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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-07
The Old sampler.

~
Out of the way in = corner
ot our dear old attic room,
Where bunches Of herbs from the hillside
Shake ever faint perfume
An oskon chest is standing
With hssp and rsdlock and key,
Strong a. the hands that made Il
0n the other side ot the sea,
When the winter DAYS are drcary
And we're ont Of heart with life,
Of its croWding cares A-weary
Aud sick N its restless strife,
We take lesson in patience
From the attic corner dim,
Where the chest stir holds its treasures,
A vArder. faithful and grim.
lobes of an antique fashion.
Linen and lNcy and silk,
That time has tinted With SAnron,
Though o,sce they we're white A. nilk
wondcrful bAby garments
AaNts4N4t- WIN lRN4Al-4 NAAN
By fingers that fe.t the pleasure,
As they wrought the ratties fair.
4 sword With the red rust On 1t,
That dashed in the battle tide,
When from Lexington 10 I,rktowa
Sorely mems souls we're tried
A plumed chApeAu aud a buckle,
A,d many = relic fne;
Aud An by Itself the sampler,
Framed in with berry and vine,
Faded, the square OF canvas,
And dim is the slken thread
But ihinG OF the white hands dinpled,
And childish, sunny head.
For, hege is cross. and in Ient-stitch,
In q wreath Of berry and vine
She worked i, hundred years ago,
Elizabeth, aged nine"
In, and ont, in the sunshine
The little needle flashed;
And in and out on the rainy day
When the merry drops down FLASHED.
As close she sat by her mother
The little Puritan maid.
And did her piece on the sampler,
While the other c, ldren played
You are safe in the beautiful heaven,
Elizabeth. aged nine !"
But, before you went, You had troubles
Sharper then any Of mine
Oh the gold hair turned with sorrow
White as the drifted snow,
And your tears dropped here where II
standing
On this very pluued chAPeSu.
When YOU put il away, its weArer
Would never need i, more,
~ sword-thrust learning the secrets,
God keeps on yonder shore;
And You wore your grief ike glory,
You could not yield supine,
Who wrought in your patient childhood,
Elizabeth, aged nine.
Out OF the way in q corner,
With hAsp and paddock and key,
Stands the o4ken ehest o: nv fathers,
That came from over the sea
And the hillside herbs above it
Shake o3ors fragrant and fine,
And here on its Id is garland,
To Elizabeth. aged nine"
For love - OF the immortal,
And patience j. sublime,
And trouble thing Of every day
And touching every time
And childhood. sweet and sunny,
And womaRly, truth and grace,
Ever can light hfe's darkness,
And bless eArth's loneliest place.
Mrs w. Z .Sdngs'er.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-07
a NIrhty Project.

Several ladies: They were talking
earnestly and loudly, and apparently
great interests were at stake.
mo" said one, 81 do not approve
OF your plan. / should make il larger
and cover il with silk"
80 That would be the rashest foolish
ness said another, emphatically, as she
sat down her teacup with bang. :" l
should follow the plan already begun
upon, and nse velvet. True, it viii cost
more, but one might as wen have a
thing right. niaios9t "
9fsT agree with none of yous" chimed
iu a third party. 81 have design,
which. If followed ont, would surpass
any OF those vet proposed. ''
Thus they talked. What are they dis
cussing thcaght thelistener as he caught
now and then such words as "plan,
q design etc. q Can it be new instl-
tuition OF learning, the formation OF a
nmm society, cr what r.
Nay wenify. Ahey were talking about
M mnw pan unshinnl - Toledo Blade.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-07

A correspondent of the Worcester
Mass Spy has copied as follows the
inscription upon an ancient slate slab II
n cemetery at Westchester, VT:
"In Mem of William French, Son tc
Mr.. Nathaniel French Who was sho'
at Westminster, March We 18th 1775, by
the hand Of the Cruel Ministerial tools o.
Georg We 81 in We Courthouse, at IL
Clock at Night in the End year OF hn
Age.
+" Here William French his Body lies,
For Murder his Blood for vengeance cries,
King Georg the Third his Tory crew
tina with bawl his head shot threw.
For Liberty and his Countrys Good,
he Lost his Life his Dearest blood.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-07
Peace.



