Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-08-11
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electricity, and says he can accomplish
the feat
In Florida the value per acre Of clear.
ed land is $945. and Of timbered land
S303. In Louisiana cleared land Is
worth $l43G, and timber land S3.53.
In Texas cleared land is worth s8.g-,
and timbered 81. in Arkansas cleared
land il valued at $ll.7s, and timber.
ed land at 1888. in Oregon cleared
land is worth SILL, and timbered
$3.50. But IN Nebraska cleared land is
worth $s.S2, and timbered $2j.Sj per
acre.
Mrs. Kane, widow Of Dr. Kane, the
Arctic explorer and one Of the Fox
sisters, noted for their "Rochester
knockings" OF twenty five years ago. is
among the mediums Of the Lake Pleas.
ant Spiritualift camp meeting. She
produces the raps quite rs mysieriously
as ever, and declares that they have
followed her constantly since child.
hood. She does spiritual writing"
too rapidly filling a slate with messages
in which all the letters are upside
down.
The ups and downs of life are we'll
illustrated in the care OF the late Or.
vile Grant. When his brother Ulysses
left the regular army with apparently
very dark future before him, ID WAS Or.
vile. then rich man, who took him in
charge. In the Chicago fire Orville lost
his all, and that affected his reason.
For years before his confinement in an
insane asylum he traded upon the repu-
tation OF his famous brother. When all
were children Orville was regarded as
the flower Of the Grant family.
The Census Bureau has issued a pre-.
limiuary statement containing statistics
Of the anthracite industry in Pennsyl.
yauia during the census year beginning
June. 1879, and ending June !, lssO,
which shows that the number Of work
ing collieries has increased during the
past ten years from 22j 10 273, or 2Il
per cent. The average horse power
used has, however, increased from 90
to 37j, or = 6 per cent. The average
number of hands has increased from
23j 10 go, or only Ga per cent, while
the average product per colliery has in.
creased from G9, go tons to l0O.4Ss
tons gain Of Is per cent. 4 compar.
son Of the census returns Of 1850 and
1870 shows that the output has in.
creased from ] $50. .257 tons to 27.433..
32g tons, or 1887, ,0T2 tons. gain OF
T59 per cent, while the gross value has
increased only OBS per cent. But the
value Of the product ot 1870 was reck.
oned in paper dollars. The apparent
fall Of the average price per ton is from
$40 to liT, or $l.02. about u per cent.
considerably more than the change Of
standard would account for. The total
capital, real and personal. invested is
reported as aRgregating $l50.l6l,l9
In 1870 the total amount invested was
but $50, 0,S07, ,2sj. which shows an increase
IN favor Of 1850 Of l9j per cent.
Joseph Miller. aged a, residing in
Clinton township, Lyooming county,
died srdc snly on Saturday, July 80,
and was buried the next day. AZ he
was insured in one Of the Selinsgrove
co operative companies, his son samuel
holding 5000 polacy, suspicion was
aroused, the body disinterred and sn
inquest held. The verdict was death
by poison administered by Samuel Nil.
Ter, son OF the deceased" A warrant
was procured end Miller wAs arrested
on Saturday. lie was taken to viii.
Transport and locked up, protesting
innocence. He states that his father
had used arsenic as medicine on a
physicians prescription, but Coroner
Ewes says the post mortem revealed
some other kind of poison. and that
the evidence adduced was that the
prisoner always prepared the medicine
before it was administered by his moth
er. There was no doubt in the minds
Of the jury as to Joseph Miller having
died from poisoning, and that the pois-
oning was not done with arsenic; also,
that Samuel was the only person who
handled il before it was administered
by the mother. Miller will not have
hearing until after an analysis Of the
stomach of the alleged murdered man
has been made, which may not be done
before the end of this week.