VOL. LXXIIL. DOG OWNERS ARE ANGRY. THEY ARE OPPOSED TO PAYING AN UNFAIR TAX. An Exorbitaot Dog Tax to [Help Pay County Orders.—A Political Soheme to Make a Good Showieg. From the Cen: ve Demoe. al. We deem it appropriate to call the publie’s attention to the imposition be- ing practiced upon the dog owners of this county. For some time the owo- ers of dogs have been compelled to pay about twice as much tax on their dogs | a8 the law clearly indicates they should. This is done for the purpose of enabling the couniy commissioners to collect about $1000 more than is nee- essary, each year, to pay sheep claims; and the extra fund is used to pay coun- most $2,000, and the law seems to have the effect of inducing people to kill useless and sheepkilling curs, and the claims thus are growing smaller, These things are simply instances to show the capacity of the present board of commissioners, Fisher and Riddle, who upon assuming control of the of- fice thiee years ago notified Mr. Heck- | man, the Democratic member, that he was not expected (0 take any aciive pait in the runoing of that depait- ment, do it themselves, and further intended to run it too, without his advice. For that reason he is not sponsible for these counsel ed or had a voice in them. es lp A STRONG ARR ATGN ME NT, ty machine and administered at ty expenses and in this way they can keep the millage down. This is not just nor right, and in some ijostances it is burdensome on huniers and oih-| ers, In May 1893 an act was approved for the “Taxing of Dogs aud the Pro- tection of Sheep.” This act provides that all dogs shall be taxed and the] sum be kept apart from ober (uses ofl i ; i the county, and is to be used for the] purpose of indemnifying any person who suffered a loss of sheep by reason of dogs destroying the same. This act further says, in Section 2: “Commissioners in each couniy and councilmen of their respec.ive ciiies, shall annually levy a tax upon each dog so returned and within tae discre- tion so given to such commissioners and councilmen to such an a..io tid will in their judgment create a SUFFI- CIENT jund from whic all damage caused to sheep, within the re- spective counties, by a dog or dogs during each current year, may be paid, together with all necessary expenses incurred in the adjustment of claims | as hereinafter provided.” (is {oss or That section very explicitly sets forth that these monies are raised for no other purpose than that of paying! the loss of sheep and the county com-| missioners are to estima.e, use their] judgment, as to how much of a fund is | needed each year for this purpose. They can very easily do this from the | experience in former years, and it right bere, in the exercise of Lheir| judgment, that they impose an unjust | tax on the owners of dogs. BSeclion 9] of this act provides that at the end of | the year whaiever monies in excess of | $200 of the dog tax remains in the] hands of the County Treasurer, shall be turned into the general couacy fund | and this is the place where ihe abuse | exists, According to the last year's] statement by this means the commis- | sioners paid claims amouniing to $138 18, and turned $741.82 ioto the] county fund and left $246.88 in the | hands of the treasurer. The following | statement, covering a period of four] years, shows how this dog tax is being farmed for other purposes: SHEEP CLAIMS | is HO... Last year r $741. 82 was taken from Lhe | dog tax fund and put to the general | fund. The previous year it was still larger $1243.23, or over $2000 the last | two years, or an income from the dogs | to pay other bills to the amount of] $1000 per year. This shows that the | owners of dogs in this county are pay- | ing twice as much dog tax as the act] of assembly provides, and the county | commissioners actually use one-half of | the fund for other purposes. When | they make a levy of $200 to pay $1100 | of claims, there evidently is somethiog | wrong with their judgment, No| doubt if the dog owners would call the | attention of the court to this abuse of | the sheep law they would be restrain- ed from laying such an excessive lax in the future, The best way to put an an end to this trouble is to get a new set of Commissioners to conduct that office in a legitimate way. The law says if there is aoy sum in excess of $200 left over at the end of the year in the sheep faad, it shall be turned over to the county. It does not mean that the commissionersshall see to it that they scoop $1,000 each year by an excessive tax. Now if the $2000 