Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, January 13, 1871, Image 1

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    •Bcllcfoatc Dcmocratic Watchman
ISY P. (IRAY MEEK
FURRY, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Ink Slings.
—Everybody hates scandal, yet it
reinils readily.
—There ix * deer in Montgomery
county which weighs 500 pounds. It is
Mrva rom.v DEEn.
—"Colored Indies" and "white fe
males" , are the terms now used by
'borne Radical journals.
—The last survivor of the Battle of
I.4r4dic Eric, WILLIAM BLAIR, died the
other day, aged ninety-one. The old
sailor hni' only been promoted.
—What is wanted at the South is not
reconstruction or the States, but recoil-
Plruction of the Radical party. It
wants lo be built over, with brains in
tH head piece.
W II I I 111 iSr. Tµ - FED has contribu
ted . 7 t;t0,000 for the benefit of the poor
nt rite uevetitll ward. in New York city.
Thcre'.. , no Isleed-lednm or Tweed-1(-
de,, n itwit that.
The llllv AIM %HAM \ RO.
(111,1 Pre-olent of the United States,
Ltroogh opioQed to uegro suffrage
foci oegro offer holding. Hub that
•
it, ally Of a white Radical in
Cleo eland, pre , entra him with a black
bah tat: other day lie didn't quote
u nderoninl the nuttier, but ham an idea
that' Juno got 'nixed Homehow or
other
- - Mr. Ilo(A; has been united to Mine
NI , F. in Baltonore. So, it erema, be
❑a+u t tam mach 01 a .hog to marry
tire, nor Ole too uu•e to marry a hog.
Ilat ennotei thing 4 do happen HOW
a .111V.111
-The Radical. nre pitching into
'venker %lAA( r.•pi vpeech. Let them.
The poor deviln have to pitch into
sconethinv, and we don't know of any
body more able to upvet them than
met W 41 I WE
—A Chicago woman wants a divorce,
berati , te Lrr husband hasn't kigsed her
ours ur , 0 en Near.] The wretch pleads
guilty to the chute, but *Lys she know
!-o.eral otter fellows who, have kissed
her enough to make up for all his neg
lect. vir
I'l, If 9t Ii ❑lggers object to GRANT'S
Arheme. They swear
into the mountains of
and fight like the dickens
they will consent to let (lanNr
idle% ing fingers into the IStnni•
iocari hen of their
-"Much ado about nothing"—the
attempt of Radical paperm to make 11/4
e Iliat Senator PrTRIKrs'S life
ult.; endangered by iIouNNI ABERWS
lullo‘s ers, in Harrisburg, the other
In "Barer"
,lust told them all to
en dean and "smile' . at his elxpense.
—A correspondent of the Tyrone
IPrald thus laude that paper
' Itef,,re iu ray. the Sun grown dim,
•Ihf. erten yield, I yield'
() , (Ar crown smell, the Mandan/ elm,
The 81,0,11011141, nearcely keep. the fled,"
Won't somebody put a cold brick in
that poet's hat? We're alarmed about
loin Suppose li IH brains should get
into Me head
—The new Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, (len. PLEARANTON, hay
witted a military order to Ills mutton!!
nate?, collector?, assessors and others,
that none of them shall leave ilea
districts at any time without n tvrittest
pertin,riori from him. now is that
for high
\ ',CHI ANI ie a candidate for
rioted Staten Senator before the Int
nom Legislature. It is said that he is
sure of ninety one votett, and that his
wile talked to every member, and thus
Lid more for hint than all the rest of
his friends pal together. If
wam t ,LICII a couluunded rascal, we
could hope, for the dear woman's sake,
that he !night succeed.
- Why, )on goose, do you suppose
anvi ri,t can be got without money 7
‘Ve know some people have got our
papers eij.liout paying for them, but we
run )no we didn't put our bands
iii their pocket book —not a cent! Yet
they crow about as much as you do,
and %on know we didn't get yours.—
Tha no, but then you never wet
iv I❑ n lurk place or a thick woods
\oi 1(1104V.