A keen wind CLEANS, and all the ground
Is bare and ohapped with bitter cold
The ruts are iron Ash are found
In ice encased as In mold
Now frozen hill-tops ache with pain,
And shudders tremble down each shy
Deep rootlet burrowine in the plain;
Now mark the sky.
She softly pulls downy veil
Before her clear Medusa face;
This, falling slow, abroad doth trail
Across the void feathery trace
Beneath whose folds the moaning earth
Asleep him stretches dreAmily.
Forgot both pain and summers mirth
Soothed hy the Sky,
--iSHIhncr's MdeiTias.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-07

II 10 said by men who have sailed
mile a minute ON nm ice boat that the
sensation is like falling from building
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-07

King Victor Emmanuel was especially
fond oil firht At the battle of Goito,
in ls49, he charged at the head Of a regi-
ment, an Austrian battery, and showed
the same courage during the eighteen
hours strife at Novars. On travelling
one day in carriage without escort, to
his chateau of Pelenzo, he found a num-
Der OF eendarmss exchanging shots with
brieands. Victor Emmanuel seized the
.oarbine. with which he travelled, and aid
ed the Rendarmes, two OF whom were
Killed at his side. The brigands who
were moi killed finally fed. The officer
IN command Of the gendarmes was much
astonislled on learning that the king was
his new recruit.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-07

To MAKE BOoTs WATERPROoF. --Yel-.
low beeswaI, Burgundy pitch aud tur
pentine, Of each two ounces boiled hn-
seed oil, one pint Apply 10 tine boot
with the hands before the fire till well
saturated.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-07

out of the pan,
Into the fire
Bursting and bouncing,
Higher and higher.
White as new snow,
Yellow rs gold,
You'd better be patient
Ts1i IA i'm cold
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07

ing into White CLAY creek aud Is located
near the southeastern corner of Shannon
county, . few miles north of the southern
boundary limo Of DakotA. Az usual, the 10.
dian commisstoner has stirred up trouble
By opposing The Wishes of the Red Cloud
Indians and placlne his odlctaa judgment
against their wishes. The commissioner 10.
sisted, Notwithstanding the instructions OF
the Stanley commission, in placing the
agency on Wounded Knee, while the Indians
insisted on having it on White Clay. The
latter 10 q beautiful stream Of pure. clear va.
ter. while Wounded Knee 'ts known 10 20
dry in oil ordinary seasons, and at oil times
% difficult to reach on account of steep
banks and miry bottoms. Had Mr.. Hsyt
observed the directions ofthe Stanley com.
mission and sent the Red Cloud agent
and 9 military oficer to locats thesagency,
nlnch valuable time. Do we'll % bid feel
itngs on the partof the Indians. would have
bean avoided. The difference in transp Dor
tation, on'a practicable wagon route, would
not exceed fye miles. So that there was
no reason or good sense in this exhibition
of arbitrary authority on the part of the In.
disn commissioner. The distance from the
present Red Cloud steamboat landing to
the proposed Wolf creek agency is about
one hundred and fifty miles, over . good
prairie road.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07

The democratic mountain labored last
Saturday and brought forth a ticket. That
1t ,s composed of gentlemen eminently
qualified to be beaten at the polls there can
be no doubt, for the convention ran almost
the entire.democratic party through its seive
before any of it became entangled in the
meshes. This was no ordinary occasion.
Republlcanism had of late developed 80
much solid strength in Yankton county
that the very best material in the democra.
tic party must be placed upon the opposing
ticket. Hence the convention of Saturday
sorted over all the dry bones and threw
them out. n by one, until nothing but
the meat of the party remained. Fresh ana
vigorous young recruits have been given
places upon the ticket, with here and there
an old wheel horse to keep them in the
traces. 1t now behooyeth the republican
party to stand shoulder to shoulder and Gee
that no manlfalls from Its ranks; to keep up
its watch fires all along the line and see that
no tired sentinel slumbers At his post.
Eternal vigilance is the price ofvictory and
by . strong combined effort We can over.
come the opposition arrsyed against Us in
the selection of this muscular democratic
ticket.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07
,oHH BROWNS RAID BROUGHT TO MIND
Chambersburg. Herald,

