Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-04-25

Accounts from the upper Mi

ha branches OF the racine halIroau, anu no
trains ere running at present. Forty miles
Of the track are under water, and the bridges
over the North Platte and the South Fork
are so badly damaged as to be unsafe for
crossing.
-Four persons have been arrested
aud lodged in Jail at Schenectady, n. Y.
charged with stealing track-iron from the
New-York Central Railroad. They belong
10 gang which has stolen and sold many
tons o. railroad iron. Some of the rails
stolen were found in junk shops in Troy and
Albany.
The colored mems shipyard at
Baltimore was purchased by them not quite
THIRTEEN months ago. It is entirely man
aged by colored men, and 225 workmen are
employed, 50 being white. Last year work
was done to the amount of SIC, 900, the prof
its being % per cent
The colored people of George
town and Freedmen's Village, Thursday,
celebrated the anniversary of their emanci-
III Llb "a SO1uLAH4h- AASS
parade the streets in procession, with ban
ners and notices, and were addressed by
Senator Morton and other speakers, both
white and black.
A large portion of the city OF
Des Moines, Iowa, is now under water,
owing to an unprecedented rise in the'Des
Moines River. Great damage has bee n
done, and still farther rise in the river is
anticipated as the snow on the mountai ns
melts.
The Augusta (Ga) Press says
there is a prospect that an extensive crop
of fwheat will be harvested in Upper Geor-
gia this season. An unusually large amount
was sown, and the fields give every indica-
ton of large yield.
The Liquor Law is now strictly
enforced in Maine. A grocer of Augusta
was arrested Thursday morning and fined
TOR selling one glass of new cider. After
the first week in June all similar offences
will be punished by imprisonment.
An average majority for the Re-
publican ticket at the election in Chicago
on Tuesday was 3,851-that for Mayor being
1888. The Council stands twenty-four
Republicans and eight Democrats. The
vote cast was less than 10000.
Five thousand dollars worth of
smuggled liquors and spices were seized on
Monday night on Peaks Island by the Uni
ted States authorities. The articles were
being brought from Canada to Maine.
One hundred and twenty thous-
and bales of cotton have been received this
season at Norfylk, Va. The steamship Pc
.uriau is now loading 1000 bales, with
which she will sail for Liverpool in a few
days
The iron moulders in Cincinnati
are on 4 strike. -Four hundred OF them are
ont of employment in consequence oft
-Belleyille, Ill, elected the entire
Republican ticket, being gain of Mayor
and two Aldermen over last year
Five men were killed, Thursday
at the marble quarry at West Stockbridge,
Mass, by the caying in of portion of the
rock.
-Over 100000 shad have already
been shipped from Norfolk, Va, to North
ern cities this season.
Coy. Vance, of North Carolina
has been pardoned by the President.
-Sallie St. Clair, the popular ac
tress, died at Buffalo, last week.
The rebel Gen. Gano, of John
Morgan notriety, is preaching in Kentucky
The oppressive heat is beginning
to drive the people from New Orleans
-SIeighing was good in Belfast
Maine, on the I'd inst
-Dominick Pott was Instantly xii
led in Rochester, last week, by heavy piece
Of timber falling on him, while at work il
the canal
The Governor of Delaware has
appointed Hon. James A Bayard U. S. Sen
ator, to fill the vacancy caused by the dealt
Of Senator Riddle.
C. ". Carleton 4 Co., are about
to publish book which prophecies the ut
ter extinction of christian civilization.
"A partly finished frame hotel bull
ding, was recently blown down in Mans
field. 1t is a complete wreck.
"A farmer by the name of Lopp, il
New Berlin, Bucks county, recently lost
good horse by hydrophoba.
John Young, who, with his fam
lily, residing near Hollidaysburg was pois
"ned two weeks before, by some person I'm
known, died on Friday of last week.
Michael O'Day was stabbed BY
John Clark, in Allentown, last week, ant
died in half an hour. John Drony, one o
his accomplices was arrested.
Mrs Keefer, the wife of hote
keeper, in st. Thomas, Franklin county
went to the balcony to shake a rug, wher
the railing gave way,and she was precipita
ted to the ground and killed
"A boy II years of age, son o.
Judge Reeves, of the Circuit Court, was ia
tally shot by playmate named Moseby, OF
Saturday last at Memphis. The lads got
into quarrel while playing together, wher
young Moseby drew a revolver and shot hi:
companion, inficting wounds which caused
dleath ia a few hours.
"A donation of thirty thousand
dollars has recently been made to the Theo
logical Seminary at Andover, Me-, for pro.
yiding short term of study for those who