- The front door of the New York
office having to be cloned for
,Mr temporary purpose, I.foitncs
I , lif F. 1.1,1 wrote, "Entrance on Spruce
-crest,' ttil sent it down to be
, pied and posted The men who
h however, wasn't very well
.minainted with GIRLIMAY'S halid writ.
in:', and that functionary was shortly
.111 r astonialted at seeing posted on the
trout entrance or his own office, "Edi
tor on thee." Ile , H.ln't ear [tor
c:c;Rd
VOL. 16.
Gaul and Germany
4.
-Since the day when Rummell of
Itapsburg, united and consolidated the
diverse interests of the embryo German
Empire, nothing so remarkable has
occurred in the history of the great
Teutonic nationalities, as the mush
room expansion of 016 Duchy of Prus
sia. The steady and rapid rise of the
house of Brandenburg!) has no paral
lel in modern history. In 1710, a mere
German principality, in 1742 we find
the Dukedom of Prussia a.kingdom of
great importance and military strength
—wresting from Ore enervated Austri
an Empire the splendid Province of
silesitu— afterwards confronting the
united power of France aril llermany
at the close of the memorable
Seven Year's War, le;;;7l.ging hom the
strife one of the Great Powers of En
rope. Ibis sudden and extraordinary
increase in the civil anti military l ow
er of the hitherto insignificant Prue
soot Duchy, was, no doubt, in a large
measure owing to the indomitable en
ergy of the great FRFI,FRII K-100.
much of this political success wits due
tl!i3 imbecility of his antagonists.
The German Empire—thelalxie raised
by the Austrian Rum - men—had long
shown symptoms of disintegration. In
the hands of M - Aau, T0.a}.4% —al
though a woman of much determine
e German councils were mark
ed by vacillation and indecision. This
was opportunity. The
Emperor dying in 1740, the Prussian
king seized upon Silesia—and from
that day the Austrian Emperors of the
House of Hapiburgh declined:in cos
-
r
and importance in the Euro
peal' system. ISut the end was not
yet, The military genius of the first
N trotios enabled lion, by first hump
ling the house of llapsburgh, to abol
ish the German Empire, as such, and
the Emperors of the Germania Confed
eration were henceforth merely Empe
rors of Austria. The Empire of the
t great lit aomin being at an end, and
the state of Europe fixed by the delimit
tire treaty of Austria, in the
Ilapsburghs, seemed to hare reached
her lowest point of decadence; while
PrussN, in the House of Bradenburgh,
appeared to have attaincil the summit
of her is)litical greatness.
Hint the expansion of the Bourbons
from France, and the establishment of
the Second Empire, practically as well
as virtually annulled the Compact of
Nations, entered into alter the full of
INAPO! F. 04 I. And thus was the Shllee
-1 gate removed which had so long stayed
thip,pentup ambition of the Prussian
kings. The inauguration of the See
-1 and Empire also gave a show of Justice
to the aspirations of the House of
Bradenburgh. The First Enipire hail
been marked by a desolated Germany,
arid a disintregrated Prussian mon
archy—w hat guimantee was there
against the Hanle evils, es a result of
the advancement of N ?
I Thus, both ifs a motive of safer) and
ambition, the Prussia), monarch du
sired tire aggrandizement of his throne
and kingdom. How well and how
stealthily that policy of aggrandize
merit has been earned out, the world
k aware
The smouldering embers of hate and
jealousy —the memories of French en
actions, and of Waterloc —fotind their
first vent during the, Austro French
conflict of I 859. On the fields of M -
genta and Sollerino, vot.so:l , ,gave
an emphatic denial to this oft repeated
asaertiou—" The Empire is Peace!"—
Various other acts, following in quick
succession, taught the nations that, an
far as in him laid, the French Empe
ror would attempt to play the role of
St. Helena's call.. Thie !relief wits
not werikened when NArut.t.os made
to the ('orps Let/is/WV his declaration
AA to "a rectification of frontiers''--
those frontiers being, as was well un
derstood, the Provinces on the Rhine.