Chambelsburg. Herald.
While wading in the, Potomac river one
day last week Charles McCrary ran across
something or the bottom. 1t proved, to be
a Sharp's carbine. On Saturday evening,
Oct. 18th, 1858, . little band Of seventeen
whites and five colored men entered Har-
per's Ferry. They seized the watchmon at
the United States arsenal and 1t the railroad
bridge over the Potomac The inhabitants
of the town, as they appeared, were arrested
and confined to the guard house, and TIE
trains Of the Baltimore & Ohio road were all
stopped. On Monday morning the insur.
gents had complete possession of the town
and all the government property.
Al half-past twelve noon q company Of
militia arrived.from Charlestown, and were
placed in squads, commanding every place
Of exit from the town. They charged the
Shenandoah bridge, killing an insurgent
and capturing one. The rifle works at the
a~rsinals were stormed, and Eve insurgents
were driven from it, to the Potomac. They
plunged in and waded to a rock, where they
fought two hundred Virginians, who lined
the banks on both sides. Asthe battle ragged
two of them fell, killed by the bullets of the
chivalry. Kagi, John Browns secretary Of
war, was one of the killed.
William w. Leeman, one of Browns cap
tains, plunged offthe rocks:and was followed
BY scores Of the attacking, party. He drop.
ped his carbine, and q Vireinian waded a.
ter him. Turning to his pursuers he threw
up his empty hands and cried, "dont shoot"
but the Virginian fired a revolver right in
his face and blew his brains out. The re-
capture of Harper's Ferry by the United
States is familiar to our readers, and need
not be retold.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07
(signed) R. WILLIAMS.
Assistant Adiutant General
GEN. sHERmAws FAMILY AFFAIRS.

Washington spec'l to st. Louis Globe Democrat
The unwarran.ed and persistent bandying
about by an irresponsible Washington cor
respondent of the domestic affairs of Gen.
Sherman has caused great indignation among
their friends in official and social circles
here, and there appears not to be the slight
est foundation for these stories. 1t is stated
by his friends here that Gen. Sherman is q
constant Catholic, having been baptized in
the Roman faith, and on several occasions
during the war asked solemn mass Of the
church in invocation Of the success of his
army. 1t is also known that Mrs. Sherman
has been q of the most energetic and zeal.
GUS workers in the church. Her name has
been associated with numerous works Of
charity under the auspices of the church,
and she was the custodian of a large fund
raised BY the Roman athplio of the United
States Is . gift to his holiness. the late Pic
Nino. Az to his sons selection Of tbs priest
hood, instead Of the bal; for which he Va,
intended, it Was admitted to be q step In liz
which he was fully competent to determin,
for himself.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07

At latest advices the runaway Cheyenne
Indians had crossed the north Platte near
OEallala tnd we're rapidly moving north.
ward. If not intercepted they are probably
by this time near the headwaters of the
Niobrara. The distance between the north
Platte at the point crossed by the indiana
and the southern boundary line of Dakota
is about one hundred and twenty. five miles,
The theory that these Indians are aiming to
effect q junction with the Red Cloud In.
dams at Pass creek is confirmed by their
movements. What will be the effect Of
such q meeting remains to be seen. The
Red Cloud Indians are not in a happy frame
OF mind, to say the least. They are in 4
temporary camp Of their own choosing and
have the managementof their affairs wholly
In their own hands. With these Indians
under their old time coatrolthey would
quietly surround the Cheyennes, force them
into camp and eventually turn them over to
the military. But in their present demoral.
lied condition 1t is but reasonable to sup.
pose that they will sympathize with the
runaway Cheyennes. that a feast and q dance
will occur QUITO which Z warlike contaeiou
may spread among Red Clouds youns men
These things are possibls. should the two
bands come together q.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07

The Bon Homme Citizen says the Press
s. DAko,aian hints that an Indian treaty
cannot be set aside by legislative enactment.
The Press and Dakotaian never limited any
thing Of the sort. What We have iptimat-
ed is that the position 1.-The democratic
party aud Mr.. Trip, take regarding the re.
moval of Indians from Dakota would prove
disastrous to our commercial interests. The
products of Dakota's prairies are worth
thirty per cent more because of Our Indian
market than they would be without that
market. Our river business is rendered
valuable through the location Of Indian and
military posts above US. The government
is a good customer and pays cash for that
which it receives. No sensible farmer will
accept the Indian removal plank of the
Trip platform.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07
Arrow OF PEARLS

GlitteFing through coral lips l. certainly =
pleasing ohjjec: but ROW Of discoloFed, be-
spsckSd testh IN any mouths grisvous
drawback; add TO this that such 4 set ofteeth
i usually accompanied by impure breath
and one can scarcely imagine anything more
Objectionable. SOZODONT, the great pu-
ri6er Of the breath and vhitenss ofihe teeth
obviaiea this state Of The moutA eooPlsls1y,
rescuing its dental occspests iron dsstua.
Ion, and countesacaing ~ ia1u1ocs upoa he
enamel Of acid secssaoas in IL mouth.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07
Long residence in the territory a requisite