excessive dog tax in the last two years, and the $5,000 siising from the increase of the millage is taken from that §9,000 Republican increase you will commence to get at the real facts of how well these commissioners have been conducting that office. Any board of commissioners can increase the assets of the county by unjust and excessive taxation. In reply to this dog tax, we expect to hear these gentlemen say that they are following exactly the same course as the former Democratic Board. But it must be remembered that this law was passed in 1893 and* went into foree the following year. At first it was un- known how large the sheep claims would be. Then the first two years of the act they had no income from un- collected tax, of former years, as now and taxes come in slowly. The sheep beliest of the party boss, They have political banks gain, They have been loaned out and to They his family, to his lis his mercenaries tenants and his tools, and stock gambling politicians. Their has by the same agencies for interest paid to the treasurers, to other public offi- to corrupt tise been sold the machine. They have been made funds elect itself with debauch the elections and chine eandidates, ring decades of machine rule. In over-rated or exaggerated to all noe re- it It is known spect 1s men, mnfessions of the records onspirators, by books of account and by Of yy letters and private guilty, of the : tained in power for another term tp Dida t Get "Em All At the recent annual meeting i Pennsylvania Fish Scranton it was reported that over 50,- | Commission the | id in- | and distributed in the streams state during the year, of This woul fishermen have been modest. Even their highest claims have not gated the smallest fractional the average number of fish consigned annually to the waters. After have been honest in their reports. aggre | part that Pennsylva- | nia The Increase, About 36,000,000 babies are born each | than there are beats of the clock. A | if the in | line of cradles, the cradles would gir- | If carried one by onein | | their mother’s arms past a given point | the procession would continue night | that all A A Died at Stormstown. Mrs. Henry Stevens died | Stormstown. Sbe was aged about 75 years. She is survived by her husband Abedne- | go, Blair and Lloyd, of Clearfield coun- ty; George, of Martha; Vinton, of Ju- lian; Mrs. Charles Blake and James, of i Stormstown. The faneral took place Wednesday afternoon. A i SUBS Died at Milton, Mrs. Elizabeth Barber, widow of Rev. Daniel Barber, a minister of the Presbyterian church, died this morn- ing at her home at Milton, after a long illness with cancer. She was aged eighty-six years, and was the aunt of George M., Shannon and Wm. A. Boal, of Centre Hall, and frequently visited her relatives in this section. Always Pallas Trade, A properly constructed advertise ment frequently creates a want of which the reader was not previously conscious, How many times does it happen that people in reading adver- tisements suddenly conclude they want something which they see de scribed, but which they had not pre- viously thought they stood in need of. Lectare in the M. KE, Church. Rev. G, D. Pennepacker, D. D., of Williamsport, Pa., will deliver an ad- dress at Centre Hall M. E. church, Tuesday evening, October, 24, '00, Bab- jeet—"Hang On.” Admission 10 ., Married, At the Lutheran parsonage, Centre Hall, Mr. Richard Brooks and Miss Sarah BE. Wian were united in mar riage by Rev. J. M. Rearick. HE IS A MACHINE CANDIDATE, Lieutenant Colonel Barnett, says the | iment is now being exploited on funds | contributed by the Quay machine, and | it is not a violent presumption that these funds came from the profiis of | office-holders. The (rip to New York | is the first chapter, announced in a detail from the Tenth | Jarnett inte accompany Colonel canvass of the State inthe rest date for slate treasurer. thousand dollars will it go in will not be an indemnity bond to the treasurer, gion, Barnett is in Colonel says he Does he before and alter election? The late treasurer, Haywood, doubt gave a pledge of this character, no to s LO 000 of State funds be handed over the Quays for speculative purposes pothing of the to Quay in immense his processes of Ano fA ———" Dewey Notes Two million visitors attended Dewey's rizht hand became Miss Helen Gould, Her residence The New York Herald that the money spent for the Dewey last oh estimates snd by the visitors, week, including railroad fares, was is the word | The Admiral and does not for President, with some