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As 70 the committees plans In inycS~
tigating the presidential fraud the
Worlds special writes from Washing
ton, on %, that the Special Committee
on the Florida and Louisiana Election
Frauds will organize 2lst on the return
Of Mr.. Potter, the Chairman, from New
York. 1t will be divided into two SUBJ
committees to take testimony from each
state. Mr.. Morrison will probably be
made chairman of the Iouisianaporuon
with General Butler rs part Of the ke>
publcan minority. Mr, Morrison was
chairman of the House investigation IN
10 the Louisiana election IN the last
Congress. and Is, therefore, familiar Win
the subject at the outset lie Will NM"
an able second in General Bntlor Who
is we'll informed on Louisiana HnH!is,
especially as Ia the bargain made 10y
the commission sent ta New Orleans hN
the President a year ago, 10y "h''h
Packard was deposcd from his claims
n the Governorship. The telegram
read in the House boy General Garfield
from Minister Moves asking that he h'
subpUnaed As soon AS tie comm'''o" Is
organised. will ho laid before the eom'
m;ttee lint IL is not probable that GOV
ernor Moves will be summoned until
some evidence is taken lmPaoannE him
IN the frauds in Florida. Mr. Mclln, OF
the Returning Board, while here re-
Gently, gave his own measure IN a sally
story he told that whenever any OF the
Republican members Of tbs board OF
Republican politicians would become
timid and hesitate during its progress ia
making mp the returns in the interest
Of HAYES, Moves would oileu and iam'l-
i4rly place both hands on their should"
ers and. with a significant look, would
say with great emphasis "Gentlemen'
YOU don't know Governor Hayes. D iln
now saws that he believes Aoyes vas
quite right, and that he didn't know
then what kind Of man Hayes was,
He counted the State for him, however,
and now declares that he has acquired
very full knowledge Of the kind OF a
man Hayes is, but his confidence III
Noyes's opinion has 4ults ooEed out al
his fingers ends. Among SLe Witnessed
who will be summoned on the Florida
case is william +. Chandler. It is true
that he testified In tho Investigation by
the Forty fourth Congress, hai he
pleaded the privilege Of counsel whsn
called upon 10 explain the cipher iele-
grams which he sent to Hayes's private
secretary at Columbus, 10 Zach Chand-
| Ter and other leading Republicans
These kilograms haSs basH recently re-
printed from the old report in ths HsSss
papers. and one Of them 10 Columbus
on DeceusGor Il. 1876, indicates that the
prospect for Hayes vas stormy. Mr.
| Chandler is now willing = explain all
these telegrams.
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The following are the three ballots.

