VOL. LXXI]1. COMMISSIONER RIDDLE'S DRAWN ACOOUNT, OVER. A Republican Commissioner Using County Funds for His Convenience, Centre Democrat. For some time there have been ru- mors to the effect that some of the Re- publican Board of Commissioners have been taking monies out of the County Treasury that did not belong to them, by drawing in advance several hun- dred dollars of unearned salary. This seemed doubtful at first, so much so that no attention was paid to the mat- ter. But as the hint came from a reli- able Republican source, it was decided to investigate the same, with the fol- lowing results: Presbyterians on Bossiam, Bossism and politics was discussed at Monday's session of the Pennsylva- nia Synod of the Cumberland Presby- terian Chureh, in Pittsburg. Rev. R. C. Byers made a stirring speech when the Committee on Christian Citizen- ship reported. He said the report should more strongly urge the necessi- ty of each Christian going to the polls in favor of pure politics. The present system of government, he said, is no longer for or by the people, but is boss rule, and failure of many people to vote had produced the boss, Elder George H. Garber said : “The condi- tion of things in Pennsylvania is aw- ful. Look at the exposures in connec- commissioner's office and looked the records. In “Ledger F'' page was found the statement of the money | drawn during the year of 1899, by M. Riddle, one of the Republican commis | sioners. The orders drawn cover al- most a page and shows that from Jan-| uary Ist, 1899 up to August 14th, 1899, M. F. Riddle drew a total of $866.00. | Next we inquired for the “Minute | Book” of the same office and counted | over the minutes of the past year of] 1899 and found that Mr. Riddle was] credited with 159 days service to Aug- | ust 14th, 1899, The commissioners are | paid $3.50 per day, and 159 days would | hav + entitled him to but $556 50; or up | to t'iat date he had drawn from the County Treasury no less than $308.50, to which he was not entitled. : If Mr. Riddle had put in every working day of the past year in that office, at $3.50 per day, he still would | have county money in his pocket to | which he is not entitled. Up to the first | of October he was credited with 189 | days, which still leaves him in debt to | the county to the amount of $204.50. As he now is traveling over the coun- ty asking the publie to re-elect him, at least, no doubt this money comes han- | dy for campaign purposes. By way of comparison, we turned to | Daniel Heckman’s account and found | that up to September 18th, he had | drawn but $565, or $300 less than the! i Republican member, and it shows that | he has drawn only what he was enti-| tled to have. If Mr. Riddle’s health had been im- | paired in August and he would have | been unable to come to the office there- after; or even if death had overtaken him, all of which is possible and prob- | able, the county officials would have | been compelled to institute proeeed- ings against his bondsmen or his es tate to recover the same. This another instance of the manner in| which the present Republican Board of County Commissioners conduct that office. We herewith set out Mr. Rid- dle’s account, in tabulated form: M.F.RIDDLES ACCOUNT. AUG 14, 1880: To total orders drawn to date uve coves 5568 00 | By 150 days service 554 50 | To Amount Overdraw........ css 0.0 394 | i | is but | M.F.RIDDLES ACCOUNT, OCT. 2 By 189 days service to date . 1809 1.50 1 To Amount Still Due Treasurer............. 5304 50 | a For and Against Vaccination, One of the Pennsylvania laws adopt- ed in 1805 against which there is ever recurring revolt, is that making vacei- nation compulsory upon all children who attend the public schools. In Pittsburg and quite a number of the interior towns of the state there is trouble over the enforcement of this re- quirement, and the antagonism does not seem to lessen as years pass. It comes from the fuct that there were many people who preferred to risk the certain danger of contracting small pox rather than subject themselves to a treatment through which they hold there is sometimes absorbed into the system the germs of disease, to say nothing of the ill results that have re- sulted to persons operated upon who had bad blood. A ML a — Rattlesnakes or Whiskey Which, A Potter county boy of 14, died the other day presumably of rattlesnake bite. After he had been bitten he was given a quart of whiskey as an anti- dote. It isa very grave question as to which caused death the rattlesnake bite or