Democrats. Dewey This is not ideocy if tendered. ——————— Danger in Stove Polish The fate of a young woman who liv. N.J, In to persons who have been in the habit | As ed at Burlington, a warning of using liquid stove polish, she surface ig- nited, the contents of the bottle which | she held in one hand also blazed up, | the burning fluid was spilled over her reached | urated such liquid to the hot of the stove, the inflammable stufl assistance —— i ccf Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: George P. Clune, of Franklyn, nango county, and Julia E. Brown, Philipsburg. Jacob T. MeCUool and Rosie 8, Ve of | Uag- Wm. Clarence Breon and Ada { ginia Wian, of Bellefonte, Thomas A. Bennage, of Kelley X { Roads, Union Co., and Katie Long, of Vir David J. Kelley and Jean Steward Shugert, of Bellefonte. AA — Dogs After Sheep Dogs got after a flock of sheep be- longing to Lycurgus Lingle, at Ear. leyatown on Monday night and play- ed the very deal with the flock. Two bead were killed and four others bad- ly injured. Auditors assessed the dam- ages at $25, but it may run higher as the injured ones will likely die. The standing with one foot in the grave at present. no i AI A SH Roasted to Death. The three-months-old child of Mr, and Mrs. Jesse Hilborn, of State Run, was roasted to death Sanday. The tot was left asleep in a cradle in charge of a three-year-old sister while its moth- er went out into the yard to hang up some clothes. The older child began to play with the fire and ignited the cradle. When the mother returned she found the eradle in flames and the babe a mass of charred flesh, A Soiltzin Party, The members of the M. E. Epworth League held a snitzen' party a few nights ago, for the benefit of Mission work, They cut up a big lot of wind- fallen apples which were dried for them at the evaporator plant. The dried fruit will be sold and the money used for church work, They will re alize a neat little sum as the result of the night's work. AIM A mn, To Contestants, The prize pumpkin contest inaugu- rated by Montgomery & Co., clothiers, closes on October 14th, and the firm desire that all contesting for the prizes have their pumpkin marked with the TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. i i ss——— | FROM ALL PARTS. | {That Famous Bird look Is 8 Beauly. A { Debtor who Makes an Hooorable Use ofthe Bankropiey Law, We had a copy of the much noted { Birdbook in our hands for {the olher day. It is an looking affair, paper cover, inches in thickness, outlandish ht and boliom and side about ei pazes uncut untiimmed, the Lop, marg i ins are each about two inches macier about ~{ar printed 2:x4) ipches than In the ablence of more white margia space, an inlended steal, book would have But biauk oppor univies for thing mag- {one-third size of Lhe had for all. mare furnished fat sieals, oom grea, ius great, The only nilicent about it is the price, $65,000! | when the maller realiv authoiized to ibe printed in the { Cost about $500, book, would have Loside of this elephant are piciures of the chicken bats, &c. Holy Bit gizzards, used chicken cunicken toes, parts for giblet soups, lice, | A chicken diseases, owls, bizeer book than the le Bo ple Debtor's High Sense of Daly. John MeNevin, Altoona, was discharged from bankrupley Bep- tember 4, presented an unusoval app! in the United States Court on He asked the Court to rest the Shei iff {rom selling of who cation «Rin his prope vy, his trustees realize more. Judge Buffing reminded MeNes that he ready been discharged from all “Yes, le not may seit |} on in had al- indebt- the je edness, sally,” replied My ne but morally. lings will not permit to {accept my dischaige in bankrupley from as moral oblir ail my debls, If Lis for $2000 less than it I | releasiog me my LH as I 10 id 5 Lhat Buffing fi his ior of the tend to do. properiy is so would bring at will have pay.” Judge hoooied MeNevin but thou ordinary for a man 1st he sentiment, hit it out io foe] debi been sacrifice his propeily fo i . had pay already Ie. leased. Here is anolher rare example of hon- esiy. Ra - S.opped a RBosawarv. The other day as James Spangler was oul with his horse and springwag he | stopped al the foot of the hill below {by the road. On the For some reason {he | LATE NEWS ITEMS | Prices still have an upward tenden- | ey, except in grain, { The late frosts damaged | grapes in York state, tons of McKinley with wife and the entire cabinet have started west, The Canadian telegraph been completed to Dawson, line has The large Ridgway tannery, recent- ly