0 • The Democratic Watchman OE L FONTE, PA Fridayrorning, January 27, 1871. _.. • THINGS ABOUT TOWN & COUNTY —Howdd borough has two very good schools The saes in Curtin township, visited by the county Superintendent, aro said to be in oxcollent condition. --We call attention to an interest ing letter from our correspondent ,In visible,' in this issue of the WATCH M AN. c—Snow fell all day on Monday, re flowing the sleighing, and re-clothing nature in her usual winter mantle of white.. 4 Joh n ii. tifover l fo;inerly of this place, but n'ow of Nlissourt, and late a Radical member of Congress, was in town this week.. --The present snow 14 being hugely enjoyed. tileigle4., sleds, and all • Lind e of Aiding vehicles have been constant ly running this week. --The nomination of Gen Beaver, of this placn, to be Major General of militin, has been confirmed. "Shoul der arms! Forward' Alarch --JanwA Parton, J: htp,tuind to Fanny ' , can, lectured to n line iunllent.i. hero on ' l 4,'ne.dity night The lecture was good enough, hut not ektraordwaty, --John Loneborger sap its mo-d. "Lhundorin' cold" up in the garret where ho sioolrs , thevo olght. Ile ha , a notion tor.,oht ut his tin nhup , hurt% I trf , 111 Bush's arcade. ----Our friend George Alar,hall, the gentlemanly salesman of the enterpre. Mg firm of Sussman L Guggenheuner, is going about with a 'bad hand, enured by running it against a splinter. --Our friend, Dugan, the painter, made a very nice job of the finishing of Irwin &laun's hardware build ing on Main street. Dugan 14 a first class punter, and a right g4,od fellow himself. Tueklny warn lively tiny a town,the streets biting full of sleigli4, Being Court week, n grent &toy people vote in town, Lonny on bNine4, and equally us funny on pli4l , lln. The week has been quite lively throughout --The Presby ternin Congregation al Temperance Society are now holding weekly meetings in the Wig wain Wednesday evenings, at seven o'clock 1, the time. We are glad m I,llllw that this society is accomplishing MUCK go4)(1 —A gallant \Vet Vlrginia Demo crat, Mr. G. I'. Shrove, of llockhatmon, l'pshor I`oll ray, called 111.11 uw 011 l'hursday morning. Mr Shrovo was IMO a th.• gra) ,' I- 6ulng bettlo tui country ---Ilowertl , rryn Pliihimbri .1.111)1,11, bud ,ifie Of his hands entirely reverpd from tb :arm on 'Flo-41,9 lel lee-t. week, in It •all - mill 1)r. Lit, Kill ettll,l dre,,ed the w"und, and the flute I doing well -1111. Water-plpf ni OW oak , ' lit the Hindi Howie buriited and created a Nitiall deluge for a time We under:land that a contra( t fur the building of an ark was about being - cluded,wlien the matter wan fortunately remedied B Linn and P B NV'limn have purehroied the drug More lately owned by Prank Wilson We are glad to know that our friend 11i11ibish is to retain his pn,iuuu under the now firm "Jim" is a flrkit class drugg it and very popular gentleman —Tomorrow the Bellefont e Conlin matioN give an.thcr of their entertain mg performances, with an entire new programme, arid a new o,rehevt.rit They promum UM a Ike entertainment, and we hop, to ism 1.111) 110Uhlf tilled Let our citizens give the boys agood h,,u.v brothers were arrested last week in Walker t.iwnship, barged with stealing a grindstone and smile other trilling articles from a caw-mill in Sugar Valley, They are 11,1% , in the jail here. We doubt whet lo r the charge against. them can he sustained --We understand that the Belle fonte fire extinguishers, otherwise cell ed the "Logan" company are to have a dress parade and hall on the 111th of next month. Wesuggoat that it would be better to wait till the 22d, and then join in with the "Seller Zouaves" who will be hero on that day. —D. W. Harter, Esq., of the cold. brated:"Spread Engle Hotel," is ono of 11134 most popular citizens of Rebersburg, and knows just exactly how to keep tavern. Good victuals, clean ,beds, and all the et ceteraa are to be tound there. His house is the headquarters of all the Wit and talent of our sister town. --The cigar and tobacco establish ment lately owned by Levi Miller, tho corner of Al , egnny streets, has been purchased .