Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02
STATE NEWS.

A new daily paper, called the Record,
has been started in Danville.
The vacation OF the Soldiers Orphans
Schools and Homes will begin Friday,
June 10, and continue until Septem
Der l..
Allegheny county produces 84S, LAG
tons of iron, Lehigh county 324,S75
tons and Northampton county 1928
ton annually.
General William Bolton, OF Norris.
town, in fit of coughing recently spit
up bullet that was shot into his neck
during the war.
Frederick Duncan, the young man
who was injured by boiler explosion
near Oil City, died after three days in
tense suffering.
George Heimbach,a a conductor on the
Northern Central Railroad fell from
car near Mount Carmel one day last
week, and was cut to pieces by the
train.
A five year old child of ]. II. Weld
of Clearfield county was recently kicked
by a horse, receiving severe injuries
which resulted fatally half an hour after
the occurrence.
A violent thunderstorm passed
through the Catawissa Valley last Thurs.
day night. The lightning shattered
several telegraph poles and struck and
instantly killed William Davis, a boy,
who was plowng in field at lions
Grove.
Colonel Forney delivered his lecture
on Thomas Jefferson at Allentown, last
week to a large and appreciative audi.
ence. On his arrival he was met at the
depot by the Americus Club in full uni.
form, led by the Allentown Band, and
escorted through the city. The lecture
was well received.
An eastern.bound freight train, load
ed with grain and coal, was wrecked by
the breaking of an axle. short dis.
tance west of Lancaster last evening.
A dozen cars were completely smashed
and piled up unfortunately upon
both tracks. Nobody was hurt, but
traffic Of every description was com.
pletely blocked.
About o'clock last Friday afternoon
tramway in the Beaver Mill yard,
Williamsport. fell fourteen feet, laden
with four trucks Of lumber, six men
and n horse. George Hoffman had
limb broken in two places above the
knee, and Nelson Byers, foreman Of the
mill, was seriously injured. The other
men escaped with trihing injuries.
Execution has been issued out of
Court of Common Pleas, No. /, in the
suit of William H. Kelley, Sr., vs.. the
Herdic Personal Transportation Com.
pany for the recovery Of $45,l74,2 "a. due
Mr.. Kelley for money loaned by him to
the company and money spent by him
for their use. The proceedings were
entirely amicable and it was agreed
that no stay of execution should be
asked
The cylinder head Of passenger en-.
CINE 46, on the Philadelphia and Read.
ing Road, blew out at New Castle. on
the afternoon of the 27th ultimo and
instantly killed jeremiah Reed, super.
intendent OF the Pottsville Water
Works. Mr.. Reed had been up to one
of the companys dams and returning
to New Castle Station waited for the
train from Frackyille, which comes
down the mountain backwards. As it
was in the act of stopping at the station
the explosion occurred. Reed WAS
standing alone = few feet above the
station and was struck by pieces OF iron
which crushed in all his ribs and his
skull. \ piece Of iron was thrown
through a window in house near by
and the shock broke other Windows.
Reed, however, was the only person
touched.