Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-10-16

The Miltonian Tableaux, worldwide il
their reputation, and which consist O
startling representations from Milton
Paradise Lost, will be exhibited in tn,
Town HALL, in this place. on Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday evenings of this
week. No other exhibition of the tab
/ leau character has attained the celebrity
which this has achieved, its triumphs in
the great cities attesting its surprising eX-
celIence This is an opportunity given
our citizens of witnessing a work of great
artistic merit, and should not be left slip.
Death of DR.. Bower.-We regret to am
nounce the death of DR.. Charles Bower,
which took place at Harrisburg on Friday
evening. Deceased had been i'll for con-
siderable time, but no fears of death were
entertained until within day or two
His remains were taken to Newton HAM
iltOn on the emigrant train on Sunday
morning, where they were inferred in the
presence of a large number of his old
friends and representatives from various
lodges of the Masonic fraternity. DR..
Bower leaves a wife and children to mourn
an irreparable loss.
BE- Joseph r. Hanawalt announces in
the Christian Companion Communion
meetings on the Dist October at McAla-
vey's Fort, preaching on the ODD; on the
23d and oath at Spring Run meeting house
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and Goth at Dry Valley meeting house.
four miles northeast of LewistoWn.
A Soldier Killed on the Railroad. The
Juniata Sentinel says:-On Tuesday of
last week, as the train was leaving Patter-
son station going west, a soldier who was
on his way to the Plains with lot of re-
cruits from Carlisle Barracks, attempted
to get on the train while in motion, and
losing his hold fell under the train, one
car passing over him and crushing one
leg and considerably injuring the other.
He was removed to the Patterson House,
where he fingered until Wednesday night,
when death put an end to his sufferings.
1t appears he got Off the train to get a
glass of whisky, and as the train did not
stop long he was a little late in reaching
it. One glass of whisky cost this man
his life. He had been seventeen years in |
.he military service of the United States, |
and passed through the late rebellion
without receiving any injury. His re-
mains were taken to Carlisle Barracks, |
where they were inferred with military
lOnors. His name was Lawrence Burk, |
and aged about 50 years.
VIM. M. Pannebaker, not Spanogle &
Co., is the purchaser of McKces' tannery. !
IN alarm of fire was raised on Sunday |
afternoon caused by the burning ofa Chin
ney.
In the Democrats news from Darkey-
town, the fact that two or three a0hite
democrats were recently mixed up in |
fights up there is entirely omitted
The market continues to be well sup
olied with good meats, far superior to that
furnished during the spring and summer
months. Among the butchers b. J. SELI.s
very now and then dishes up an extra
rticle an instance of which we had yes
erday morning, in a calf or young heifer
dressed about 500 lbs. 1t was'a
are sight, and like his sausage, pudding,
and meat generally, was sought
fter by all who wanted good bite. >
Effects of Tea on the Sygtem.-The Bos
on Journal of Chemistry publish
ishes a lengthy article on the properties
# tea, in the course of which the writer
ays, that it is no matter of wonIer with
lin that brain workers, in all the years
ince tea was introduced, have regarded
with the highest favor. 1t has power
0 subside irritability, refresh the spirits,
nd renew the energies, such as no other
gent possesses. When the system is eX
lausted by labor or study, cup of tea
and restores as no other
orm of food or beverage can. He thinks
t promotive of longevity, and adds: "Tea
aves food by lessening the waste of the
)ody, SOOthes the vascular system, and
,fiords stimulus to the brain. The young
10 not need il; and it is worthy of note
that they do not crave or like it. Children
will frequently ask for coffee, but seldom
for tea. To aged people whose power Of
digestion and whose bodily substance
have began to fail together it is almost