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who vas killed in '-f5a' ftr-f6rl Doyle
an1 Reilly hsi'ngsd 10 = Division q N)llic
Narsircs near P1ftsyi'ie. SsbuyFjll
county. aui we're selected TO p.rp,,ri's
the crime in consiitrttIou Of the blo1ly
work Carbon comfy mon hal d!rg 80
f'm,I1a.
Camgbcn, klly, Djy,o aul p,1ahrc
were sIcsct8.I.y hIlg ~ { D o'clock, ~
minutes ,pl - .reIuls. To- Grf Cd liH
WI pu.',, ,hn trttt1gi his ltst iH.' thir.
teen minutes after IN. trIP w4J sp;uay
Donthuc liel htrl.
wh,n DJylc AL Campbell hal reached
their positions on tl' s'IrJl, acc,nplni>
On by their spiriiuh advisers. the sheriff
IakcI Campbell IL he h,i anything to sty.
Camptcl an.vercl /; "An have to say
IL that | forgive every ons. have not an
enemy in the world
| Tue sheriff then turned to D,y,e, anl
asked him wha, hr bal - say.
Diyls aasvcrcl "I forgiv, every one,
~ Christ has forgiven me- AMI mrtcrol
several wjrl' IN an un1'r'one, which.
however, could MT be heard ~ a single
person beyond the sheriff himself.
pouihuc came ont next, supported by
Father llcin1n, carrying biz cru,ihN ht~
tween his hlnls, aud with head down
|prlyiug clrnc-tly. ll1 was pat at one Of
| the other two corners, anil. like tho rest,
asked IL he hal anything to say. D)u'bue
/ simply answered with hi, head still down,
"l have nothing to say mud not again
/ dill he open his lips cN'cp; in prayer.
/ Kelly then cam, ont accpnpluicl by
! Father Mlihonc. and upon ascrn ling the
/ .a.lows was placed in the remaining va.
Icrnt corner. Sheriff Rlulrnbich then
I 80 ,,.f,. eel. - n -
anything
/ Kelly answering the sheriff bat not rails
in, Iii. eyes from the cruciGX. said: at
had taken the alyicc or the bishops AMI
priests would not have been here today
! / 1sk the pardon of my God, aud Of cyCry'
|h1ly who will all ask the pardon Of the
Almighty TO forgive my trausgr c'7i1ns.'
/ The priests nul prisoners having yrny-
J cd anI sang together, ut lD,Il the fathers
nnI sheriff, aul coal nnl iron police all
left the sct,lJld, leaving tho pri o1crs
nlono TO their fate The shacklrq hIl been
adjusted md The wrists mlneclcl, anil the
white caps pulled over thoir heads 1t
1915 q si.n1l from one of tho conuis.
sioners, the sheriff AMI o coupl' Of the dc.
uu,ics seized the rope, and pulling II, lett
the drop down precisely n 10 o'clock 10
minutes and 3, seconds. Tlerc the four
men hung between heaven anil earth, and
all who witnessed the sight stood nghast.
For moment the bodies Just swung
around AMI no feeling was apparent in
either Of the mon Campbell wa The fret
to shake, md he dil it just pcrccpihly.
Then Jack D,nah1c began TO kick, draw
hi, limbs into MI dispropor'ion,tc shapes.
Donnhue. who kicked the hardest, died the
quicko.i and easiest The longest lie and
hardest death were those of c rnpb'll.
The bodies were left TO hang until thir-
~ minutes after the falling of the drop,
whcn they were cut down. The bodies
wcr, PLACED in collins md delivered over
to their friends. who took them to tho diff
fcreut places inl.oatcl in previous dis'
patches.
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EVENLY MATCHEp.-The forty>ifth
Congress will he remarkable for the
very noarly even strength Of the po-
litical parties in both Houses. In
the House, consisting of three hum
dred members. tho Democratic ma,
jority is about ten, which may in.
crease little in tho settlement OF
contests. In tho Senate there will
be from present indications thirty
Bix Democrats, thirty nine Republic
cans, and one Independent. Judge
Davis, of Illinois. He will probably
net with tho Republicans except in
extreme cases, but if he should act
with the Democrats they will have
thirty seven votes to thirty-nino Re
publicans. SpON'ord and Tustis,
Democrats, of Louisiana, are assur-
ed Of their seats, and the success of
Hampton in South Carolina rcnllers
Buffers admission TO his seat from
that State reasonably certain. II
will bo seen that there is but a slight
margin for tho Republicans in the
Senate, and then the Democratic
majority in the House is but meagre
Under those circumstances no OK.
tremc legislation of partisan char
actor will DO possible, and Jobs oI
all kinds will have greater obstacles
TO mount, In tho Senate, Hayes
will have bare majority unless
blaine and his "stalwart' Rcpubli,
cans revolt. But tho House will
have majority against him
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ALSO