burned, is in process of rebuilding Ezcitement over the great honors showered Dewey, caused the the Admiral. upon deaih of an uncle of Our Philippine fleet is to be reinfore ed, there three of Admiral Dewey of the postponed by at once sending war ships on advice The has trial been legislative bribers after ion lest the evidence be damaging until | elect to the Quay cause, Dewey advises McKinley to have sea blockade and says fu an active army is needed lieves Aguinaldo will not yield. bank cashier of the bank, was arrested for It's the old story, kid gloves, The H., nen. embezzle- dude d Giess, sporting, # fancy horse, The gold mines, 1c. Boers have seized the KE ng Innd has prov million dollars for war, and will send an army of 40,000 distance 7000 miles. men ; in the Transvaal and London {out news from South Africa, unknown whether the Boers glin war or not. The day bad be- Moun- battle, They made a desperate attack on Ba- Filipinos were repulsed, morning, in an all<day coor and int killed, A Bhamokin married the other 26. A short time ceremony the bride play the street wiih other little girls, jcans were girl of 153 vears was day to a f alter the was found at on The prospect for war i being ut a la- to boers d. Boers aud England is ugly, ter attempt about an made The in the is bring adjustment. are placing their army fiel he rebels are a the and planing gn by moving directic again occupied Po number of 1 arpa on cans from two me, rac. In one fight troops inc leaders have fallen, and the Philipinos left 60 dead Andree { per the bu | buoy our iuding two North Pole yy recently picked up. The 8 prearranged and opened in the presence of expeils and members passed Lhe ns was sign, of the Swedish cabinet ; | was found September, 9 Eng | of war with land has 7000 miles the The United Staies have 10,000 miles to their pic- i nic with the Philipinos. John Ball loers., {while Uncle | weeks, Sam requires about 12 Mrs, Swooer, hearing the oacket, gaw what was coming went Thete was no harm dope save was Lhe second heroic i ps pol The township and borough property owners are grumbling muchly over buidensome taxes, For example, Per- ry Breon, ope of our most indasirious farmers, has a tax-score of $161 doliars, Others in proporvion. Taxpayers want to keep a sharp eye on the meihods of spending ther money. Some farmers have litle or nothing leit alter their taxes are paid. Economy and reform are as much needed in towas and Elocoioanry Ea ertaliament, On Saturday evening, Oclober 7th, an elocutionary enieitainment will be given in Grange Hall, This interiain- ment is entirely for the exiension of Foreign Missions and will be given by a lady who is prepaiing for the field. Admission 10 cents. Doors open al 7 o'clock. Hard on Farmers, EE a —————— pg Big Conl Land Dea’, Ez-Governor Hastings, Colonel J. I. Spangler, James A, McClain and C, F. Fazer recenly purchased 77 acres of valuable coal land ia Elder tow aship, Cambria county. The price paid is said to have been over $100 an acre for the tract. A 1 A SY OS Unclaimed Letters, Letters remaining uncalled for io the Centre Hall postoffice Oct. 1, 1509: Miss Edoa Barkley, Mm. Sue Glen, Mrs. Rachael Btover, A. M. Drake, Harry Raymond. Persons calling for above letters please state they are ad- vertised, Gro. M. Boar, P. M, Privmiame on Sealps, The following amounts are paid for scalps of certain animals killed in the Commonwealth: For every wild eat, name and address of the owner that no error can be made, : two dollars; for every fox, red or gray, one dollar; for every mink, fifty cents, | Bir Heary Irving devoted part of his | summer holidays to writing an article, {which be has given to The Ladies’ | Home Journal. 1t is called “Shakes | peare in =mall Communities,” and tells how the study, 1 followed in communities away the larger centres, from Admiral Dewey received a rousing recepiion on his arrival in Washing- ton. The Admiral is now at his home {in Vermont. York exceeded anything of the kind | heretofore. It is estimated (wo mill jon strangers were in the city and the triumphal arch was a megnificent jece of artistic splendor. ei omyrste cs - The Milton Fair. The Northumberland county fair is going in full blast this week at Milton, The weather has been favorable all week and there fsa large attendance. From this station sixteen tickets were sold this morning to the fair grounds. A special return train will be run from Milton to Bellefonte this evening to bring home the fair goers, ss ln A No Bead No Citizen, On Tuesday in naturalization