the whiskey. A quart of Pot- ter county whiskey would kill any- thing. A Williamsport physician re- ferriog to the case says: ‘A hypoder- mic injection of a thimblefuil of chlo- ride of lime solution would have saved the boy's life—and the whiskey too The Bellefonte Gazette, three years ago accorded high praise to Cyrus Brungard. What he deserved then he deserves now, He is a good and fit man. The name of Bruogard in the past was A No.1. Itis a name that has no flaw, and sheriff Cyrus Brun gart has well kept up his end of it. The Gazette should put up the name of Cyrus Brungard for sheriff, and ean find excellent authority for so doing in its own colums only three Joss Bgo. | was tion with the shaking of the plum tree. The trouble is not with the laws, it is with those who refuse to enforce chem. {| where crime is protected.” Mr. Gar- i ber said the trade with Manila was mostly in liquors, and declared the President did not stop it, and the peo- | ple should ny to him “No second —— Low Rates via PK. R, The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- oy has arranged for special excursion rates to Philadelphia on October 11 | and 25, November 8 and 22, account of Round- trip tickets, good to return within ten will be New York, Atlantic City, Pottsville, Reading, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Williamsport, Canandaigua, Erie, and intermediate points at rate of single fare for the round trip, plus {no rate less than one dollar.) For specific i rates apply to Ticket Agents, The National Export Exposition has Belvidere, May, tent and variety of its exhibits, and in | its general excellence and attractive. { ness, The implement building, con- i taining a marvelous display of farm i machivery, is particularly interesting to agriculturalists. The band concerts | and diverting midway furnish delight- | ful entertainment for all, oct12-2t A A MAUI SRR Ancestors of the Boers Chicago Tribune: Beventy family names predominate among the Boers all kindred. The Africa are descended with a Boers now in from the Dutch 1670 and then took to farm life. They have had sons and 200 French Huguenots who fo or - The Dairy and Food Department at Harrisburg has received information that the United States court in Minne- sota and the supreme court of Michi- The Oleomargarine Law, margarine cannot legally be kept out of those states, A similar decision has been made in Maryland, and two cases will soon be tried in Pennsylvania to determine the constitutionality of the law forbidding oleomargarine to be colored, which, if sustained, would practically prevent the article from be- ing sold in this state, because its ap- pearance without being colored would be sufficient to condemn it with al- most everybody. “2 AI A SA Sealded With Hot Lie, On Tuesday Mrs. M. I. Emerick re ceived severe and painful burns from hot lye. She was carrying a crock full of a strong solution when her foot slipped and some of the lye was splash- ed in her face and eyes. Her eyes were badly injured, some of the fluid entering them, and at first fears were entertained that she might lose her sight. Where the lye touched her face the scalds were severe, ~~ Broke his Neek, Elijah Sharp, of near Roland, this county, fell down stairs on Friday night and broke his neck. He died in a short time. He was a huckster by occupation and a veteran of the civil war, He was sixty-five years old, and leaves a wife and several children, His remaing were interred on Monday at Curtin’s cemetery. Progress Being Made, The public schools completed their first month last Friday and have set. tied down to steady work. There are additions to all schools by pupils com- ing in, and in each grade there is a good working force, RD RN A Diphtheria Death, Ralph, the two-year-old son of Ed- ward Zimmerman, died of diphtheria ing to the the lng he ae rein body ~ Get in line with the people ; the AN ANNUAL PASS FOR A VOTE, How Commissioner's Attorney Reedor Se- cured His Position, Col. W. F. Reeder is the present at- torney employed by the Republican bourd of County Commissioners. The salary attached to the office is $400 per year. When the present Republican Commissioners, Matthew Riddle and Thomas Fisher went into office there was a wild scramble among Republi- ean attorneys at the county seat to se- cure the coveted position of legal ad- viser to these gentlemen on matters pertaining to the workings of the com- missioner's office. There was a dead- lock on the board for some time and no choice could be made, Ed. Cham- bers