~ thc samo tim, an p'arr, by vlrtus nt n wri.
~ Won. tx. issiei ont " tAc tI1rt of Comm m
Pirlc Of Sny icr County, AMI to mo directed
viii bc ty)sc1 90 Fable sale, a ccrtatr TR NC L
or IASD, l'iNs iu Frlu fiin tpynsliu 5 iv-
l,r county "a. y uu1'l North and Eat by
land NJ juhr u. Walter, SII'h hy laui ~ Astpp
B,Ncr-oX. West by ltnl of ] ,ln II. W,ltrr.
containing Twenty acres moro or los whsr, on
arc erected ono and half s'Jrt dazzling
house stable and other ont buildings.
Sriz11 aul t1kDn in execution and 90 be sold
d. the property ut Nshlru Courtney.
~. EiSENuART. sheriff.
sheriff g. Onco, Mldj,eburg. Junu -, 1877.
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The Candidates.

For Associate judge the Rcpub'i.
oau party presents. for the suiIrHgc+ Of
the party, Joseph A. Lumbard, OF Sc-
lnsgrovo.
Mr.. Lumbard, though yet n young
man. has devoted his ripor years TO
the interests of the Republican party
in person and through the TrjbUo,
with which he has been connected for
years. rs the public well know.
Quito n youth, he offered his ser
vices to the national Government, in
the hour when civil liberty was aos1il'
ed, and was accepted --iioh he saw tho
error Of his first and youthful demo.
cratic impressions and threw or tho
yoke, since which tim" he has serve |
our party according to the brst of his
knowledge and ability. II were worse
than Labor lost ar cNtrcmcSt folly
to enlighten the people rs To- tho Dig
nifty, character, ability and fitness OF
our candidate.
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PoIsoNlNG. A boy named Abra
ham Lincoln Nimmy, about fourteen
years old, rosi,ry in GrGonsburg.
Pa q few weeks ago, poisoned
his father, sistcr, Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Patterson and her child. His sister
and Mrs. Patterson died and the
others it is thought will recover,
Tho boy poisonor tolls This Curious
story. lie says that upon his return
home from Alliance, Ohio, where ho
had assisted in giving concert, he
met John Muncy, colorol lad Of
nbout Nimmy's ago, who asked him
whether he ever got whipped. lie
replied that he had been whipped
for not Attending to tho garden.
Muncy said that inismuch as his ia
ther had whipped him for playing
truant he was going to get some ar
sonic and give it to tho old man. IIo
recommended Nimmy to do the
same. Tho latter claims that he
didu't know what arsenic WAS, and
was unaware Of tho effect it would
have upon his father However, he
purchased five cents worth of it at a
drug store, and in tho morning put
part OF il in tho coffee. All but his
father drank tea. Tho coffee made
his father sick, but not as sick as
Lincoln wanted to SEQ him, and nc
cordingly the boy bought twenty five
cents worth more of poison, which
he put ia tho coffee when no one else
was in the room. lie didn't want to
kill any ono and had no desire TO
my porson but his father.
n'ler they would do
'ast drink tea.
ht'
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1S the suit of the United States
against Samuel j. Tilden, to recover
Sl5O,OOO alleged due MS unpaid in,
come taxes from 1861 to 1871, the
complaint has been filed in the lis.
trict Court of New York by District
Attorney Woodford. The answer oI
Governor Tildcn is re,urnable in
about week. Tho allegations in
the complaint set forth tho supposed
income of Governor Tildcn for each
year in question, aud the amount oI
tax
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GONE 70 EpERaITy.