Malcolm Hay moved to make Dnls
nomination. unanimous, which was agreed
tp.
The result of the drst ballot for the su
rremc couJt Judgoshlp was Judge Henry
I. Rosr, Of Montgomery. l62 Furmnn
Sheppard, of Philadelphia, n; Judge I'd,
ward $. Golden, OF Arm atrvug, 10 Judge
samuel 7. Wilson, Of Beaver who had
been named Tor the otiiyo, was Withdrawn
before the ballot began. Mr.. Sheppard
received only ~ votes nom the Phiadel-
phta delegation, While Judge Ross 70.
coiyed Il from the same source.
The field, Notwithstanding alt lie pledges
of standing up tor the other anti Wallace
candidates in the event Of Diil's nomina.
Aon, went % pieces on the judgeship, ard
before tho rull was half Through lvwas cy-
,deu. that Rose would win by great ma.
jori'y. The Sheppard managers couuted
without their host, aud had no power 90
prevent the stampede 10 Ross
The nomination Cor the lieutenant gov
ornorsh.p being in order w. H. Sowden,
0! LehiEh o. II Re.ghard, Of Williams
port John Fer,ig, Of Crawford, Jacob
Zeiglor Of Butler X. l.. Johnston. Of
Cambria James A. Stranahan, Of Mer-
eer DR.. Louis no,k, Of Dauphin; j. L.
Faunce. Of Philadelphia, and Hon. VIM.
NJ Clelland were presented. and the list
closed.
h'Ciclland's name WAS Withdrawn.
The arsl ballot resulted In no choice
Sowien, O. Fertig, 90; Zeigler. so :,
johnson, u; stranahsn, % Heck. : :.
Faunce, 63 Reighard, II. The Philadel,
phians generally supported Faance.
The names Of ReighArd. Johnston and
Hesk were then Withdrawn. A second
ballo. was ordered, the convention persists
emily refusing to adjourn until tho buai-
ness was finished
The second ballo, Cor lieutenant COVER
nor resulted in no ehoice-Sowden A. \
F0rIig, 20. Zeigler, y slranahan. Is
Faunce o..
Mr.. FeFtig Was nominAied on the third
ballot ty vu!G oflE5 20 Sogdeh's O3.
T1o Gouinoes for secretary Of iuteruAlI
stlairs we're J. Simpson Africa, al Hunt.
inEdon, J. Howard Beach and John II
Reall, Of Philadelphia. Mr.. Africa Was
nom.aAsed Oh the fret ballot, receiving
l5l votes 10 Cd FOR Beach and ReAll 6.
Hon. K. Milton Speer, OF Huntingdon,
was on motion Of Senator Wallace uuaui.
mously chosen chairman Of the state cen.
'ral committee for the ensuing year,
Amer tho announcement by tAo various
senatorial distriels oi msmbership OF that
erumiuec Senator Dill was introduced to
the couvcalion and made few y ell tim ed
and cloquen: remarks. He Was followed
briefly by Senator Wallace and Hon. Q.
A. Buekalew and the VoEyGa,ion AZ 4:90
Z, IA, adjourned
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riots in the Clcardeld coal fields. lie 's
a dangerous muu. and his champion
ship Of the laboriug class is sham that
he may bc enabled TO set his living oil
Of them without working.
During the campaign IN which HAT
RAM ram for governor Il was change,
,hot tho Mollic vote had been bough
over for him hy his agents, During th'
Noliie murder trials Afterwards II wa
charged by Frank II. Gowau That Molli,
Mncuire leaders had been bought byih,
uar,raut party, aud that some of 'h'
indicted leaders said thc "uid man 90
Harrisburg" would take care of them
This is What Har,mntl. the odd man u
Harrisburg ,5 now declaring he VII d,
with Jack kchoc, Tho governor Il fcv
! days ago Fe,l that he thought Jack he
hoe innocent o. tie crime Of which ht
vas convicted, and said ho could not b,
driven 20 consent t. the hanging of az
| innocent man, even though il should b,
carried into tho campaign and made .
handle Of politically. The Pulsbori
/ Post adds i. don't care 90 see kehot
/ hung. bat il the Governor pardons hlu
| hc should insist on tbe repayment OF
/ the g. 600 given kehoc in 1873, 90 srcur,
Z "a 10 .. ..
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WORTH RRMRMBERING.