and W. E. Gray were both confi- deat of landing this $400 snap on the promises made to support them. Each Commissioner had a favorite and the selection hung fire, Col. W. F. Reed- er was a candidate and at the final bal- to Reeder. a surprise and created no little ment, but the apparent reason for his | nual pass when on his way forth ou the railroad between his home at Unionville and Bellefonte, That he received this perquisite in return for his vote for Reeder was com- mon talk on the streets ter. Other attorneys aspiriag for the position, more deserving in every way, lost the position through Reeder hav- ing a pull with the railroad and they went down when Fisher accepted the annual and then voted an increase in the salary. Do the hard working and intelligent farmers of Penns valley sanction the bartering of their trust in return for an annual pass on the railroad as Tom Fisher has done? He's a tool of Reed- er’s and if he's influenced an annual on the railroad, can he election and going before the with a record that will bring upon him the vote of every who has at heart a careful ing of the county funds, The taxes upon the farming commu. nity are now enormous, yet this pres ent board soon after inception in of- fice raised the rate from 3 mills to 3. down citizen housekeep- county expenditures were the rule. The people were taxed to make up this increase, and they alone paid for Tom Fisher's annual on the railroad. Scaife Splendid Advice to Hanters. and in view of the many human men, the following from the Sports. man Magazine for September is worth reading by all who go gunuing: Do not shoot at a noise or moving object in the bushes, but wait until the ob- ject is clearly recognized before you pull the trigger. Better lose your only chance at a deer than to lose your peace of mind forever through the re- morseful consciousness of having caus- ed the death of a human being. Aside from the costly lessons that have been taught, remember there are other hunters roaming the forest as well as yourself, Ce Asse Krager's Opinion, President Kruger, of the Transvaal, says he cannot tell what may happen next week, and that it is not troubling him. Neither, he says, is he concern- ing himself about the arrival of Brit- ish reinforcements, for he feels certain that God will be on the side of those who are fighting for a just cause, The mobilization of both Transv and the Orange Free State, President Kruger adds, is satisfactorily complet- ed, and the issue, peace or war, rests with Great Britain, Si, Admiral Dewey in his hour's con- versation with President McKinley on Wednesday of last week, talked freely about the Philippines. He gave his opinion about the situation there past, present and future—and said, among other things, that General Miles and Merritt should be sent to Luzon to end the insurrection. The admiral, in his desire to be true to his country, has practically upset the elab- in command of the American army in the Orient, since it is almost certain the President will feel bound to act on the advice of the Philippine expert. nn AM iN A snail's pace was carefully observed in Florence, Italy. Several of the mol- lusks were placed betweeh two points 10 feet apart and started. It was as- certained that the fastest snail in the race traveled at the rate of a mile in 14 Travel to the Klondike, two years fo, wan simestan flow, and MeKin- | Joy's § of the war is at a i i i : 3 ! : i NOVEMBER JURORS, Monday, 27th, FIRST WEEK. John Womer, Boggs. I. J. Dreese, College, Harry Witherite, Snow Shoe, GRAND JURORS, Frank Fishburn, Ferguson, Wm. H. Noll, Bpring. J. Orvis Gillen, Bellefonte, Samuel Moore, State College, Wm. Bmeltzer, Spring. Jas, McMullen, Milesburg. Earl Tuten, Bellefonte. John B. Harris, Walker. E. C. Howe, Philipsburg, Daniel Gordon, Spring. Harry Crane, Philipsburg. Orvis A. Willlams, Worth, Lot Condo, Potter, A. A, Bechenck, Howard. John N. Gramly, Gregg. F. H. Clémson, Patton. Frank Confer, Howard. Edward Witmer, Benner, David Weonsel, Boggs. W. A. Bickle, Snow Shoe, TRAVERSE JURORS, FIRST WEEK. James Watson, Snow Shoe, Wm. Hartsock, Patton. J. Stuart Fleck, Spring. Cyrus P. Hoy, Walker. Samuel Lewin, Bellefonte. Oscar Smith, State College, Jacob Hazel, Miles, John Grove, Benner. A. L. Bolger, Philipsburg. Philip Myers, Haines, Simon Parsons, Boggs, Patrick Gerrity, Bellefonte, Edward Mingle, Haines, Robert W. MceCalmont, W. T. Hoover, Worth. Joel Royer, Wal ker, Geo. W, Ream, Gregg. Geo, L. Bmith, Bellefonte, Jacob