Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-02
STATE NEWS.

I The Rodman Furnace in Blair county
Is to be put in blast shortly by the
Cambria Iron Company.
John Morgan was killed at No. .
tunnel colliery, at Nanticoke, Luzerne
county, by fall of top coal.
/ Robert Champlain, farmer Of West.
field, Tioga county, was shot and killed
on Friday while cutting corn.
The shipments of coal over the Phila.
delphia and Reading railroad and
branches last week footed up 1887
tons.
William Kirk, an ex.Mollie Mcguire.
has been sent TO jail at Wilkesbarre in
default OF 5000 bail, for counterfeiting
coin.
The rail mill at the ! eel works at
| Scranton. which has bee4 idlc for some
week.
About 5000 worth ~ counterfeit s.
bills OF the National Bank Of Troy. y.
/ y, were passed in Chester on Saturday.
/ No arrests.
Charles Upton fell from tree Friday
afternoon at Gettysburg while nutting
AMI died an hour aftcrward from in.
Jurles received.
The schools Of Palo Alto, Schuylkin
county, have been temporarily closed
on account Of the prevalenc$bo bof diph.
liberia in that place.
ON Wednesday evening Of last week,
Mrs. Harriet Grams, Of WilliAmsport, as
she was entering her house 18th an arm.
ful OF wood, fell and broke her neck.
The funeral of tho lte Judge Warren
J. Woodward took place at " sbsrre
on Saturday. 4 meeting d -
Associa ion Of Wilkcsbarre
ard eulogies passed upon "
An unknown man was XII
track OF the Lehigh Vailed
near Penn Haven, last Thursdsy,
papers found on his person HE
supposed to be Edwards or
He was about 6j years Of A
Citizens Of Clarion co
that the authorities wou
ton in the matter, have
and offered a reward
parties who poisoned
old farmer OF that CO.
ing occurred severn
The large tam
has been stand
because il dide
put in operatio 90
-Nnent and tho ,sii,
bS both in Il 81 ,hnn .'
Ina will IN 'ulions IN Al
To" rnployui I'd operation, Civ.
- So the usual number of
Arhora
great time about the mill.
tia 1oona, where everybody wants
TO foldier. Last evening Captain
X. N~~brie, Lieutenant jackson.
Lieut1 > Fitzharris and Private II.
II. Herr arrived in Philadelphia. and
today will see Adiutant Generals 1.atta
and present to him the advisability of
adding the two new companies raised
in Altoona to the Fifth Regiment
The advance in the price Of iron from
:. cents TO cents n pound, by the
Western Iron Association, on Friday. is
oi great importance 10 Pittsburg. I, is
to be estimated that it will bring an in.
crease OF from 10000 TO 81, 600 per day
in the receipts of Pittsburg iron manu-.
facturers, and an increase Of from 81 900
to sl,200per day in the wages paid pud.
ulers anu heipers.
An interesting case is TO be heard At
Allentown on Friday next, in which
Hon. Edwin Albright, President Judge
OF Behigh county, is the defendant.
Mrs. Wetherhold, a soldiers widow.
living in Allentown, presented her
claim at Washington for pension, and
1t was returned with the statement that
the claim had been presented some
years before, assigned to John Juten,
Nj. d., and the check sent 10 Albright,
then an attorney atlaw, and represent.
ing the assignee. The Judge claims 10
have paid the money to daughter of
Mrs. Wetherhold, who denies that she
ever received cent.
Dense fog hung over the Reading
Railroad track at Douglassyille on Sat
urday morning when the gravel train Of
which Isaac Prizer was conductor went
steaming up at the rate of eight miles
an hour. just below the station George
Prizer, brakeman on The rear car of
the gravel train, saw approaching on
the same track the Hue Line freight.
which was bowling along al speed Of
thirty miles to the hour. AT the alarm
from George Prizer all the men in The
caboose at the end of the gravel train
leaped for their lives, except Alexander
Young and the conductor. In : nom.
ent the Blue Line telescoped the gravel
with terrific crash. Conductor prizer.
who waa q resident of Pottstown. was
killed. Alexander Young was taken
from the debris and conveyed to his
home, in Douglassville, where he died
at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
David Davidheser was seriously injured.
Several freight cars were wrecked,
Deputy Coroner Joshua Ryers empanel.
! ed a jury and began an investigation.