Ten NpHie Ns2u'r.s Eroi,'. thci5
crimes on hc GJUy,cS.
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Philadelphia and Reading
Rail Road.
Arrangement OF Passenger Trains
MAY 2ISt, 1877.

Trains iedre Hrndon as fol-
io,os (iSomddys Erceptcd)
For shamokin, 1915 ll.O0 m and
% m
For Mt Carmel, Ashland, Tamaqua.
Poitsville, Reading, aud Philadelphia,
30 q III.
Trains for Hcrndop, isape as foHows,
(Sulddys Ercoptcd,l
Leave Shamokiu, 500 an $50 and
3 IA m.
Leave Philadelphia o.l5 m. Reading
ll;3O n IN,
Pottsvillc, l9,lo p IN. Tamaqua l.25 7
m Ashland > 80 m
Mt. Carmel 3.I5p IN.
Trains lare UturiSjurg as follows:
For New York, 5,2o, s 10 M, and
:. 90 t7,5j pm.
For Philadelphia $50, $40 o.45 q. m
200 aud 3.j7 IN.
Sundays
For New York BIO m.
For Philadelphia l.45 IN.
Trains for Harrisburg ieare as foAows i:
Leave New York, S.45 AN 100 anC
$50 and - - p IN.
Leave Philadelphia, 0.i5 IN. $40 ant
7.2Opm
SUNDAYS
| Leave New York 5, 80 p m.
| Leave philadelphia 7.2O p m.
| syia Morris & Essex Il. X.
j. Il. WOOTTEN,
Genl Manager
G. G. HANCOCK,
Gen'l Ticket Agt.
Feb. "a. VII n 40.
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ExEcuriov op'L,uAuAa.

wfLKEsr NRHc, June 2l.-Aulrow Lnn1hnn
10 day ,ruiicrcd tho extreme penalty oi the
law In the llll yard " tue county Tor tho mur.
dor ot CIIt In Iphg Enllly on the eyoaIn2 of
the lith oi September. ls'l.
over wear elapsed beorc L1nah1n was nr'
rested lie was tracoI 10 I.asaiie county, IN.
nois, by police ofccr oi tbs county Who
ileuttGcl lin I.annhan. when taken iut
custody by the policeman, sail h!s name was
Patrick Reilly aul that ho had mover been in
Pcnn.ylyanil and that ho Ill no. know such n
B man ~ Lanlhan.
I'm Of december, ls7i, nnl on the 21l he was
convicted pt murlrr In tho iirst degree and en-
the 9th Of January. 10. sentenced T. be hlnx.
IcI 4 rit ot error was obtained by lls cnuu
] Hel AMI tho supreme clIrt an Mt mako tLrlr
duri. Ton until iist March when tho Judgment
Of the iuiorlor court v'' d0lrwci.
AT I.2l O'Clock tito sEcrif real tho death war.
rcni e. HIN Ia l. cell. Ito thea .y,t tAc yrIosts
and Lgnnt1n together u1'll noon, wien the
I prisoner wa innrrr.cl, aHd tho VrYcc. llu
startoi for tho gt,iuWS. LgrHh carried tAC
ctuaiH1, lookiGS steadily u2On II, AMI Hai King
hrmly.
On tho gallows prayer wug read ~ Ruy. ~
I iIaran, InnrhJn Rntoliry Uul cPcltlng T. al
/ to- b N I'm ol''- tone ID ypi e.. h'ta' priests
bli hlm good lJr 10 ,ls o. each 90 th8tr htu g..
/ Tic sheriff asked 90 go had anything to tly
whom Ac thanked ll- gIi-l,ual Hlyi9cr-. INC
ward, n. and n. sisters IT MERCY ior tacir aiui
moss to him Gli s,ld no tpryiyo every orc
J Tho no 10 pnd hltch cap Veio % H'IgFic!, and u'
I 1888 ''c shcrln rulici the rOlc auI 10 Grol
/ lyll with heavy tHUi.
| Tie body was cgt down Git r Nnnylp' s7ycr.
t"Cn minutes, ,pn u tu Na'ninptlnn sApgci tust
hlt neck WAS dlslu'0'eI au| tuo sIiuIl cY-i
rup'uros no LtyiuE dloI Without plil. JIil
body was taken charge by his igICuiI.
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COUNTY SURVEYOR.