"The Rhine mdst b., a French river"
—had often lured the veterans of' the
First Empire : that Hanle battle-cry had
lost none of its force in 1860 !
All this time, the l'rtissein cuuuclln
had been guided by MIOIIIIII 11100111 MP .
Prue n'n brand ,111'1111(111g king, iraeei•
ble and an imbceit , , was adroitly
managed---und Glonc mighty preturit
tiona were secretly curried on, which
at length have rendered the Prussian
monarchy, as •n niililary power, sec••
ouil to no nation .oi the l'olitinent of
"STATE,' RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION."
MaIiMM3MOVIONNWaIefiIINEENriII
Forty-five years of peace had left
Prussia without an experienced sol
diery. It was, therefore, with some
diffidence that she engaged in war
with Denmark, in 1864, relative to the
Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein. I{er
success on that\ occasion awakened a
Military spirit in her people, and the
victories of Duppel were Sought to be
enacted elsewhere.
The dispute with Austria, in 1866,
gave the Prussian Government err ex
cellent opportunity of testing its rela
tive strength with one of the Great
Powers, On the fatal field of Sado W
the power of Austria was utterly river
thrown: and that Empire at oneesatik
into a secondary position, so tar us rr
garded the affairs of tiermany. Pros
sin was now the ruling power among
the Teutonic nationalities. Iler hour
hat! cooly. Put Prance and her war
like ruler stood, in the way. There
fore, threat preparations were redoubled
hieh it was nee, wore absolutely Ven,Wll
fill! to success in the int:vitt:o)le and
riot distant rupture with the tiullie
leader.
The•Luxenmbourg ilifliculty, in
wan the precursor Of the present con
flict. N t•ttoi,Lim, amid the smoke of
Sadowa t hail discerned the great otitis
Lary strength of Prussia—and, not be
ing prepared for a collision, gave way
the:matter of Luxembourg. From
that hour the in isl,ye of the French
ruler wan gone forever—awl the thsi RAI
wan ou -_•very mouth—
t "I On ',dory n page
N•ipokoti'm Kage
1111.1 W 411.11•11 hln 11111111. tlllll ?nark
Vihen it Pr u4nian (lune.
Who rend the •nme,
And aM rune It 114140—"BIStatIrk "
The question of the Spanish succes
sion at length brnke upon the ominous
stillness existing between total and
tiermany. Prussia retracted. France
exacted reparation. An insult—pre
meditated or otherwise— was offered
to Benedetti. France was aroused.
The memories of Waterloo were reviv
ed, and four hundred thousand French -
men too%eil toward the Moue. Con
trary to all expectations, the ‘eteratis
of France recoiled before the onset of
the Teutonic masses. Eighty thou
sand Frenchmen, in 1806, had routed
210,000 Prussians. In 1870, at For
bach, sixty thousand Germans drove
beture them 40,0011 French veterans.
True, on every subsequent field, up to
Sedan, N armies were out
numbered, two to one --but never be
fore nail a continental - European pow
er, single handed, dictated terms at
the gales of Faris. NA pot.t.om a caps
tit,e, and two hundred thousand of his
veterans prisoners on German soil
softie might suppose that the military
power of France was forever fled, and
that the Gallic people would sink into
the position of a second rate, power.
But this is not probable, and for obvi-
I=lll3
It is an axiom in war, that the vic
tor intuit lose in proportion to his tri•
11111plix. The present conflict has
drained, to the utmost extent, the re
sources cf Germany. -ix hundred
thousand Germans 011 French soil, be
stiiitikti tire depletion of the recruiting
sources. The employment of the
Landirlur, discloses the weakness of
the foes of Foam From a defensive
war, the conflict has been changed to
one of aggression and conquest. The
dismemberment of France is the pal
pable object of King Wu.LrAmr : and
this, too, as a means of promoting his
scheme of so-called German Unity—
which unity, to be such in fact, must
necessarily include the eleven millions
of Gernians of the Austrian Empire,
as well as the nine or ten millions im•
corporated in the Dominions of the
Czar. ft is quite apparent that the
occult design of WILLIAM of Prussia is
riot so much the unity of all German
nationalities (a thing which appears
impracticable on the face of it) as the
advancement of his family to an impe
rial throne—from which high eini•
nence it might give the law to all the
German-speaking nations north and
south of the Mayne, and hold in jeop
ardy the very existence of Austria it.
self.
