Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-03-27
NO. 13.

"Hlch mature between ApTIl ], ana IL
on presentation.
About four hundred Of the planta-
ton negroes who recently arrived At
/ St Louis from the South left Saturday
| night for Kansas, and about two hun
dred by the steamer Helena for Missis-
sippi Sunday afternoon.
Kearney is stumping southern Cali.
fornia for the new Constitution. In hs
| speeches he abuses people without stint.
A dispatch from Santa Anna saws there
on Thursday one of the men Thus viii.
he'd gave Kearney an unmerciful beat.
ing.
! Mayor Williams, of Gloucester. Mass
has published request for contribu-
tions from the country at large in aid of
the families Of the seaman lost at st.
Oeorges Bank during the recent gales.
One hundred and fofty-six able.bodied
men were lost, leaving 81 widows and
100 orphans dependar upon the chari.
ty Of the public FOR support.
some days ago, in New York. Com.
missioner Of Jurors Dunlap selected
iorty'eight names Of jurors for the trial
oi the suit for 81 100000 by Cornelius
). Vanderbilt against William II. Van.
derbili. On Saturday the counsel met
and each struck off twelve names.
leaving twenty -four, from which twelve
VIII be selected in court for the trial.
A storm OF the severest nature swept
over Memphis just after midnight on
Friday of last week. Il quite likely
came from the southwest and continued
three hours. During It's progress the
lightning struck the Memphis cotton
and woolen mills, situated in the south.
ern part OF the city, which were entire
ly destroyed. The mills. valued at
$4,000, employed a force Of l25 hands,
who are thrown out Of employment.
Insurance, 10000.
Colonel Bazilewitch. of the Imner;.I
Russian Guard, visiting at Berlin. has
been sentenced 10 three months i'm.
pTisonment on the charge OF picking a
Iady's pocket. The verdict is generally
deemed outrageously unjust on the
evidence, the corpus dehcd not having
been produced. Colonel Basilewitch.
who II supposed TO have been the victim
oi conspifing circumstances, has gone TO
~. Fetersburg 20 lay his case before the
Gar having been liberated on appeal.
alter giving his personal security for
| 100000 marks.
On and after April /, the Western
Union Telegraph Company will with.
Draw from the territory operated bv
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
and Telegraph Company. The with
drawal viii affect number Of cities
aud towns in the State. including Nor
ristown, Phoenixville. PottstoWn. Read.
ing, Pottsville, Tamaqua, Shamokin,
Harrisburg and Williamsport. IL Is
understood that an arrangement has
been affected by which the receipts
will be pooled on basis very satisfac-
tory to both companies. IL is under.
stood that the contract covers a period
OF fifteen years.
Saturday afternoon, as freight train
on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad
was passing through the ice gorge on
the track few miles east OF Remove
an axle Of an oil.tank car broke. and in
few minutes thirteen oil cars were
wrecked. As soon as the first tank was
broken the oil ignited and almost in
stantly terrible FIRE ensued, which. as
1t communicated to the other cars.
caused them 20 explode. The inienfe
heat warped the iron rails and consum.
ed the ties like paper. As soon A. the
oil was consumed wrecking train was
on hand and the rubbish was cleared
away with all possible dispatch, and the
regular passenger trains were only de-
tanned few hours. About three hum
dred feet Of track had TO be relaid en-.
tireiy. As each oil car contains about
5000 gallons. the amount of oil con.
sumed will reach 46s,000 gallons. Tho
balance of the cars we're pulled away
in time, or the destruction OF oil would
have been much greater. This Is the
point, it should be understood, where
the road was blockaded by ice a few
days ago and track had 10 be cut
through.
The rise in the riTer at Lock Haven
brought about LIS RATS 20 that place.
and Tor three or four days past business
has been unusually brisk. Since satur.
day morning the river has been falling
rapidly, and the water il now too low
for rafting purposes. About twenty
RATS are now tied up in the pool Of the
dam awaiting rise TO 90 below. The
market has varied considerably. Prices
have ranged all the way from s to IS
cents per foot for lumber, according to
quality. Oak Of course, has brought
the highest price. and the best grades
OF pine and spars 10 to II. The lowest
price Is for hemlock. The total mum.
Der OF RATS for the spring business is
expected TO reach from 1000 TO Loo.
Cleafield county alone will send Go to
market. The balance will come from
the other tributary streams Of the river
above here. OF the comparatively small
number that have arrived at Lock
Haven but small quantity have gone
helow. A few are expected TO reach
Marietta, however, II they are not pur
chased IT other points. The schute NJ
Shamokin dam, opposite Sunbury. sus-
tanned great damage during the ice
food, and the passage through it l.
J attended with great danger 70 rails.
When the next rise comes there will be
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