Bhafler, Walker, C. J. Crouse, Miles, Wm. Sommers, Unionville. Randolph Pletcher, Howard. Samuel Ard, Penn. Emanuel Eisenhuth, Haines. Ira F. Vonada, Penn. M. A. Marks, Philipsburg. Geo. B. Btover, Miles. M. I. Hess, Haines, G. D. Armbruster, Gregg. C. T. Gerbrich, Bellefonte. Wm. W. Kerstetter, Spring. Jas, Bwabb, Harris, John Hines, Spring. Johu T. Hoover, Philipsburg. C. Bathgate, College. Pierce Gray, Ferguson, Jas. W. Gunsalus, Liberty. J. P. Bilger, Rush. Russel Pierce, Taylor. Harry Vonada, Gregg. Soeott Lose, Bellefonte. Wm. R. Long, Howard. Jas. Cokley, Boggs. J. H. Harris, Harris, Win. Comer, Spring. Jas, Noll, Milesburg. John Weaver, Taylor. D. M. Kline, Spring. TRAVERSE JURORS, SEOOND WEEK Bellefonte, Thos. Ingram, Union. Reuben Grimm, Miles, Joseph Winslow, Liberty. Samuel Baisor, Patton. Calvin M. Harter, Marion, 8. P. Irwin, Ferguson. John N. Lane, Bellefonte. Fred Yocum, Walker. John Musser, Ferguson, John Stuart, Rush. J. I. Lucas, Snow Shoe. Geo. E. Lamb, Philipsburg. Emanuel Peters, College. John Kennedy, Rush. Daniel Eberhart, Bellefonte, Wm. Eckley, Ferguson, Jacob Heller, Bouth Philipsburg. Thos Longee, Howard. A. W. Ulrich, Penn, Edward Allison, Potter. P. 8. Richards, Taylor, Joseph Harpster, Worth. D. M. Burlew, Liberty. M. L. Rishel, Gregg. Patrick Ward, Bnow Shoe, wk. I. Wise, Centre Hall. Albert Hoy, State College. Jas. Dumbleton, Rush. Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: John Barawyak and Ella Butinch- ack, of Gorton Heights. David Philips and Elizabeth Rich- ards, of Chester Hill, Clearfleld coun- Daniel C. Murphy, of Philipsburg, and Maggie Nolan, of Bellefonte. James W, Motter, of Philipsburg, and Minerva Stine, of South Philips. burg. Tra Condo and Bertha M. Kerlin, of Walker, Recent Mifflia County Deaths. Decatur, Ida M. Erb, age 33 years. Smithville, O., Jacob Bashore, aged 75 years, ys the ‘widow of Jacob hank, Aged 62 | LATE NEWS ITEMS, | Key West has 28 new cases of yellow | | fever i * | Murders, suicides, and | ten days, i | From Yokohama it is reported that | | no fewer than | Saturday's typhoon. i The 300 inmates of the Hudson | House of Refuge for Women began at | midnight of Monday to smash the fur- | niture and break ths windows in the | several cottages, | President McKinley had a run-off on | Tuesday in one of Chicago's crowded | coming fractious, i by the bridle, and stopped the team. | Nine columns of the great hypostyle NO. 40 LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest | from Everywhere, Come Along, Winter. Come 'long, Mister Winter, Weary fer you so ! Don’t you shake de winder- Walk right in the do’ ! Come "long, 1 say ! Dis de place ter stay-— Toss de snow De way you go— Come 'long, I say ! Come 'long, Mister Winter, One mo’ hill ter cross ; Heah dem yaller punkine Spice ‘um wid de fros’ ! Come "long, 1 say! Walk de freezin’ way — Sling dat sleet On roof and street Come "long, I say ! | by Betee 1, Dynasty XIX, one of th | most magnificent and celebrated relic | have fallen. Col. Barnett, the Lebanon, on He stale Monday issues, night. saying he home-—queer ; went away off to the Manila, Ex-President Harrison is in Germany, and was given tion by the U, Ambassador White, at which he met Mrs. was at the insuguration General Harrison's grandfather President of the United States, present which was yesterday. The presence of British soldiers on bis | intolerable, and he will more soldiers must be landed in Afri- ca, and all which have June must be recalled. A Berlin dispatch says : Informa- tion has been received in diplomatic quarters here that Lord Salisbury, st the last moment, hesitates to enter upon a war with the Transvaal. A peaceful solution is not, therefore, al- together impossible, although it is im- probable, On Bunday there were two sharp battles in Luzon. The towns of Cavite and Noveleta were taken by General Schwan's column, The Americans sustained a big loss, many officers and men being shot down from ambush, The town was burned down along with roadside huts, behind which the enemy formed a firing line, The next great celebration in New York is likely to be held in September, 1906, and it will be the 300th anniver- sary of the discovery of the Island of Manhattan by Henry Hudson. This would be a favorable opportunity for New York to hold a World's Fair, which would be the best way of cele- brating the event of such importance. —— PIE From a Western Sabscriber. A former Centre county resident, on a trip through several states, writes us from Janesville, 111: “The supply of beef will be