The following Is an extract from the
State Constitution
Any person who shall give, or promise
or offer TO give, TO an elecior, any money
reward or other valuable consideration
! for his vote at an election, or for with.
holding the same, or who shall give or
promise to give such consideration to any
other person or party for such eloctor' :
vote or for the Withholding thsrsof. and
any elseior who shall receive or agree to
receive, for himself or for another, any
money, reward or other valuable consid-
GRAFTON for bis vote at al election, or for
Withholding tho same shall thereby for
felt the right TO vote mt such election
whose right 10 vete shsll bs challenged
for such cause before the election officers.
shall be required TO swear or affirm that
the matter of the challenge is untrue be-
fore his vote shall be received.
ANY person who shall, while candi-
date for Office, be guilty of bribery. fraud
or willful violation OF any election law,
shall be forever disqualified from holding
an Office Of trust or profit in thl. Common-
wealth and any person convicted Of will
full ISOLATION Of the election laws shall, in
a tdition 10 any penalties provided by law,
be den rived OF the right Of suffrage ubso-
lutely for term of four years.
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The Pittsburg Telegraph an able re-
publican paper says this: AproPos ot
the opinion recently expressed by Gov
ernor Hartrauft that Jack kehce IS an
innocent man, and even the fear tha!
political capital should be made OF IT,
could not drive him to consent to the
hanging of an innocent man, the public
has not vet forgotten that il was tho
open boast Of the Kehoe gang that their
political influence was such that they
had no fears ofthe gsllows-a sentiment
expressed while Governor Harsranft
was the chief executive Of the State
nor have two years efiaced the memory
Of the testimony taken during the Mol
lie Mcguire trials of political bargains
between Quay and Hartranft and JACK
Kehoe, and q few other Mollies, By
which for political service, immunity
from the extreme penalty Of the law
was alleged to have been promised. II
is not uninteresting to note that even
now Kehoe is believed TO control di-
rec;ly and indirectly about 1900 votes.
Members of the ring can afford TO be-
lieye such men innocent.
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The legislature will adjourn in few
days, after having been in session one
month over the usual time. Now what
has it done to benefit the farmer, the
mechanic and the working man? Alb
solutely nothing at all for the toilinG
and over-burdened taxpayer. Year al
ter year the corporation, the speculator
and the money shaver have monoplized
legislation, and the laws passed have
have been in their interest alone, while
the working man has been overlooked
IS though he had no rights which leg
islator is bound to respect This is The
simple truth. There is no class so much
in need Of relief as the working class.
Yet look at your taxes and you find not
copper cut down, while wages are
down,
II our public servants were to make
raid upon fees and salaries among Office
holders, from the highest to the lowest
and seek TO cut down the expenses oi
the government so much needed, IL
would 20 far to lessen the enormous tax
alton resting upon the farmer, mechanic
and laboring man, who has scarce an
income at all in these times, where
with to maintain himself and family
and pay his taxes-taxes that are
squandered by our public servants
many ofwhom revel in luxury with the
sweat of the working man foots the
bill.
We repeat, the legislature has done
nothing TO relieve.the oppressed masse:
one iota. How long viii the people
stand il.
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The Williamsport Bulletin, rad, says
democrats "are not at all pleased with
the enthusiastic manner in which the
Harrisburg nominations are received by
the people," Well we do not see where
the enthusiasm comes in or comes from
It does not come from Centre county,
and from other parts Of the states the
information is that Hoyt's nomination
does not enthuse at all. People are tired
of Cameron's set ups, and the Harris
burg nominations were 30 plainly the
work of Simon and Don that there is q
strong disposition among republicans to
let them 90 over board.
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The National or greenbace nominees
Bently for Supreme Judge and shearer
for Lieut. governor having declined \
portion OF the delegates ro|assemeled al
Harrisburg last week, to dill vacancies
After remarks by number OF mems
hers as to the prospects Of the party amt
"a 70 the best means of prosecuting the
campaign, tho names Of Chief Justices
AQnew and Furman Sheppard were pre-
sented for supreme judge. The nonl'
nation ofMr. sheppard was soon amer
withdrawn and Judge Agnew was select
cd by reclamation.
For Lieutenant governor }. NJ SIe'N'
Of Lycoming county, was nominated OF
the first ballot,
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HE CONFESSES TO FOUR MUIR,
DERS.

Myerstown, Pa, May 22-John Stoo
yer, alias Harris, who confessed on hi
destbhed 10 having committed four mur
ders. gsS one Of tho most respected citi
zens ofthis place. He mado the con res.
sion tho night before he died to Geo. HaE
ielanger and his wife and Percival Daub
John Harris, Of this place. who was Stoe,
ver's stepfathcr, said yesterday that such
a confession had been made. He also told
Isaac Loeb, OF Lebanon, that he Loeb
was implicated IA the confession. The
matter will be Investigated to-day.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30

John siney, one o. the Labor party
leaders in the coal regions, was a proH,i'
nent actor in the convention Of the Ma
tionals. He made several speeches, IL
one of which he said "there are but two
parties in this country, the skinners and
the skinned, the robbers and robbed
The Pottsville Standard, published
where Siney lives, and, therefore. q
competent witness, in remarking upon
the declaration, "feels, called upon to
say, for the information of the general
public. that there isn't more perfect
specimen of skinner in the State of
Pennsylvania than this same John
Siney." This is about the length and
hEeadth oft, no doubt.
We know . little of John Siney in
these parts==ile was ops of the leaders
in last summers terrible riots, and made
himself particularly consPicipps in bhe
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A humiliatinE confession indeed, &s 'i'
exchange says, the Cameron platform
adopted at Harrisburg, by the knaNe'
and slaves of that dynasty, the other day
conceded the depression and Sene'a'
bankruptcy that prevails throughout ih'
State, in all business affairs, This IS
disgraceful admission. This party oI
clan which has ruled the Church ana
State" in this Commonwealth io'
EIGHTEEN YEARS, and now the peA'
cons and Eldets--Maekey, CAmeronti
Quay. Rutan, etc, stand up IN broad
day-ligAt, at the State Capital, and Goa
fess that they have ruined the morals
aud business OF the State, and nominss'
ed Hoyt, etc, and have the im9udenee
to ask the people to tolerate them iof
four years more. Can fraud and imper>
Gnence be rendered more transparent
Their confession is conclusive proof "a
every sensible voter. that this faction u
unfit to govern a free Commonwealth
and deserves to be defeated in Novem'
Der.
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These considerations have occupied US
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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30
COZ. HARTRANFT AND "JACK'
kEHOE
Especial Despatch to the World.l