For Cjmky SUrcVor the party has
selected George u. Bcnfcr. of Jackson
twp. In 1869 Mr.. Bcnfcr uncquiyo-
cally and unrescrvcdly allied himself to
the Republican party. He is an hon
est, upright man--though plain far
mcr-likc in his habits and costumes,
he possesses the ability to discharge
the duties Of the office to which the
people of Snyder county, without re-
gard TO party. intend To elect him.
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A pgiElSrG.TC rs n1TlCE.--lei ,
4 \ ters NJ fifn 'strnti1n IN tho estate oi i.
!. Iet,rs. deceased, iutco of Franklin township.
S1ydcr County. Ponn'a.. having tccu grant
OF TO tue uulor.lrnel, ru ueisnrs knowing
them.ciNes indebted TO vaid estate are rcqus T.
eH 90 maize Immediate payment. while thcsc
ls7inr claims viii p-ysent them duly aUthon:i-
GATED tot settiemsnt to
SARAH 7. pvrGRS
GEORlE %. pEfgKS.
Irre Is ~ Admlui strat0rs
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Notice.

NOTICE IL hereby given to ail persons
~ Wy the unicrsirncl, njt to trcspnss on
hts farm, nor carry away or tatc nty WOOD chips,
hpaI.p1lps, nsrirt rods. sgw~lus', berries, s.,
60, a. all persons 80 Offending vii bod gnli with
according to law. Z. j. SMITH.
June .lt, 1871.
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Snunlm inn 2lR. 1S11.

~ r'r'ogk \ N.ofsotiIiv tn, flloyi7r To-
friH'l Y al Es'aN - wit; \ crrttit tR ttF
OF LAND -it1Ne IN g nitro = sFl llip = lyd
cou1ty Pa Binnlei North ~ l,ui of l',rg,
Nrrgrr, south Nv hn Of JtrDb Fr'rf, Ets' b.
itud Il Divii kirp. co1ttiuiny IDRriFIN e.
At'E - m1rt or i+s-, bsiu{ fiu5Fr ..tnl.
. "a, az 1 tascn In eN''uI "a AMI - DC s)il
a tiie Tr,tr .ty cF ~ 1ornH Henry
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To All Whom il MAY Concern.

DE II known that among tho rcc-
iDoris Of tho cou-, Of Common Plcas for Sny.
dor County, the following decree doth iNTER
NIfN appear, VII, "apl now to WI, Nay 2Sth
Ictitluu Of George W. Taylor, do decree that
Tie name Of tho said George W. Taylor be
changed to GgoRuE ". WEAygu.
PER CUEtAN.
g. BUCUER. P.J.
Cori'hel from tho records this i'm day Of
Of June, a ~. 1871. i. CRoCsG, rroth'y.
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rr.-su.Sss.zls,al. IlI.s-,-S-s

DmLoRAmE CASE OF PoyERry.-
Tho .Wl,cr'5 journal of Pottsyillo
says Tho other day man entered
agrocery store on Centre street and
asked 10 be trusted TO sack Of
-four. As he owned a large bill nj
ready lac vas rofusei further credit
He begged for it, bat was still re
fused, Going out ho picked mp n
sGcl; that was near the door, put it
uudor his arm and took il home,
Tho grocer sworo out a warrant
against him, nnl had it placed in the
hands OF constable. Tho officer
went t. tao house, and on being al-
mittol found tho family sitting
around the sack AMI eating tho dry
lour with spoons. Without saying
/ a word ho returned to tho grocery
and offered 10 pay for .ho -four hin-
self stating ut tho same time what
he had scon. Tho grocer would not
take the money toadaroi him, but
mldo up good sized basket of pro
visions and sent them to tho poor
mans house. The man has since
/ found Cmp!OymCut.
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Dissolution Of Partnership.