Long residence in the territory requisite
in the pursuit of Office, is a beautiful dem.
ocratic theory, but in its practice they are
so sadly deficient that Trip will have
nothing to talk about after a few more con-
ventions are held. The democrats of Yank.
ton county last Saturday nominated DR..
Duis for the council and DR.. Duis has no,
been a resident of the territory long enough
To be legally entitled to any office.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07

We publish in this issue a comounica-
'ion to the Chicago Times relative TO the
proposed Wolf Creek agency and the de-
termination Of the Red Cloud Indians 10
locate i5ere !nttead Of on Wounded Knee
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07
RUNAWAY cHEYEpnEs.
They Cross the Platte aud are Making for
the Niobrara.

They Cross the Platte aud are Making for
the Niobrara.
Sidney, Neb.. Oct. 4.-Major Thornburgh,
with his command, numbering about 200
men, left here on a special train at l p. M,
for Ogallala, to endeavor to stop the hostile
Cheyennes. He will be Joined at Julesburg
by Lieut.. LAWS and a command from the
South Platte. Cheyenne prisoners number
ing about $50 peraons, including IS warriors,
en- route for the Indian territory, who were
held at this place until the renegades had
passed, were diearmed this morning, and
are now in camp at Sidney barracks guard
ed by Capt. Fitzgerald. The company OF
Indians first refused to surrender, and
trouble was anticipated, but when the troops
surrounded them, they gave up their rifles
and ponies, submitting to overwhelming
numbers.
Chicago, Oct. 4.-The following dispatch
was received BY Gen. Sheridan this after
noon from Omaha:
Thornburgh reports from Sidney, 2:45 p.
m.:-The Cheyennes crossed the Union Pa.
ci6c an hour ago, at Alkali, I've miles east
of Ogallala. Ny command leaves in five
miles, going thirty miles an hour. Have
informed Carlton snd Mauck. l had pre-
viously received information from the tele-
graph operator at Ogsilala, and had already
instructed Carlton to change his direction,
90 as to meet the Indians at the earliest mo-
ment.
(Signed) r. WILLIAMS.
Assistant Adjutant General.
Cheyenne, Oct. 4.-From Ogallala, Neb.:
The Indians are crossing the North Platte
river, north of here, six miles. A party Of
COW boys, who started from here this morn.
ing to scout, overlook q party of Indians,
killing a beef exchanged shots, and made
the Indians drop the beef, one horse, one
mule, blankets, l~ariats, hats, etc. They are
going north rs fast as possible. Nearly all
ranchmen are here with horses.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07

4 full line Of Watches. Clocks aud Jc~clfy ot
The hprst and best patterns constantly IN. hand
repairing done under the pef~ouAl sarvgys sseO
bpsinr%a,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07
Jhe Daily 9rtss aud 9utdtsiau,
yANkToN,o DAKOTA.
Monday Evening, October 7. 1873

Monday Evening, October Z. 1879
TERRITORIAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For Delegate to Congress.
GRANvILL G.. BENNETT.
JUDICIAL DISTRICT TICKET.
For District Attorney. I'd Judicial District,
Alfred N. F1ags,
OF Minnehalla County.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
Newton Edmunas, =
n. =. Wynn.S
For House Of Representatives,
J. r. Gamble,
E. C. Walton,
Adolf MauksclA.
Andrew Sinaonson.
COUNTY TICKET.
For COMMISSIONER
Daniel Wilcox.
For Register of Deeds,
EphraiM Miner.
For Sheriff,
Willard A. Baker.
For Judge of Probate.
L. Congleton.
For Treasurer,
Fred schnauber.
Fol Assessor,
HERNIA" E,lerm."n.
For Coroner,
d. Frank Etter.
For Superintendent Of Schools.
T. S Dickson
For Surveyor,
e. H. Van Antwerp
For Justices of the Peace,
F.. +. White, q. ". Roberts,
Andrew stranne, s. w, Howe
For COnstableS,
James A. Hardin, Peter FRANC,
Gus Swanson, r. G~underson.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-07
Dakota Southern kailrOuu
TIME TABLE,.
To take effect Wednesday, May /. 1879
TRAINa kOSin:
HAST,
sTlss stations. tTslsgraph stations.
CONNECTIONS.
/. At Sioux City with Illinois Ccl. al, S,oux
City and Pacific and Sioux City and 81. Paul Raj
roads.