A nil nn this queetlon of German Un
ity tope Teutonic races are having their
eyes.. (+Quell, While humbling the
power or FraHee it is ndtorions that
there le not, to-ddy, ti
,greater stickler
for "Divine IlVit" that this Cierman
Prince wilo is ostensilii3i warring ror
It I 1
ift al 1
-7;k5
of the North (format' Confederation
are his puppets—while their people,
through a blind fanaticism, are follow
ing them into the field, an assisting
the f)ligarhY of the Confederation to
visit on them a greater despotism than
any hitherto known to modern Europe.
The whole tenor if King Wibung's
life is a witness against him in regard
to popular liberty. hiring the great
Littoral uprising which shook Central
Europe in 184 S, 11.1,1 Alt , then Goy•
ernor (ieneral of Rhenish Prussia, hind
to fly for his life, owing to hia tyranny
and exactions ; and on his ascending
the throne, he declared that he "held
crown from God, not 1101 n the peo
ple."
Stich is the leader who is TIOW forg
mq mlinehles for the Merman people,
tinder the.plea. of "Merman l'nity."
Let not the Teutonic raves be deceived.
The exaltation of IX ing,W11.1.1.111
srgru-
I (``.l the ilegrIldall,)11 of the Merman
masses --the.e4tablislintent of a milita
ry despotism--and the overthrow of
the last vestige of civil libcrr^ in Its- .
varin, Wurteniburg and the lesser
Th is is
the '•l'nit). for whiell the (letiono
people arc now lighten}—in king of
themeekes
I he tool 4 whu•h I vrtuit. rtwny
By myriad., when tiny dare eavo lime WRY
lointan heart4.to dream Mono,'
-while the desolated tomes and
cattle spread misery of the people are
counted an nought, it they arc but the
stepping stones by n loch a King may
become an Emperor
Entreven with France subdued and
dismembered, it is extremely Improba
ble that any Prince of the House of
Brandenburg') will ever be able to
play the part of fitrinany's former Em
perors. The tune has gone by when a
single ruler cant enact the role of
Con RISS V. or Lot is X IV. The peo
ple have seen, and do appreciate, the
blessings of the "balance of power"—
and as for a colossal military despot
ism in the centre of Europe, they
have none of it." Such a thing is con
trary to the spirit of the age and of
progress—and must of necessity, fail,
even though it were attempted by the
most conlitunate genius. Any such
attempt on the part of King Wit.l.l n
Milk result in the exaltation of Austria;]
the disenthrallinent of North Germany;
the return of Erance to her lormer po
nition ; and the reduction of the,r,,rus
wan monarchy to the attatts which it
occupied by right of the treaties of
1S1.").
[For the NV ATCUINAN
MIND AND MATTER.
Adolphus Femiir'n bent of mind
Inclined to human forms divine,
And Inn keen tante could quick take up
The build and contour and "make up"
°revery one, from head to nhooa,
And gloat upon,
With Intereat hung,
The witching forma of guy 4litusonaes.
lltg wife 5101111f1101 riot of thought
Another nom., of plena!), nought—
For matter gronvlgho hod no love,
tier tante wan finer, Roared ahovn
Ault flesh, and lho would ever fain
Make long the roll to
Than go without
A &Innen to ado rata the brain.
And so, while ono to balls ,al,l shows,
Where limbs are plenty, oleo apt goes—
The tither finds her way o'nlghts
To where they speak on woman's rights
Whiletbus the tut, their hobbies ride,
Domes(le bliss
Anil happiness
l'pon the void hearthstone has cited.
