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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
The business Prospects.

An influential New England manufac-
turer, who has been in Washington, re-
marked that the position Of the country
is now in every way favorable to gener-
al revival Of industry il only confidence
in the future II restored. The crops Of
the year are all either ample or very
large. The corn crop was within two
per cent. as great as the immense crop of
1875, and in the form Of pork is bringing
good prices, with a good foreign demand.
The wheat crop is good, and sold at pay
ing prices. The cotton crop WIS large
and profitable. and was combined with
a larger production than ever before Of
food supplies by the Southern States.
Wool has passed the extreme point Of de-
precision, and is bringing fair prices.
The sugar crop Of Louisiana was enor-
nous, and is selling NJ fair prices.
Leather has passed the point of depres-
sion. The exports are large at full
prices and the price has advanced from
four 10 six cents per pound, with the
home demand brisk. An the New Eng
land cotton mills which are mp 10 the
times are now able 10 earn dividends,
and the aggregate export Of cotton goods
is larger now than before the war and is
steadily. though slowly, increasing. The
most important sign Of all, in his view,
is the sense of stability and hopefulness
for the future, in case the Presidential
difficulty is peaceably settled; feeling
which has not obtained since the panic
of 1878. and which reaches every i'm
portant branch of industry. This feel
ing only needs the settlement of the
Presidential question. and then Of the
currency question, he says, TO take effect
in constructive enterpi Ees Of all kinds,
10 make mp for the complete stoppage Of
all such undertaking. during the last two
or three years. Thus. he thinks, labor
now unemployed would Immediately find
employment in the building Of new mills,
warehouses, railroads and other large
works
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
Redcmptlon Of Bonds.

The secretary of the United States
treasury has issued the thirty-eighth call
for the redemption Of 500 bonds of
1865, May and November. The call is
for $40, 600, 600, Of which $1,000, 600 are
cuuron bonds. The principal and inter
est will bc paid at the treasury on and
after the twcnty-fourth day of April
next, and the interest ON the bonds will
cease on that day. The following are
the descriptions of bonds
Coupon bonds-Sl00, No. 21,35l to
25, Dos, both inclusive; $500, No. 2G,701
to 81, 800, both inclusive; $1,000, No.
62, 40l to 20, $50, both inclusive.
Registered bonds-S50, No. 301 to
800, both inclusive; 800, No. 4,50l to
$500, both inclusive; $500, No. 1881 to
5000, both inclusive; 81 900, No. H.
00O1 to 1880, both inclusive; $1,000,
No. 4,751 to 5,100, both inclusive; $40,
900, No. S,20l to $500, both inclusive.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
THREE ABANDONED CHILDREN.
SiS-N rHr-oid t.irl Couc Cra4s from
HANGER And Gotd.


Hanger And Coid.
Mrs Margaret Dunn, with her siH.
yrar-old daughter Johanna, lived IN the
tenement house In the rear of No, 81
Oliver street. New York They had uns
miserable little room and the uthersabuui
Il were all empty, for the tenants hao
not paid their rent and the landlord had
turned them ont Mm. Dunn went on d
spree, leaving her children alone. just
when the spree begun is not certain, bat
the woman was arrested ON Saturday
too drunk Ia answer questions iutelh,
gently, and was committed to the city
prison for ten DAYS un Sunday morning,
after a night at the station house, On
Monday she was found myiug from the
effects uf the liquor and Was sent {,
Bellevue. Here her delirium passed of,
and coming a. herself she remembered
her little daughter and bes1ught Il visitor
of St. Vincent de Paul 20 90 and iiua
her before il should br too late, The
woman viii die
Mr.. OSullyau, Of that society, IA,
once went to the miserable room, and
found the httlt girl alone. How many
days she had been alone II Is lmpossibl
to SAY. There was NO food IN the room,
no fire, no water even. She wis in mgF
aud filthy. and had trace, uf dried tears
ON her face, but when she WAS found sht
Was done crying, and Was sucking eager
IL al her left hand, which she had thus
drawn out of all shape The visitor
spoke to her, bat she paid him no alten-
uon beyond foolish laugh. He sup-
posed She was merely weak from want
Of food and cold. hut when he had taken
her away and hul her fed and washed
they had to cut of her hair for iilth-it
was found that she WAS demeuted. lu-
quiry among the nvighburs showed that
she had been bright. intelligent child.
and though her face Is piurhed and wan
the features are goud and the head is
shapcly. IL is hoped she viii recover
with care and nursing, hut Ia the
Tumhs police court she laughed foolishly
when spoken tp, aud said nothing
Al the same time two more children
were presented lu court 10y officer Eli
ward Chlar,li, ui the society ion prevent
ing cruelty "a children He found them
in a miserable hovel IN Front street IL
is the office Of this gentleman a. VISIT the
island institutions and the ci;y prisons
10 make inquire, for he children Of
prisoners On HlAckweil's island hc
learned from Mrs Burus that her two
children were in Front street He wvnt
there and found Bessie and Mary Burns.
aged six and four years respectively.
They were not IN 50 terrible a condition
AS the Dunn girl because the ncighhurs.
thougt having more mouths 10 feed
themselves than they had bread for,
gave them enough o. keep body and
soul together Mr.. Chiarli tool. them
under his protection, aud iel them aud
doctor,i them The mother 81 these
children had been sent to the island fug
four months. IL Was nearly a week after
her comluittnl when Mr. CAiarli heard ui
the children. the mother seeming indit-
fcreut about them. Judge Duffy sent all
three % tile commissioner Mar }.orL
U8rH
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15