Philadelphia, May: i5.-In converse.
ton with your correspondent at Harris
burg last evening, Governor Hartranf)
intimated that he thought Jack Kehoe
innocent Of the crime (which he was
convicted and said he could not be driv-
en- 10 consent 10 the hanging Of an inno-
cent man, eyen though il should be car
ried into the campaign and made han
die Of politically. Kehos ia the famous
king Of the Mollies," and is supposed
to have had hand in nearly every one
Of the crimes ofthe order. Indeed, he
iB already under sentence Of inprlson-
msnt for fourteen years for completely
in the mgTdGs Of Conner James. the as
sault on Thomas and the conspiracy
against the Majors, besides his couvic-
ton of the murder of +. VS.. Langdon
at Audenried, June 4, 1862. Heis, how
ever, q man Of great political influence
in the coal districts.
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The only issue now before the people
is between honesty and corruption-the
government administered by pure men
or by rings. The Cameron clan on one
side with Hoyt, and Dill on the other
whose nine years in senate prove him
to be true representative of the peo-
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30

- No one can long abuse health with>
out suffering generally with blood dissas.
es. Keep the blood pure by using DIR
BULBS Blood Mixture.
Some forty shad have been caught at
Newport, and three or four ut Shamokin
Dam.
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John A. Woodward, Of Howard, If
member of the democratic state com
mittee, for this senatorial district. A
most excellent choice. Mr.. Woodward
Is democrat of the purest water.
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The ten dollar fellows who sat at Har'
risburg all winter doing nothing adjourn
ed on "a. May we never see its like
again, is the universal wish. The lead
ing ringsters, tickled each other with
presents on day Of adjournment.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30

The latestIfrom Europe now is that
peace negotiations are regarded St st.
Petersburg as in fair way for a salts
factory conclusion.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30

The Centre Herald and Philipsburs
Journal are printed on the outside
plan. More spaSms in store for those
editors whose sleep seems constantly
haunted BY "outsides."
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30

Does Secretary Of Internal affairs
know how TO cure belley-ache, might
be made question in the pending cam
paign,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30

AT the republican primary meetings
In lancaster county the other day, the
Cameron gang was completely routed.
DO il some more.
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We print envelopes as low as 81 per
thousand. Send Us your envelopes. We
print letter heads, and staten ments MS low
as l,26 per 1000, when persons find the
paper: This Is lower than you can get 1t
done for in the city,
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Now democrats, we have a most excel
lent state ticket in the feld-with Dill
igence we can electit.
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DILL pEuoNSTRA1IoN&
the GALLANT DEMOCRATIC
STANDARD BEARER RECEIVES
A GRAND OVATION AT
SUNBtkN.
An IMMENSE IttEoNG OF rEurtE DRhEr HIN
UN u}S ARRIVAL Al ills HOME ~
lLWISGt EU.

Sunbury, May 2+-At least one thou
sand people independent Of party as
senhlti at the depot tAis afternoon %
greet Senator n.ll ou his way home. His
remarks. rs we'll - those Of Senators
Allra and PeA,e and Representative
Sherwood, seEs received s.,h tumultu>
GUS applause. Al night one hundred
guns were fired and an immense inn
prumptu ratification meeting convened
in front OF the Clement house. The
valley Of the Susquohanna IS unit for
Dill. Put down old Northumberland
for 1000 majority for Dill and the whole
ticket.
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Physicians prescriptions carefully com
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Mr.. II. NJ. Harrington, and we respectful
ly solicit the custom of our friends and
the old patrons of the store.
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@ H II A U

X A N S'A S L NDsi
We own and oantral the Railway landa
OF IkEpn COUNTY. KANSAS, about
equally divided BY the Kansas Pacific
haiiwsy, which We are selling at an aver
age Oh W. 70 per acre on easy terms ofpay~
ment. Alternate sections of Government
lands can be taken as homesteads by Rctu-
al settlers.
These lands lie in the GREAT LIME
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Bushels per Acre,
The average yearly rainfall In this oouA.
" Is nearly 81 inches per Rnnum, one
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ARKANSAS VALLEY, which has a yearly
rainfall Of less than 23 inches per annum
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Stock Raising and Wool GrowiRR are
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now being made ms tomako their purchase
at present prices one Of the very best ia.
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the profits to be derived from their eulti-
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and will show lands at
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nation in regard to soil, climate. water
supply. &c. will be sent free on request.
Address, WARREN, KEENEY Il Co,
lO6 Dearborn St. Chicago,
Or Wa-Keeney, Trego co. Ks. 25apl0n
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A good motto for all honest voters
Be Dill-igent.