I For the UV ATCIII(AIf
IN DAYS THAT COME.
=MEM
Past days, pant acts, are gone,
They're hurled with the yearn ;
Oh I let u■ then cant off'
With them, our Iths and fears,.
In days that. come
To•nighl the oil year
To.morrow cornea tho new ,
tet each of us now try
A better work to do,
In days that come
There's work for all to do
In this great world of ours ;
And God.has changod all mon
To well Improve their powers,
In Aye that come
Lee man readgn nl once
To do his rightful ether°,
And when hla wlrk Is done
Ihnl a blessing' there,
In days that oosno
'Llfc'e every thot n will then
Prove true to him n nose ;
And grneo will crown him, when
Al. life line nought lin clone,
lu .12iym flint vfmin,
January Bth, 1815
Sunday last was the Bth of January
—the anniversary of the ibattle of New
Orleans—a day sacred and dear to
every patriotic American heart. This
great battle was foiight on the Bth of
January, 1815, and was the closing,
blow' against British insolence in the
Aecond war for American Independence.
It proved the superiority of American
over British troops, and covered the
11/11110 of ANDitien JACKSON WlOl a halo
of imperishable glory. This battle wan
really fought after a fr ificles of peace had
been signed between the two countries,
at the city of Dbent, the intelligence of
which, however, dill not reach our goy
eminent in time to preVent the conflict..
The British troops,— tile veterans of
the Peninsula, who had fought under
Wfr.l,l.l!stilllNl in 1118 struggles with the
great NA rtmEos,—were led by Sir En-
AHD kI , N 11 111, /1101, 801110 fourteen
or filieen thousand strong, advancj ° d
against the works of the small army
.seder General .1 trksoN. It was a
splendid sight. The British soldiers,
their scarlet and white unifurnl :
looked as if they were going out on a
parade, and thardlied proudly and
grandly to the sound of glorious music
from their regimental bands, with the
biuuuvs an d H ags (i t 1 ilii England float
rig gaily above them. But, suddenly,
from the 'llnerican line peals forth a
thunder bound. Cannons, rifles and
niuriketti mute their horrid v oices, sad
bullets like rain, fell upon the advitnc
mg Braid' troovs. Down they go by
hundreds, but Po k 1,511,4,11 rallies them,
and reminds them of their limner glo
ries. tin they come again, but directly
their gallant leader bills, mortally
wounded. General Diniis now takes
command, but directly, lie, too, sinks '
in the arms of death. Another leader,
General KEENE, now Fitriv , Ts to rally
the bleeding, astonished and disheart
ened army, but he, LOO, 18 sent for by
leaden messenger and follows his
predecessors to a bloody grave. Urn
ken, discomfited and demoralized, the
British arnss ,no,ti retreats, and victory
perches on the American standard.
Thum closed the battle of New 1 /dentin,
the :litith anniversary of which occurred
on Sunday last. It hurled back a
proud and insolent enemy, who nought
to enter the city of New ()Hear.; with
the cry of "beauty and booty." They
came on to revel in love and luxury,
hut retired to bitterly repent their folly.
In place of tender arms they found
bloody graves and buileta in place of
booty.
The Bth of January ought to be cele
brated by American's everywhere with
spirit and fervor. We fear we are lor
getting the gallant deeds of our ances
tors, which secured to us so much.
Even the 4th ofJuly seems to be going
into oblivion. Let us hereafter revive
the glorious memories of these days,
and commemorate them in the future
as 111 former times.
----Speaking of 0 T for President .
in 1872, the New York Sun says,
"URVT'S administration has demon
strated that beds neither a statesman
of broad views nor a politician of or
dinary shrewdness,"and that "the rank
and tile of the party who do not seek
oflice and have no corrupt jobs to pro
mote, are earnest in the conviction
that the campaign of 1872 ought not
to be embaransed with the dead-weight
of General Ilittwesblunders and imbe•
cilities." Tlie editor - of the Sun is Mr.