4 Washington letter b. thc Cincinnati
Commercial snyb: The community was
rather startled 10y All announcement in ii
paper uI an engagement between Mrs
Mym Clark Gaines and MIR Billy Nc
Garnlan, whose claim before Congress
is All old story. A firet reading Of tie
article astonishe1 people. but IA sober
second reading convinced them that il
was hoax Poor Mrs. Gaines, she is
weldei a. but one thing The casr;
and can anything IN this life be more
pitiahle than that Of daughter striving
for thirty ur more years Ia establish her
Legitimate clam 20 property left 10y her
own iathery From court a. court this
dAuntleas woman las fought her ground
to-day gaining an inch, tomorrow lOa-
ing IA foot but never, never giving up.
What has been accorded rs a right by
one court, las been snatched from her
by the next She is a irtr lat Of a
woman, with eyes of pirrciug bullumcy;
in color one moment of the blackest hue,
the next a steel gray, ana the same eyes.
when softencl los the recital of another .
distress. becoming of thr most tender
blue She wears hrr light hair IN curis,
and rarely appears without her bonnet.
She is one Of the best conyersationAlists
you ever listened %, and one Of the most
agreeable women IL WIS ever my fortune
90 meet Her laugh has been cele-
bmted for forty years, and time, that
ruthless destroyer, has neither marred
nor destroyed the ripplng qualities
which make II 81 infectious that Who
ever hears il must smile, II they don
join in with il, whether they know or not
the subject which has provoked the
mirth. The supreme court iAa finally
and unquosiionably decided in her favor.
and il she can collect IL shs Will have
thereby $50, UO0, 900 II money, less the
6, 00O. O00or SlO, 900. GOO 90 be deducted
for lawyers fees, etc. When she gets
final possession she intends erecting IN
Washington a grand hotel, where mem-
ben Of Congress and their families viii
be able 20 live of their salaries
Poor McCuTahan. whose name is
coupled with that 81 Mrs. Gaines, is here
this winter; hut what chance has he 10
win even an honest claim He is poor.
He canno. ilG mp the members He can
not push has Affairs forward over can
was backs and l',ire CYigHOt II his
claim is fraudulent il serves him right
that he il deprived of the means Of car
rying his hill; but II, like Mrs. Gaines,
hr is struggling for nh honest right, then
God help Billy MctiarrahAn becomes
moro than the frivolous utterance Uf a
heartlcss politician whom / hearl make
the exclamation several DAYS ugu
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15

A correspondent with Gen. Crook was
an eye witness to a tragical occurrence at
the headquarters of the command. Five
prominent Sioux chiefs approached the
post about noon with a flag of truce.
When within few hundred yards of the
post, and before their approach was
known to a single officer or soldier Of the
garrison, they were pounced upon and
killed by the Grow scouts who belong TO
the post, and who, of course, entertain
deadly animosity toward every Sioux.
General Miles was indignant beyond
measure at the bloody tragedy. He
thinks it probable that they We're coming
in for the purpose of surrender. If this
conjecture be correct it would have ma
terially weakened Crazy Horses force
and would have had an impel4ant effect
upon the winter campaign against the
hostiles. General Miles regrets the oc-
cuFrencesgreatly, both on account of its
atrocity and by reason Of t4e possible inl-
portance of their mission.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
NUMBER Z.


