, Gre gE.
Benner Way, Benner,
Jacob DeHass, How ard Boro.
Wm. B. Wara, Furguson.
J. W. Housman, Miles.
Elias Tressler, Miles.
J. Toner Lucas, Snow Rhow twp.
John B. Resides, Rush.
Robert Laus, Rush.
IL.. C. Brinton, Philipsburg.
E. E. Knarr, Millheim.
Joseph Barton, Unionville.
L. T. Eddy, Milesburg.
James Boone, Curtin.
Isaac Martz, Furguson.
James Lenker, College,
Wm, Mulbarger, College.
Wm. A. Alexander, Union.
Wm. Goss, Furguson.
Geo. Hartsock, Philipsburg.
Jesse Long, Gregg.
David Bilger, Rush.
Jack Hicklen, Philipsburg.
John G. Platt, Philipsburg.
Geo. Hoover, Philipsburg.
Wm. H. Tibbens, College.
John Packer, Howard.
Green Decker, Gregg.
Amos Straw, Harris,
John Delong, Miles,
LM ots
The Trouble Over,
A prominent man in town said the
other day: “My wife has been wearing
out her life from the effects of Dyspep-
sin, Liver Complaint and Indigestion.
Her case baffled the skill of our best
physicians, After using three pack-
ages of Bacon’s Celery King for the
Nerves she is almost entirely well,”
Keep your blood ina healthy contli-
tion by the use of this great vegetable
compound. Call at G. H. Longs,
Spring Mills, sole agent, and get a tri
Kansas had a great snow blizzard be.
ginning of this week,
Additional pension to
Bellefonte, $6 to gs.
Wm. Reed,
David
Py
il
Wagner, of Blanch:
granted an original pension.
Frank Weaver of Aarons
1
four hogs th 1 461
Mrs,
al average
J aco, sith,
I
les of
£3
ale 1
.
n original pension has
{
!
| ed George Kidder
Many Klondykers
from Dawson (
1:
Hi
s 5
(aen
Ross’
Ha
Lie
farming, and sell «
ngaged suct
i : .
| Bai on Ma
Dobson's big cs
ie
i
viv
i
{deiphia, whose carpet
i Centre cou awelling
inty
{ed by fire Saturday nig
{ "
i million dollars.
C. K. Sober, the Centre-1
fat 4 >
asd Ould
1
i
has shipped an average of «
of lumber per month,
{ this goes to paper mills,
i
f
| berman, during the mont
his
Yer i
A) cars
A large bulk of
{i ir boro
T
v lots of sled-
A two weeks’ vacation
America to
¢ 1
:
Oli
{schools suits young a
from A on down,
ding and sliding would =
{ their
in
{ cup of happiness would o'erflow,
The Christmas gift need not be cost
{ly in order that it may be a manifests-
{tion of love. The simpler the gift the
{ better. The right-minded recipient is
{thankful for the
m
i
donor
i rather than
Lemont to
id pay and bx
An electric
313
i
| State College wi
The
{ there should undertake it : the grade is
a con~
?
ri
| venience, men of enlerprise up
easy ‘and the College has an electric
plant that could furnish the power.
In Clearfield three parties were sen-
tenced at court last week to pay a fine
of $50 and undergo an imprisonment
of 60 days in the county jail for fur-
nishing liquor to minors and men of in-
temperate habits, Seem to be sort ’o
particular out there.
Potters MiHs is having a boom in
the mercantile trade, and now has
three full-fledged first-class stores.
Alex McCoy occupies a new building
with merchandise and postoffice, and
Frank Carson bas also engaged in the
same profession in the new building
erected by his mother on the site of
the old burned one. Competition
makes the trade.
isl
GRAIN AND CATTLE MARKET,
Philadelphia, Dec. 15. Wheat, con-
tract, December, 96.5-8408 1.2,
Corn, No. 2 mixed, 52.1-4a52.1-2.
Oats, No. 2 white, 20a20 1.2.
Batter, fancy western creamery, 23¢
Penn'a and western prints, 25e.
Cattle, East Liberty Dec. 15.—Prime
$4.7504.85 ; common, $3.253.60 ; bulls,
stags and cows, $2.00a3 60,
Hogs, prime medium weights, $3.55a
8.60; best Yorkers and pigs, $3.55;
heavy hogs, $3.4563.55 ; common rough
2.252.600.
Chicago, Dec. 15.~Wheat cash 973);
May #0}.
Corn, cash 254 ; May 25.
A AAA
5
Oats, cash, 2.78,