DANA, who was A lIKA RAM 'LINCOLN'S
assistant Secretary of War. Such lan
guage from him is ROL very flattering
to our friend of the White House, and
looks ,as if he wad ,try t ing to go back on
somebody. Poor GRANT—aII the re•
spectable portion of his party, if ever
ally portion of it was respectable, is
deserting him, and his chance for
other turm,through a popular election,
is about on an equality with BEN BUT
Isis's chance of going 1,0 Heaven. 4.
---ORVILLE GRANT, ft brother of
his excellency, the President, who lives
in Chicago, was knocked down and
robbed, on Clark street, there, the
other day. Here is cause for war .
-Leto= Chief 11Ingiaqate now tleelare
Chicago in a slate tif seige, until the
great city delivers up r;ir violaioi of
the sacred person of the President's
(Inds! snit pin American
Aerinte long debate---a question like
tilia? Chicago is in at blltie of rebel
! ?
Spowls from the Keystone.
—ln I!?teton, the blind men play billiards.
—'l'ho Good Templare of Hollidaysburg
have suspended,
-141 cons and Wynonlneo are having sue
eoegfol revivals of rollglon.
—Hherry's New York theatre in playing ha
Leek Haven thin week.
—The Zoe troupe have been performing la
Merhaniemburg.
—The old Janitor of the Philadelphia court
1101181111114 Inherited a fortune.
—Taylor Burris, of Danville, Was killed •t
lho Sunhurry railroad bridge, last Friday.
NO. 2
—The Allentown opera noun° holds 12,00
pool lo
—They any that CGrabria county has 29• law
—Altoona would like to make tie believe
that olio hag 19,611 people.
—William Furry, of Bedford county, /Mots
wild eat lant. week. Of course it wan furry.
Q .
—The Heider editor of the Meehan Icabilrg
rawl-7 al .100pli 11. SI ngieer, died recently.
—The lee on the Susquehanna, at Lock
Haven, is leg Inches thick.
—A Plidadalphian, named Brady, was chop
ed to &Wit on a phreo of moat, on Friday.
—The Philadelphia I"lger now prints 75,.
non copies ovary day.
—A Fartnues club ban been organized In
Doylestown.
- Porcat comity ham ft couple aged 106 and
Ini,:nnin..d Mr and Mrn. Allen.
- W. , aro told that the Pennsylvania - rail
road .....nyany intend to e , reet a $160,000 depot
at Altoona, to In made Of troll and Klan..
I hoq'iliolle Indies of I;oek Haven, Dolled
tom, supper , . glvdn do ing holiday
- \ Iheri Minter of Loek Haven, re
-0011 ea it!no,oo us 21 rlirlpannts present from
hi.. vongregat lon
- ikli1111.1.• marble dopmilts havn 1101'n 11.
1.,,V1.1111n Clmmn mainly, Lamar loamthm
almm, Iha w.ter4 of Fp.lottg Creek
—'llle oldest man In Pennsylvania Is lioorge
thor, %%Int resides in Mourn° county, raid is
yo.nrr or ngo
—Thu ISullon ItArrlnburg, In In pun-
Inrwu turkey% weighing GO
pru4lon of I»
polindm
—lion JlllllO9 A 111189011,1.11 e, father bf Adjil•
1:11111 ieiteral It,waelt, died at 111, reshiende In
11,:dio1d, on the . 21)01 nit, aged at year.
—Two liegroea had a light in Chambernburg
the other day when 1/11e or them deliberately
.hot the ether, fle{ero wound.
i —Sixteen portoonn fractured their limbs In
phih k delphm, 111 one day,:by fulling on the
*Hrpory •edcaulk 4
—.ll4.4.Wanatalrer spent lipx),I)00 in adver
iong lii. hl.f fi.eal year, and added to his
ralde,Hp.hbangkr
(.enry and wife received the members
of the Legidatiire and liken. friends generally.
ceelitive inanition last evening, the
-11 Shaw, f.f Sommerville, Crawford
' , witty. hw a rat 21 pawl old, which retains
all Ito lavoltn, itnitniratretl, still being able to
I=l
—Ad old lady named Ulvlney, wo+ Inalantly
killed in litairßyilie, a few day. ago, by a mew
ing machine fulling upon her while she was
nttemPting Cu, rem", e II down chair.
