Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-13
NO. 46.

HltHl VI Ia5t week bf iHfee Ildhkf1 our.
glars 81 5000 have been found strcwn
around the house and yard. OF tho
5000 carried off $l,7O0 was in money
and the balance in bonds. The robbers
left 500 in gold and over Z 900 in pa
per behind, which they evidently over.
looked in their hurry.
dispatch from Napoleon. Ohio, says:
4 fire which originated in Dutch Row
Sunday morning destroyed one. third Of
the town. Among the nineteen build
inrs destroyed were the Court House,
the Sheriff = residence, the Jail aud the
Gardner agricultural warehouse. The
los" is estimated at 100000; insurance
$4,000. The fire is supposed to have
been Of incendiary origin.
ERht years ago, Joseph Troy. Of
Lawrence county, was sentenced 10 the
peniientiafy upon the day he WAS 10 be
married, for burglary. Ten days ago
his sentence expired, and, his sweet
heart faithful 10 him IN all these years,
was at the prison door when he came
out. They were married. and Trox has
promised 10 reward her faithfulness by
being good citizen and good hus-
band.
The engine Of the Hollidaysburg
branch train, on Saturday last, struck "A
man at the depot at Roaring Springs.
lie WAS standing on the track with his
back turned 10 the locomotive, and he
must has been considerably astonishel
when the iron horse caught him and
hurled him some distance TO one side.
He WAS very fortunately not injured TO
any extent. Ii is altogether probable
that this particular individual will be
careful where he plants himself in the
future.
General Hooker il said to have left a
handsome fortune, which will probably
90 10 biz sisters. Mrs Brainar1 and Mrs.
Wood, Of Watertown, New York.
Among his effects is a large picture Of
the battle Of Lookout Mountain. for
which he paid $2j.OO0 He had prepar-
ed book on the battle Of Chancellors.
Vile. which is now in the publishers
hands. and was about TO begin a book
on the famous engagement on Lookout
Mountain.
At Huntingdon, on Saturday evening,
about o'clock, man named William
Port, who belongs at Warrior Ridge,
Huntington county, Was walking on
the railroad track, and when an east
bound freight train passed by be At
tempted TO board il. He was in an in
toIicated condition aud his calculations
I mIscaTrIcd. As consequence he fell
beneath the wheels and his right leg
was crushed below the knee aud the
toes oi his left foot mashed. II is be-
lieyed be may recover.
A terrible wreck of freight cars,
attended with considerable loss Of prop
eyty and the killing Of at least one man,
/ occurred near the block Office at Kittan-
ming Point about halfpast . o'clock
Friday morning. The train was the
one known a. the third Union line. and
was due at Altoona in the neighbor.
hood Of \. n. The train parted at
Allegrippus, seven miles west OF Altoo
ma. The train was signaled TO stop al
the Office, when the separated part came
laundering down a ninetysix feet to
the mile grade on the advance train,
causing the accident.
Three persons we're drowned in tho
Merrimac river Sunday afternoon near
Lawrence mills, at Lowell, Mass. Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Little, with two child.
Ten, and Mr.. and Mrs. james Brown
were rowing from the Centralyille shore
TO Little Canada, when the leaking Of
the boat frightened them, and during
the confusion ii was overturned Mr..
Brown swan ashore; Mrs. Little and
one child clung to the boat and were
rescued; Mr.. Little and Mrs. Brown,
his sister, and Mr.. Little's 2.year old
son, were drowned. All Of the bodies
were recovered.
At foriy.five minutes past - o'clock
Saturday the town of Strasburg. Blank
county, No, was visited by a terrible
cyclone, which came from the north.
west, causing great loss to property, but
no lives were sacrificed, 80 far As can
now be ascertained. Ii had been rain
ing all the morning, the storm being &C
companied by thunder and lightning,
aud about noon a heavy, sullen looking
cloud was observed in the northwest.
The storm struck the town shortly af-
terward. blowing down a church, three
or four stores, and blacksmith shop.
Last Saturday evening a man named
William X. Koon, who is said have been
intoxicated (for the first time in four
years started TO walk along the rail.
road track - notwithstanding he had
been warned not to do so-to his home
at Duncansville. When near Gaysport
be seems 10 have been overcome by n
stupor, and from all accounts he lay
down on the track, with, as IL appears,
his head resting on one rail. Conductor
Dents branch train. due in Altoona at
7:l0 p. ", ran over the prostrate man,
and his head was almost entirely sever.
ed from his body, beside being crushed
nearly beyond recognition.
A terrible disaster occurred on the
corner Of Second and Main streets At
Kansas City. No, Friday afternoon.
The extensive candy and cracker man.
ufactory of Garlic 4 Sons. three.story
buildings, tumbled down and was com
pletely consumed by FIRE. Al the time
the accident occurred one hundred and
seven persons, mostly boys and girls
from II 10 20 years. were at work in the
factory, all Of whom escaped alive ex-
ccpt ak. TIE canse OF the accident
cannot be fully determined, but AZ an