Additional details al the fatal act 0f tle
late chief engineer of the Lake Shore
rund are furnished by the Cleveland
PlafIi Dealtr: He was found dead in
bed in the morning ia hiR residence.
Two nights before he was seen alive for
the Last time being then al work IN his
Office, where he labOred until about nine
O'Clock Nothing Ia his deineanor indi-
cated amy purpose of self-destrnction.
Mr. Collins Was alone in the h0nse, his
wife having gone to CONNECTICUT Ia
visit relatives. A hired man built fires
in the house every morning. The bosly
lay IN the bed. on the front side, nie
pillow and sheets being drenched with
blood. Az the left oi the corpse were n
large revolver and an unopened razor.
Al the right was II donble-baFrel pistol.
Three chambers ~ the revolver were
found b be empty, but only one wound
Wak discovered The coroner decided,
after examination, that Mr.. Collins had
thrust tle mnEzle of the pistol into his
mouth. the bah going through the roof
oi the mouth and coming out uf tie head
near the back There was no bullet
mark on ths headboAnl Of the bed aud
no ball was found But On the wall
Of the chamber Was a hole which had
evidently been made recently by such
ball ns the revolver would carry. He
had gone t0 bed a. usual. On the stand
IN frUni Of the mirror lay his collar with
necktie inside. His shiri, coat and pants
were thrown over a chair near the bed,
and near by were his stockings AMI
shoes. A search for his vest resulted
IA finding Il under tile mattress az his
head. The coroner In of the opinion thRt
death was instantaneous. AT least IA er
seems b. have been no movement 81 the
body. for the belcl0ihes were scarcely
rustled. The pistols and razm found
Law under the clothes as II the intent b
commit suicide was premediiatel. Ia a
basket CA "A stand was Rn eHyslope ad-
dressed % " Mrs. G. Collins, his wife.
II WAS thought that this might con-
tam something 81 interest in relation 30
his strange death, but ca opening il il
was found b refer 10 the time table.
While no one, We believe, held him III
any way ayresp0nsiblefDrth the Ashtabuia dis
aster, il is probable that the thought Of
the calamity and the consequent over
work on him caused him 30 take his life.
When he saw the wreck he wept like
a child. He was a kind hearted, amiable
man. and the scenes lac witnessed al the
bridge impressed themselves NO On his
mind as 10 no doubt bring about tenn
porary alteration Of mind.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
Shut the Door.

Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Core
No doubt you have heard that name bcfcro-
Was boy who never would shut the door
The wind might whistle, and the Wind raigl
roar,
And the teeth bc aching, and throsts be sore,
But still he never would shut the door.
His father would hes, his mother implore;
GODFREY Gordon Gus,avus Gore,
We really wish you would shut the door
Their hands they wrung, their hair they tore
Bui Godfrey 6ordoa Gustavus Guro
Was deaf as the buoy out at the Nom
When he walked forth the folks would roar
Godfrey Gordon GustAvUs Gore,
Why don't you think 70 shut the door?"
They rugged cut shutter with sail and oar.
And threatened 10 pack Of Gus,Ayus Gore
On voyage II penAaco 20 Singapore
But he begged for Aercy, and said no more,
PRAY do not send me 20 Singapore
On shutter, and then will shut the door r.
You will 80 said the parents, then keep
shorC
But mind you do, For the plague is suro
of fellow that never viii shu; the door--
Godfrey Gor1cn Gus,avus Gorr ,'
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
Troubles Of the Fishermen.

A sorrowful story from the ocean comes
10 MS by the way of the old seaport of
Gloucester, Mass, ten vessels being re-
ported missing from the fishing fleet
These craft usually carry about ten men
each, and the loss of life, if these ten
schooners are wrecked. as is probably
the case, will be large. 1t is heavy
loss for the hardy little community in
Cape Ann to bear The fishermen of the
North Atlantic coast endure many nard-
ships in pursuit of their dangerous call
ing. This cold and stormy season has
Witnessed many disasters but this latest
is one of the saddest repetitions of the
old and tragical story of suffering, danger
and death ON the sea, and of hope de-
ferred, despair and lamentation ON the
land
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
His Safe Investment.

