Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-03-04
STATE NEWS.

Two ladies have been graduated from
the Philadelphia dental college this
commencement.
There are 100000 600 feet Of lumber
banked on streams in this State await
ing the spring freshet.
The demand for school slate is in
creasing and the shipments from mines
in this State are very large.
Mr.. Smedley, of the Garnet mine in
Bethel, Delaware county. thinks the
mine Will yet pan out gold in fair quan.
titles.
Judge Agnew has written lecture
entitled "The Spirit and Poetry of
Law lie delivered it last week at
Franklin.
There is but one county in Pennsyl.
vania that has not heard the shrek OF
the iron horse within her border, and
that IS Fulton.
Slanhope Furnace, near Pinegroye,
Schuykill county, has been purchased
by Samuel Garrett. Of POttsville. and as
soon as repaired will be operated.
In l7l5 the Friends at Chester pro.
tested against "extravagant customs
and drinking to excess" this being one
OF the earliest protests against intem-
perance.
Representative A. Herr Smith, of
Lancaster, put the value Of the tobacco
crop in that county last year at s.. 600,
900. 1t paid revenue to the Govern.
ment of 100000.
Silas Reeves, an old trapper, was
crushed beneath a tree in Potter county
last week. lie is said to have hunted
over the ground years ago where Scran.
ton, Honesdale and Csrbondale now
stand.
A horse ran away at Bradford the
other day while attached TO a buggy
that contained twenty-five pound can
of nitro. glycerine The can was .jostled
about considerably but failed TO ex.
plode.
Miss Maggie Malcolmson, a clerk in a
dry goods store OF Meadyille, has receiv.
ed word that an uncle died recently in
Belfast. leaving an estate valued at
ElO0.OOO. The young lady and several
brothers and sisters are the sole heirs
The Williamsport BreakfdSf T1Jic re.
ports that a number of gentlemen from
Mexican county, have effected long
lease of 10 600 acres of land, beginning
al Trout Run. that county, and extend
ing toward the Bradford region. The
land is said to contain evidences Of oil.
Anthony Sharp, who attempted to
send himself out of this world because
Amanda Eidinger, Of Emaus, refused to
marry him. some time last summer. il
now welded TO that lady, and they live
at Bechtelsyille. Love laughs at lock.
smiths"-and pistols.
The raper mills Of the country are
now said TO produce |. .s0Otons of various
grades Of paper daily. There are alto
gether 627 mills, representing a capital
of sl00000.0 900 and employing - 1000
| persons who are paid for their services
little less than $4,000, 900 annually.
The Pittsburg papers have the exclu.
sive information that Secretary Of
State Quay has recently realized $50
| 600 by lucky investment in stocks.
Supreme Court Reporter Norris is cred.
tied with realizing in the same way
| $4,000, and Messrs. R1tan and Magee
are also reported among the lucky.
The development Of the oil region Of
! this State continues without interrup-
ton and without any immediate pros.
pect of exhausting the great subterran.
can supply. During January there were
800 new wells completed. giving a daily
| production OF ISIS barrels, or an aver.
age yield or Is barrels per we'll The
number of wells finished each month
ranges between 800 and 400.
Saturday afternoon Preston Plant. a
messenger in the Auditors Department
of the Pennsylvania Railroad building.
at Philadelphia, was dispatched 10 the
! Central National Bank. on Fourth ST.,
below Chestnut, to draw $1,000, with
which TO paw off the hands in the de.
partment He returned in about a
quarter of an hour without the money.
reporting that while he was coming out
of the bank he was jostled by a man and
Immediately afterward missed the cash
One day recently the water rose very
rapidly IN the Tunnel Ridge colliery,
| near Shenandoah. In the vicinity OF
the underground stable the water ac
cumulated fast. and in order 10 save the
lifes Of two Of the mules. Thomas Lewis
and George Sbaeffer. descended the
mines. When about two hundred yards
from the foot Of the slope the men
heard the water roaring like the Falls
Of Niagara. Their first impulse was to
turn back, but being accustomed TO
danger they decided to push forward,
and in few minutes they were swim.
ming in the raging torrent As was an.
ticipated. the dam in the mines had
broken, and by the time the men had
reached the stable and united the
NUDES, the water was FIVE feet deep.
The journey back again was very dan.
gerous, but the men stemmed the tide
with hearts of steel, and were soon