TNHE firm OF Reher & Brosious,
Il wagon makers, carrying on business st
Fremont Snyder county Pa. have dissolved
the Oorpartnership heretofore existing, BY
mutual consent.
GEORGE REHREB.
GEORGE y. DROHEOUgi
am pleased 70 inform the public thst the
business ef the aboye ngm v VI eoottnue q the
old Plaes, sRa would . Glsd . lsye 8 eesllna:
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ASSIGNEE'S SALE.

VNHE undersigned, Assignee. OF
] Darnhaft Kable, for the bsnsnt Of creditors
Court ofCommon Pleas of snyder county, will
oppose to Public Sale, on the promises In Wash
ington township, on
Saturday, June 80M 1877,
Tho following valuable Real Estate, 70 Wit
bounded by lands OF Jacob I.euig, Isaac Faust,
Daniel shaifer, and others, Containing I29
ACRES. moro or ies, on which are Q rectsd .
good HOUSE and BARN, Ac., 40. The land
is in high state OF cultivation, With good
fences.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Of ssid
day whom terms will DO made known BY
WIN. MOYER,
June 7. 1877. Assignee,
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gIyg3YTpg SAFE.

glT vilt1o ~ O writ of Ecn1 Ex
~ i.lu.f 1st ~ rlc Co1~. W C,.ru'l P'aas a'
SIylsr comfy, ari - no directed VIII LN ox
pa-at to PuYlic Sale, at tho Court II 11se ia fill
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JONI STEVENSON, an oX-couvict,
who was conf ned until quite recent
ly in tho Illinois Penitentiary for the
crime Of burglary, committed near
Jacksonville four years ago, has
made n confession that he knows the
present whereabouts of Charley
Ross, who, ho says, was living last
winter with n family named Gregg,
residing near Loaycnsworth, Kansas,
Stevenson sweGrs that ho is perfect
ly familiar with tho details leading
to the abduction, but for reasons OF
his own will not mako them public
ly known. He says that Charley
Ross was, during tho month OF
April, within twenty five miles OF
his old home, and u few days ago in
Louisville, Ky Very littlo credence
is to DO placed in Stovenson's story,
but tho man seems to be so earnest
that largo number of persons be
liove that no indeed knows some-
thing about tho mysterious affair.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-04-19
4 PaDer Milking Spider.

Spiders have been noted so long as
spinners of the finest OF silk, that it
strikes one little oddly to think of one
as paper maker. Eut hear this true
story that has just been told to me.
In the heart of the African continent,
where no other paper is manufactured,
the spider paper maker does her quiet
work. Back and forth, over flat sur
face about an inch and half square, on
the inside wall of hut, the spider slow
ly moves in many lines until the square
is covered with pure white paper.
Under this she places from forty to fifty
eggs; and then, to fasten the square Of
paper more securely to the wall, she
makes a strip of paper about quarter
of an inch broad, and with this CLUES the
square carefully around the edges.
When all is done, the spider-which
is quite a large one-places herself on
the center of the outside of the little fiat
bag so carefully made, and begins q
watch, which is to last for three weeks
without intermission. Apparently the
young spiders would have many dangers
to fear, did not their anxious mamma
wage fierce war upon the cockroaches
and other insects that come near. After
three weeks of unremitting watchfulness,
the mother spider leaves her nest in the
daytimes to hunt food, but she always
returns at night, until her young are
strong enough to take care of themselves.
st. Nicholas.
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The Wild Men Of B0rneO.