"Te-he / bet I've got even with
that ere concern, chuckled big, over
grown lubber of Michigan boy, as he
came out of a minister's donation party,
in his town, the other evening.
"What did We do, Jim p asked a
comrade.
"Do?" echoed Jim, boastingly. "Tn
tell We what l done. You know they
charged ten cents to get in there ?"
"Yes."
oval, ] gin 'um their ten cents, but
after got in where them eatin' fixin's
was, If didn't git morn them ten cents
back, then I'm mistaken.
None ofthe boys seemed to doubt his
word.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
gen. Bclknap Demands q Trial.

Gen. Belllnap has been in Washington
since April awaiting trial in court, and
although ten months have elapsed since
the Indictment no action looking to n
trial Of the case has been taken 10y the
authorities. He aud his friends think
that the case should be either tried or
dismissed, and that continued delay is
unjust, especially as they have no doubt
Of acquittal. He addressed formal no
tice to the district attorney demanding an
immediate trial 1t reads thus: "You
will please take notice that / shall apply
to said court ON the twenty-ninth day OF
January, inst, at ten o'clock 4. NJ, or as
soon thereafter as the said court shall
convene, for an immediate trial in the
above entitled prosecution"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
Between Us.

A beautiful river is gliding away
Through the vildering hours Of soft June
day,
The quivering waves, in the light and the
shade,
Reiecting our happiness, blooming to fade,
The river adrift with hopes and fears
The river 0: hours and days and years.
september is shedding her bronze and her gold,
The river is singing our song as OF old;
1t echoes the tones Of our hfe in lie low;
The joyous, the bitter. the sweet and low.
The river a-gleam with smiles and tears,
The river Of hours and days and years,
Dccemhcr embraces the earth in his clasp
Enseahng her charms IN his lingering grasp
The liver between us is frozen and chill.
IL e,hocS no longer its music is stall
The river of hfe. 80 fun Of tears
oh uvor Of hours and months aud years.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
Sweet Herr Of Prayer.

Sweet hour or prayer, sweet hour OF prayer,
That calls me from o world uf care,
And bids me NJ my Fathers throne
Makes al my wants ard wishes known
In Seasons % distress and grief,
Ny soul has often found relief,
And of escaped the tempteTs snare,
Hy thy return, sweet hour % hFnyo.
Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer,
May thy consolation share,
TIL from Mount PisgAh's lofty heighi,
view my home and take my ligh,
This robc of ioah IN drop, and rise
TO aeise the everlasting prize,
Aud shout, while passing through the air.
Farewell, farewell, sweet hour or prayer.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
Why Didn't He J

Dr. Schlemann is not without honor
save in California. A San Francisco
editor exclaims All the gold cups,
pots and ornaments which used TO decor
ate the festive Priam, the pious H1neas
and the frail Helen are presented by the
doctor to the king of Greece, and the
learned and philanthropic antiquarian in
addition pays 100 workm for their SER
vices. Oh, why didn't some energetic
American pre-emptor go in and jump the
claim?
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-07-14

THE SELBY SMELT1NG WORKS have be- come one of the big institutions of the Pa l cific coast. They were started years ago, by Thos. Selby, at time when there was little or no communication with the States and Territories to the east of California, and only transportation from Arizona by means of sailing vessels plying to and from the mouth of the Colorado river; at a time too, when base metals were consider ed valueless by miners everywhere on this coast. Selby had sagacity enough to foresee the enormous business that could be built up by encouraging the extraction of base ores and their shipment to reduction works at San Francisco. He himself set an example in Arizona by working the lead thiles above Yuma. Miners were encour- aged by liberal treatment, and by large cash advances. The success attending Selby's earlier proteges induced others to engage in this kind of mining. Soon the products Of his works supplied the entire coast, and a beginning was made of the now enormous export from San Francisco of refined and manufactured lead His enterprise let down the bars and into the productive field of lead mining have rushed the crowds that have built up Cerro Gordo, Darwin and the great base metal districts of Nevada and Utah. At Selby's death the works were shut down for time, but Flood 6o O'Brien took an interest in them and supplied abundant capital. Mir A. J.
 Ralston and Prentiss Selby took charge of the business, and under their management liberal policy has been pursued that has built tke concern up to even greater pro- portions than Thomas Selby had ever anticipated. To encourage miners, they aim to pay full value tor ores and to make their profits by taking advantage of the markets for bullion and refined and manu- factured lead: This they are enabled to do by having the necessary experience and the control uf unlimited capital Know ing that ''great oaks from le acorns grow," they give careful attention and just treatment to the smallest shipmeht of ore and to the humblest reputable miner. The railroad now brings this concern and Ari- zona nearer together. A big trade in base ores will grow up as fast as our miners make small shipments and gather conf- dence by experience
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-07-14
Epara CT Superyis0rs.