court at Bellefonte, nearly a score of foreign. ers were refused naturalization by his honor Judge Love, because they did not possess a sufficient knowledge of the Constitution and the laws of the country. A How te Prevent Croup. We have two children who are sab ject to attacks of croup. Whenever an attack is coming on my wife gives them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and it always prevents the attack. It is a household necessity in this county and no matter what else we run out of, it would not do to be without Cham- berlain’s Cough Remedy, More of it in sold here than all other cough medi- cines combined. J. M. Nickle, of Nickle Bros, merchants, Nickleville, For sale by J. H. Ross, Linden all; 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville; F. A. NO. 39 LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. The First Fire of the Season. How it leaps, in dance excited, How it sleeps, in trance delighted, How it looms in liquid shining, How it glooms in wan declining, While around the hearth we gather, One and all, In the bleak and windy weather Of the fall! Friendly flame, remote Chaldean =eers of the name effaced, Babean Shepherds in the elder ages, Persian bards in mystic pages, Chee adored, for so divinely Btreamed thy light, Half we follow, and enshrine thee Spirit bright ! Dear the friends each heart remembers Asx in cheer we stir the embers, Bid the ash renew its beauty, Sparkle, flash and glow, till duty, | Through the comfort of the hour, i Wooes our soul, | And we deem its sterner dower | Life's best goal. i | 80 we dream pot visionary, | When we deem the missionary i Household fire, once more relighted | Blazing higher the while united, Round the hearth of home we gather, One and all, In the bleak and windy weather i Of the fall ! ~Ritchen Magazine, Vole for Archey. Apple pickers are busy. Milder to-day, possibly rain. Another rise of 25 cents in coal. Linden Hall on up, apples plenty. Heavy frosts morning of 1, 2 and 3. Merchants here are offering 40 cents | for potatoes. W. F. Smith, be a of Millheim, is able to bout again. Rhone, of State | granted a pension, §6. Wm. ranted a pension, $12, {i Jacob College, was Eminheiser, of Milesburg, was Corn topping and huskiog is engag- our farmers just now. jing Saturday last some early snowflakes | were riding on the wind. Joseph Bnook, an aged resident of 1qar valley, Prof. Daniel died on Monday, | = is seriously ill. , of Freeburg, aged 75 years, 8. Boyer Sunday morn there was nigh a quarter inch of ioe on outdoor puddles. Markets : Old wheat 68, wheat 65¢. Oats 20¢c. Corn 2 Coburn Lew 25. Rye 35. The proposed bridge across the river from Sunbury to Shamokin Dam is Coal shipments from the mines are A bhindquarier of good beef taken on at this office, between now and February 1. Report soon. Rev. Rearick’s appointments, San- day, Oct. 8 : Centre Hall, 10 a. m. ; St. ; Georges valley, The K. L. C. of the United Evangel- ical church of Rebersburg, will hold | an interesting anniversary exercise in their church, Sunday evening. Come to Centre Hall if looking for a business location ; no liitle town has belter facilities or equal healthiulness, Rev. Orwig, one of the able men of { the United Evangelical church at its headquarters in Cleveland, O., preach- ed an interesing sermon in their church in this place, Bunday evening. Letters testamentary in the estate of James G. Evans, late of Gregg town- ship, are advertised in another colum. L. Kryder Evans, J. Wells Evans, John M. Evans, and Daniel M. Wolf, are the Execulora. Ren T. Clayton has been made su- perintendent of the Nittany Rod and Gun Club, vice Solomon Peck, re- signed. The “Becond Annual Farm- ers’ Day” will be given at the club house on Saturday, Oct. 14, at which there will be a pigeon shoot. The only man in the world reported to be worth over §1,000,000,000 is the Anglicized German, Alfred Beit. He is not yet 50, is well educated and made his fortune in diamonds during the past 24 years. We don’t want to be loaded down so heavily as that. Dewey surprised the New Yorkers by getting into the harbor two days ahead of time. That's his way of do- ing things ; the Spaniards said he got into Manila harbor ahead of time, so he sailed out again, took his sailed back, and that day the Dons had to do without breakfast, dinner or supper. Henry Gable died Wednesday night, aged 82 years. He was the oldest live ing native born resident of Williams. port, and for sixty years resided jo the
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