Who will not weep for the ruin of the
"wild men of Borneo," who have been
the cause of 80 much interest aud terror
at one of the wonder shows of the east
side? Fearful to look upon were these
wild Bornese, though they themselves
were not half as hideous as they were
represented to be on the outside pictures
that riveted the gaze of pedestrians.
Above their misshapen heads lowered
their hair, as though it were on end with
rage; horrible scowl sat upon their
dark faces, over which bristles were
scattered; their eyes glared and cleaned
Ike those of tigers; the thick lips OF
their huge mouths seemed eager for
prey; their naked bodies, SCARED in
many fights, were tattooed to terrify;
and the big clubs which they held in
their hands were such as only wild Bor-
pese could yield. When one heard
their keeper tell of their sanguinary
deeds in Boneo-how they waded in
slaughter, devoured their victims, and
danced round their roasting fires with
their host of wives how they were
caught at enormous expense and brought
to this country to be put on exhibition
at the low price of fifteen cents, not
withstanding the danger to their keep
ers, lie felt that he had got his moneys
worth after enjoying his first glance at
them. 1t was an unlucky fire that broke
ont in the show over at Newark, where
these wild men of Borneo were on e1hi-
bition for a few days only. 1t was an
awful fate that overlook them. They
could not speak word of English
these wild Bornese; they could express
themselves only in a cacklng sort of
way, when urged by intelligent visitors;
yet, when they heard the cry of Fire."
they quickly took it up, and one of them
dolefuIly remarked: "Dis sho' is done
gone fo' tonight; dat's sartain sure. )"
The wild men of Borneo had better 60
back at once to their original home on
the Suwanee river.-Ne,0 York Sun.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-04-19
A LAWYERS RetOrt.

Perhaps the most crushing reioinder
ever flung back in return for an insult
from the bench was that which Curran
hurled at Judge Robinson. Judge
Robinson is described as man of sour
and cynical disposition, who had been
raised to the bench-so, at least, it was
commonly believed-simply because he
had written in favor of the government
of his day number of pamphlets re-
markable for nothing but their servile
and rancorous scurrility. At time
when Curran was only just rising into
notice, and while he was yet poor and
struggling man, this judge ventured
upon a sneering joke, which, small
though it was, but for Curran's ready
wit and scathing eloquence, might have
done him irreparable injury. Speaking
of some opinion of counsel on the other
side, Curran said he had consulted all
his books, and could not find single
case in which the principle in dispute
was thus established. "That may be,
Mr.. Curran,," sneered the Judge; "but
L suspect your law library is rather
limited" Curran eyed the heartless
toady for moment, and then broke
forth with this noble retaliation "It
is very true, my lord, that 1 am poor,
and this circumstance has certainly rath-
er curtailed my library. My books are
not numerous, but they are select, and
I hope have been perused with proper
dispositions. have prepared myself
for this high profession rather Ey the
study of few good books than by the
composition of great many bad ones.
I am not ashamed of my poverty, but l
should be ashamed of my wealth if I
could stoop to acquire it by servility and
corruption. If I rise not to rank, [
shall at least be honest; and should l
ever cease to be so, many an example
shows me that an ill-acquired elevation,
by making me the more conspicuous,
would only make me the more universal
ly and nOtoriously cOntemptible.
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Startled Senators.

Some of the people of Indiana are urg-
ing the erection of new State capitol,
but that may have no connection with
the following story from the Indianapo-
lis Journal: In the midst of Senator
Harris speech against the Belt railway
bill, the ceiling almost directly over his
head was observed to crack, and stimuli
taneously an ominous creaking and rum
bling noise was heard by every person in
the Senate chamber. The noise caused
something like panic, the crowd in the
lobby made rush for the door, and the
seats in the threatened quarter were va
Gated in hurry, in expectation that the
miserable old rookery was about to tum-
BILE down. The excitement lasted about
five or ten minutes, but as soon as it was
seen that the walls were still standing,
and none of the plastering had fallen the
atmosphere and the crowd became COM
posed, and business weht on as usual.
An examination developed the fact that
the walls just to the right of the presi-
dent of the senate had settled slightly,
of course carryingthe floors and ceilings
with it, but the calamity is not believed
to have endangered the safety of the
building to any appreciable extent. The
news soon spread about the city that the
State house had tumbled in, and crowds
fiocked there to find that they had been
sold. The intelligence was too good to
be true