Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-12-20
lems from all Aattoits.


The brefest and most awful story we
have received this Fall comes from Fort Wayne Ind.
about to churn butter threw boiling water
in the churn, into which of the children had
ticed by the mother placed infant and il instant
ly scaded to DEATH In her frenzy the mother seized
chair and inflicted death blow upon the little girl
After realizing what she had done she threw herself into
the well and was drowned
Bloomfield precinct, Scott county, Illinois,
is strong Democratic place. There are about 20 Dem
and Republicans. The Judges in that precinct,
at the late election all Democrats. Two Democratic
Clerks appointed, and they, too were unable to
write. At this junction of affairs, Jim Brown, leading
Demo :rat known q Timber jim went shouting
through the crowd is there airy Republican here Is
there airy Republican here? His Democratic friends
desired to know what he wanted of Republican,
Why said Jim, - d--n it ALL I want to find some
body that ,9rite, that go with the eec
ton !"
-" On Saturday the oath ult, at l-2
o'clock, .here was tremendous fall of rock little
South of the old stair case, completely filing up the
pathway leading to the stair But few min
utes before the fall, party being conducted from
the museum to the sheet of ater Had it happened at
the time they passing all must have got crushed to
pieces. suppose some thousands of tons fe'- Ioron
TO Leader.
- The bark Cora with 705 Africans on
board has recently been captured of the Congo River by
the United States Ship Constellation The Africans
landed at Monrovia and the vessel sent to Norfolk
in charge of prize crew.
The Burch divorce case has resulted
after nineteen days trial, in vrdct in favor of Mrs
Burch. Mrs Burch is 4 niece Of Erastus Corning, Of
Albany The parties lived in great aluence in Chicago
Mr.. Burch, who is banker charges his wife with adu
terry.
- About twenty Young gentlemen Of New
Orleans wishing to display their SO thern Spirit deter
mined to wear cloth but what manufactured in a
Southern State, they bought Kentucky jeans and
had it made up into SUITS but too late they discovered
that the Kentucky jeans had been made in Massachu
sets.
- Some of the Cotton Manufacturers of
Philadelphia and also OF Pittsburg, in public meetings
have recommended running their mills on half time in
consequence of the ovcus of their manufactured goods
on hand.
The Tyrone & Lock Haven Railroad
sold in phia on Wednesday last, for s5l-
0OO.
The census returns of 1860 give the
population Of Philadelphia 56S O34 increase over 1859
of 1922. Deaths in the city last year 1870
- The bark Achilles which left Philadel-
pha for London last week took 1000 barrels Of -four
The other portion of her cargo consisted of ron clover
and timoshy seed
- Counterfeit $50 bills on the Bank Of
North America out. The ygnetes upon the bill
in the centre the head Ct Washington; the right
woman with sheaf of wheat, and theett sailor.
- During an exhibition of Dan Rice's
Circus at Memphis Tenn, the night of the 10Th inst
proposed 10 show that the hide Of the rhaoceros
was ball proof Capt. Travis, the celebrated pistol shot,
then fired bullet at tie animal which fell 1attened to
the floor not breaking the skin, causing the
animal TO vince when strG OK.
= The Eve cotton States produced $l48,-
000 600 worth of cotton rice and naval stores last year
This year they produce less than halt that amount and
actual want is pinchng and paalyzng their inhabitants.
- Postmaster General Holt has adopted a
short and sensible policy toward the few dsunion post
masters who propose resign their Offices. He informs
them that if they will successors who will give the
usaai securities to the Department they will be accepted
aud business permitted to so before. Otherwise,
the Offices will be discontinued.
- John Write, partially insane old man,
in Bailey Hollow, Luzerne county, recently wandered
away in the night, and was found frozen to death.
We see it stated that. the oil wells in
Venango county used to tan leather in and found 20
be superior to fish oil.
-WigfalI, who misrepresents Texas in the
United States Senate boats that before he left home he
armed all his negroes and told them shoot all strange
vbn nIa in
sober interval he told the truth, advise him says
Prentice not to return home ncautiousy for he the
strangest white his negroes will be likely to
ter.
The British Government complains, and
apprehend without reason that the United States
Government does carry in good faith its treaty
with European powers to suppress the slave trade.
- The newspapers in Maine are reviving
the project of removing the of government from
Augusta to Portland.
- Great suffering prevails at Nova Scotia,
in consequence of the failure of the fishing crop. The
Legislature has taken the subject in hand.
- The Prince of Wales has resumed his
collegiate studies at Oxford, after spending only abont
week at home after his return from his American tour.
A genus ont West conceiving that lit
tie powder thrown green wood would facilitate
its burning, directed small stream from the keg upon
the smoking pile but possessing hand sufficiently
quick this ofat a desirable moment, was blown
into million pieces. The Coroner for the occasion !
out this verdict " 1t can't be called suicide
because he didn't kill himself it wasn't vista
ton of Cod because he wasn't struck by tightening
he didn die for CT breath for he hadn't anything
left to breathe with its plain he diddt know what he
was about so shall bring n-Di,d for ,cant ct COM
mon sense"
A fierce seceSsionist of the Palmetto |
State says that lie woud rather be hung in South Car
nina thnn die 4 death in nthnr Statn We