--~-
3 Passenger train soings east So0nects 1t Dav.s
junction With branch trains arriving II Fort
!audvil!e Of l2.lo .. m aud then Connecting With
Howard,s stages for Virginia. Eden, Fairview
sslsit, Cantoss asrr,shsre. Frndrsau. LiAweed.
PC e!oax River. and nom lsavtng Portlandv.lls
q y ~ ?. n. connects u Davis Junciion With
train going West.
and Richla d. d. +.
=. Al vsraillton vtsA stages sss Lodi, R,v :.
eide. Turner, Dloomingdsls and Tisisy.
;. ~ 1seallag With stages for Nt.Jsmrs
.. A. Gayvtlls with stasss for ~. nelenA.
q. Al tankton with stsges fos oil ppists ,
s~oa,hssn sad wssiesa pska.s. so Moth Seh.s,
kai and duriae The ssAsos of nasigA,ion ~tte
Missovh River ~tsaaspostestsa coasrsssss ! W
u steaRess lot RAsdsii, ,Dssls, rtesss,. sally
RICE. essnAset. rssvsNSSA. osstAa,A. taksa.
Arfol asA neAtoA, eoNsssuae q tsssss 9TH
tfess EpStstt~a ~aross tot tbs htA<A 3ti,tsl
TITS b ~ osly otsoss Nesss 70 ~
0ao 4. h1hcuANr.
y y Wasstesa. ~ sSesesess>SS-
&NDS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-14

A DISPATCH dated Cheyenne, wy,
March 10th, says: The Union Pacific
railroad is still blockaded by snow.
The western division is opened be-
yond Laramie, but nothing has passed
that point eastward. The eastern
division is open to Sidney. Nothing
has passed Antelope westward. No. 3
passenger, due here on Friday, still
remains awaiting relief. Several
hundred men with shovels, together
with a number of plows, have been
engaged to-day between Sidney and
Laramie in an endeavor to lift the
blockade. The heaviest plow on the
road left Laramie this morning but
stuck at Tie siding. The snow in the
cuts is packed very hard and plows
which left here eastward at seven A.
M. have not made much progress, re-
turning here at seven p. NJ. The
Colorado Central train is at Taylor's
station, Is miles south with plow in
the ditch while the Pacific train is 10
miles south in the same predicament.
Relief has started from the south for
both these trains. No. news from the
north yet. Reports from Colorado say
the Kansas Pacific is badly blocked.
A wreclling train is in the ditch at
BoXelder.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-14
Wilcox Notes.

Wilcox, Pa, March II, 1878.
Red hot weather for the past week.
Boys are busy killing snakes.
Who ever saw snakes, running
around, the first of March before?
Blue birds and robbins are plenty,
and no end to pigeons. Every body
that can borrow gun is out shooting.
1t would do a mans soul good to see
Prof. Prideaux and Will Longren
come in every day with back load Of
pigeons.
Heavy thunder shower last night !;
look out for colder weather and
another sap run with buckwheat cakes
and molasses.
-Ernhout & Taylor's well, No. l, is
down fourteen hundred feet, with q
hundred and fifty feet of first rate
sand strongly impregnated with oil.
Tools fast in the well since Friday;
may take several days to remove them
The pipe is driven in No. 9, and
they are down about one hundred feet.
Pipe is being driven this week in
Bevier's well near Bridgetown.
Two more rigs are up and prepar-
ing to drill Two more will be started
in a few days, one near the five-mile
well, and the other a short distance
above town.
Two more of Mr.. Payne's children
have died. Frank, about two weeks
ago, and now Alice, the eldest girl,
who has seen four of her brothers and
sisters carried to the grave within a
few weeks, has herself yielded to the
cruel monster, and been consigned to
the cold earth on the hillside. This
family seem to have had their full
share of sorrow; out of n family of
eight children only one remains.
The rest are all sleeping, side by side,
in the little burying-ground on the
hill. What change to come over a
family in so short time, only d few
weeks ago the house was filled with
happiness and the gleeful sports of
half a dozen children. To-day solici-
tude and gloom reigns supreme within
its walls. Only one child left, that a
babe, and the parents cling to it with
a desperation bordering on despair,
fearful every moment lest it too will
be stricken down with the terrible
malady. Who can tell the suffering
of those parents.
PETE.