July 2d, 1877, at ten o'clock a. m., the Board of Supervisors of Yuma county met as Board of Equalization. Present-H s. Fitzgerald, Chairman; A. L. Grow and J. Samter Supervisors; District Attorney and Clerk. On motion the Board adjourn ed until July 9th at 10 3. m., as a Board of Equalization and went into regular session as Board of Supervisors. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved, and the Board took recess til seven o'clock b. m., when reports of the Treasurer, Sheri6, District Attorney and Justices of the Peace were examined, compared and, being found correct, accepted. No proposals having been received for services as Coun. ty Physician, the Chairman was authorized to engage the services of physician until further action of the Board,
 Sundry accounts audited as appears more fully below, and the board adjourned till July 3d. All present Minutes read and approved. Audit of accounts con- tinued. On motion it was ordered that hereafter; before burying a person at county expense, the undertaken shall ob- tain from the proper physician or from some member of this Board a certificate that said person died not leaving sufficient means for paying expenses of burial and such certificate shall accompany the ac count presented for audit. On motion, it was ordered that the County Physician shall make quarterly reports of all impor- tant cases treated among indigent sick. On motion, it was ordered that all pur- chases for account of the County during the present quarter shall be made only upon requisilion endorsed by Supervisor A. L. Grow. A communication received from Raymond & Wiltshire offering to sell safe to the County; respectfully declin- ed. Board adjourned till July 9th.
 Met for equalization. All present. Ad- journed till July 9th, and went into session as Supervisors. Resignation of John Stanley as Constable of the First Township received and accepted. At request of C.. H. Naylor he is allowed until the next regular meeting of this Board for finishing transcript of certain records of the District Court. Communication received from Moynihan & Aiken, giving price of iron cells for jail; no action taken. Account of
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-07-14
TIE Duryea Mill & Water Co.,, of Pins

THE Duryea Mill & Water Co.,, of Final county, this week shipped per Daguerre's train, a complete two stamp quartz mill with two pans, settler, boiler, engine and all the gearing. It will be put up few miles from Globe City. The arrangement Is peculiar. The stems of the stamps work like pistons through a steam cylinder at- taehed to each. The stamps are raised and the blows delivered by steam, instead Of by the customary drop of the stamp. This plan permits the delivery of blow equal to the drop of a0O0 pound stamp. One hundred blows can be delivered per minute and it is claimed that these two stamps can be made to crush ten tons of ore daily. 'Good luck to it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-07-14

RAILROAD AFFAIRS progress gradually here. Bridge timbers have been arriving during the week and are being piled up on the river bank opposite town. Two more pontoons are ia position. making four in all. Plans of the bridge have not yet been received, but the carpenters gang has been kept.busJ putting in hoxes across Madison Avenue On Second and Third streets to give drainage for water falling on the mesa A large sewer has been put in at the foot of Main street, running under the side track embankment. The blanks are ot three inch redwood and all the work is
 ng done in the most substantial and
 able manner. Madison Avenue ii
 ng nicely graded on both sides of the
 ck and grading continues on Main ant
 leT streets.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-07-14

\ PHYSICIAN is wanted to attend to the indigent sick of this county and to the pris- oners in the. jail This latter service has been ably performed for the past week or or twoby z. B. Donaldson, who volunteer ed to do it, rather than see the wounded prisoners suffer f5r want of care. Dr. De Corse is nov the onlypracticing physician here and the Board Of Supervisors seem unable to agree upon price that will secure his services. In Pima county, Dr. J. c. Handy attends patients in jail at $14 per month, and furnishes hospital accom- modations st from $50 to S75 per month These rates here would amount during the year to more than the price asked by De- Corse.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-07-14
JOHN SHARP stands bound over to awai

JOHN SHARP stands bound over to await : action of the grand jury oa a charge of rape, preferred against him by Mary Gre
 veceur. In the justices papers on file in the Clerks office the name looks like Mary "Crimcea:" The offence was committed at ; Ehrenberg Mir Sharp arrived here Sat ,lurday and, until he can give good bond, will enjoy the hospitality of the hotel dc Werninger