—itie State Temperanee Union I, to meet
In Ilarrialeirg,m the tallt tilt, at In a tn. A
Meg, meeting el the frierela of temperance
will be 14 , 114 In the ilfterilteel
—A team 0111 , horn.. and (ma mule, be.
longing tun Mr Dr 1 .110,1101, broltn In rlll.l was
druwm•d in Shamokin Dam on Saturday lamt.
Mr Inetidea li barely rteaped, through help
Item the shunt
--A large number of boat, aro stranded In
the 14 nn•vlvantn ennui, having railed to make
t Liar , lemlllint hot, hvfo), the water wn, let out
they will he compelled to remedtt until the
ppuning u( navigation In the spring
- A fanner in 'Fyler•port, Bricks eottnly,
bar an apple tree (lint has borne apples twice
the past Kea... IL find blossomed, then had
In nit, Ina the caterpillars destroyed It and the
[ear., It li.ossonted n second time and bore
good sued 111.1,1011
—A large st6el rolling mill In In progrese of
constr.( lion in Houlb Bethlehem, Lehigh
111111ty, l'n Khen completed. It, will be
en huielted feet long, wings four hundred
feet In length. One of the staelis, one lion
(lrAirt high, wen finished lent week.
-MO tallest merrther of the Legislature, I
S U ('lathe, o f Lawrence county. ff e stands
six feet seven Inches in Ids single soled
hoots eapt II K Sloan, of Indiana county,
I. six feet four inches in height.
—The luention of thin end of the Lewisburg
Centre & Spruce Creek Railroad Instill a moot
ed goes lon Ty ronites aro striving hard to
get Tyrone as the terminus, and It would be
well for the Spruce rreekers to strive harder.
Sullicient stock for the completion of the road
has not yet been subseribed, but It ban been
determined to proceed with the construction.
—Globe-
Nan ACCIDIXT —On Monday afternoon of last
week, two ehlldt en of Mr. Harris at Millers
town, while playing on the Ire near the bridge
at that piece, broke througn and were drown
ed. The hotline were recovered, the funeral
taking place on Wedneadry. Tho children
were aged about 8 and II yearn, and were
quite 11 help to their lather who In blind.—
Illoomfield Times.
—.l E. Joni..., of Tyrone, leaving Mx team
to (Margo of a boy had the pleasure of cooing
said learn make straight for a railroad crone-
Mg while a train with rapidly approaching,
Mr Ronan ran, backed Ida team, wan knock
ed down on the track by the tongue of the
clad, had several ribs broken and wee other
wise Injured, but managed to roll off the
illlll4 befeao the train reached him.—Stand.
aid.
ALL A inntrzzz.—A few evenings ago ono of
7 ,
Altoona's estimable matrons embraced
Radicalism r at least a representative of
that politica dogma—in a very forcible but
quite unto ntional mannfir. liar liege lord
WM absent from home ‘ pn business and was
expected t return by the evening train. The
good wile, as in duty bound, arrayed herself
'in fine apparel and waited for the dear one's
arrival, determined that she would answer
the boll herself and give the returning hoe•
band A wifely greeting at he moment of Ills
arrival At length the train arrived and In •
few momenta rapid itilia—weew, bean( ap
'pronching the mansion. They stopped and
the hell was vigorously pulled The waiting
dame rushed to the door and into the arms of
the min who stood without. lie recoiled, and
so did she, and then from her delicate throat
Waited a piercing scream, for unwittingly she
1111 , 1 embraced a coal Meek Alec' icon citizen