short for several weeks yet, as the farmers all over the West have exceptionally good crops, particularly corn, and instead of selling it for 20 or 25 cents a bushel they are feeding it to their cattle and hogs. “The farmers calculated that eight bushels of corn would put 100 pounds of pork on a hog, and in this way they were able to realize more money on their crops than by marketing it. « + “The army investigation did make a vast difference in the sale of canned goods. The poor quality of meat put up in cans has much to do with the consumption of it when peo- ple can afford to buy a better grade of goods, The Chicago market reports quote cows for canning along about §2 or $2.50 per hundred, while good grain- fed cattle bring from §5 to $7. Farm ers are making more money out of their live stock than for the last 35 years, . . . . There is nothing so pleas ing to me as the receipt of the Report- er ; it keeps me posted on all that hap- pens in my native county of Centre; besides I admire it for its unwavering democracy, is great aid in securing a railroad through Penus valley and its steady advocasy of all that tends to the public good. . . . JEL" How to Prevent Croup. We have two children who are sub. Jeet to attacks of croup. Whenever an attack is roming 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 is sold here than all other cough medi cines combined.—J, M. Nickle, of Nickle Bros, mefehuats, Niekl Pa. Forsale by J. H. Hail; 8. M. Swartz, i Come "long, Mister Winter, Heah a han’ ter hol’ ! Fus place in de quadril, Bless yo' freezin’ soul ! Come "long, I say ! Bring dat holiday Si "Possum pie, (Don’t pass ‘dat by! Come "long, I say ! ~ Atlanta Constitution. And walnuts too, are little, Chestnuts small this season. Bee Mrs, Ishler’s milliner card. | Grain fields look exceedingly fine, Hickory nuts not plenty and small, i Philadelphia coal bas gone up to | #6 per ton. The coal Trust knows how to make i it hot for the people, Quinces never were finer or more | plentiful than this fall Train killed Wm. Axeman, Hoover's cow, the other day. at There will be little or no speech-mak- ing campaign in our county this fall. Jerremies Hoy, an old resident of weft end of Brush valley, is seriously iL Our townsman, A. 8B, Kerlin, we are pleased to learn, is gaining strength of inte, Handpicked apples are bringing 30, 85 and 40¢ per bushel, according to quality. Shook’s cider press does considerable squeezing—but not of the Saturday pight kind. Some farmers will find it npecessary to kill their hogs early for want of corn to feed them. Dr. J. B. Krebs, a recent medical graduate, of Pinegrove, has located at Northumberland. A S-mounths-old babe of Mr. Koons- man, of Poe Mills, died on Wednesday morning of dysentery, Rev, Rearick’s appointments, Octo- ber 15: Centre Hall 7 p. m. ; Spring Mills, 2 p. m. ; Tasseyville, 10 a. m. Among the fortunate ones to have a crop of fine apples are George H. Em- erick, Harry Dinges, and Will Carry, farmers near our town. On Newt. Brungart's farm, in Sugar valley, A. J. Mark, with steam thresh- er outfit, threshed 450 bushels of oats in 4 hours and 40 minutes. Butcher Bill Lyon, of Bellefonte, in- forms us that farmers can make more money by raising sheep for slaughter than by raising beef cattle. The construction of the three-mile extension of the Bellefonte Central Railroad, from Waddles to the Scotia ore mines, has been begun. Work is under way for Bellefonte's new match factory, the site being near the railroad between Reynold’s mill and the creek this side the station. Euagland believes the war with the Transvaal will be short, and is provid- ing supplies for only an eight month's campaign. The Bellefonte lawyers have resolved to do no legal work whatever for a less fee than $5. This is to prevent some lawyers from taking $1.50 to $2 50 for some light “‘chores.” Rebersburg friendsof Wm. 8. Miller, under arrest for a violation of the pos. tal laws, are decidedly of the opinion that Miller is innocent and that the charge is from questionable motives, 8. J. Koch, son of George Koch, of this place, who spent nearly a year at Junction, N. J., has returned to again make his home under the roof. “There's no place like home." “77 for Simple and Complicated Colds.~-From Influenza to Grip—from Bronchitis to Poeumonia—from Sore Throat to Diptheria—are “broken up” by Dr. Humphreys’ Specific “77 ; all druggists, 250. ance along Loysisock creek, north Moutoutevitie The find was RR Lee
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