(.2. t,.. sire. Lipton, who trade under the firm name of Samuel Lipton &Co Those gentlemen propose to keep the best brands, and aro energetic and active business men. The Plan and Objects of a Teachers' Institute. Id the Democratic IValclThinif of wuok before last, we notice some severe charg es Made against the manlier in which the Centre County Teachers' Institute was conducted. Inasmuch no the true intent and meaning of the law in ref erence to Teiteltit:s' I ns.tittitt.„ , 00 ,„ t o h et variously understood ir(s4ilTerent sec tions of the State, it can be but a mat ter of justice to venture nn opinion in referenee to this plan of Institutes and the soundness of the logic of the article referred to. To the writer of this article we ascribe no bed motives, but, it "con scientious regard for the truth compels to - to accost , him of a wreeng concep tion of the object of a l'encherti I tistittite. 'Flat fact that "he could hardly over enter this hail that soino Win or other of the professors for a distance was not de monstrating his manner of doing things" IS no valid objection to the success of the I nstm(te This "prbfessors from a distanco" were mostly ince of experience 114 (0111.111.1, end were employed for this purpose,t hat they might present to the teachers of Centre county their way if douly Neither is the object of a teachers In stitute to show the community In which it is heist what, or Il i nw much, the tench- -' ----The Logan Fire Company of crs know v lloncelhe other stitteitient this place, will give a grand ball iti the( "there isn't a man Or women in Bush's flail, on the night ,if the Iflh l Bellefonte who has learned front the In proximo, et wineh will be served Op *410)0 ., the way things are done in the Common Schools of Centre eminty," (" 1 ' "f that' finest suppers "" given (Ti cannot possibly itat an objection to the Itelleftmte Tickets success of the Institute 11 . 0 hope this elfort of our fire cont. This might be the design of n piddle pony to put ,„„„, nronev Into th e i r examination of teachers, but it 1s not lie I il r puCioniZed the object of a Teachers' Institute. pun 1 "'"'") null ' by these two prrtuiees tists Alto cLitelusioi, "I" people "'"i4b t. duo to the that "therefore 00 pronounce this In- Male Troy, Ito tisl, •,. notch for the smote a failure ' protection of the properly of inar citi- The premises being glaringly faiso. Len , from the ravages of fire, and there the conclusion found upon them con fore no better Whilo it is , hot our should he it lively compotimsti among object lu di•etiss the merits or' deillit•rifs them as to how best to wake this b a ll a of the t'entre: county 1 "`"I"t" , ""'l sw et... The lovers of the donee will it. lade ne are glad to see the subject of , here have a splendid opportunity to en. Count I Institutes publicly discusseti, ore shit 4/1 the opinion that this n'd I- jotthemselves, and epicurean palates to lute wits held in accordance with the ' taste of dishes lit for a god to eat. The spirit of the law and the instructionsswesl.•'t,softest naiad t wig of music will from the Deportment of Common be provided, end everything prepared Sehools, nod that the charges neatly I ogoinst it hick a sure foundation. to render the occasion a most delight- The clause in the st hool haw relating lid find joyttliS one to the expenditure of the money drawn —SS'o commend the Retool of II from the County Treasury, says that iiit shall b e „ penile , ' b y LIR , Co„ „ty 'firm in Loch Haven to the considern uttendent tit pro, tiring lecturers and in. ' floe of our Bellefonte property its tiers sire tors for the Institute, and provide tin the first of daniility, 110Silirs Illpple, tug the le s :try apparittlis, books, anal „ ikon Hippie voluntarily reduced f4l- Art ymg on the Work of the }'roar t h in ~ ,in,.,„1 ,„. the rent of a block of tenant houses •tri,t thins to County Superintendents owned by them, On Commerce street, from the Stale Sopermlettslent of Cunt- from one hundred and fifty dollars per mon 'The Sch Superintendent shoools, we extract thuld y following engag annum to one hundred and thirty-eight e, I( possible, ono, lir two P k illful end ex- dollars 4'1114 Is an exit:111,10 that ought perienied InshMte lecturers to gt. e to be followed In this town, fig here us, I. Lollar end systematic instriiction In in Lock ilaVeri, high rcriti have long special branches" (see Sehoof.Journal ` preValleil to the great detriment of the ugust, ttta7 ) The itiipftrtmtint of cionno„ tichonls , borough's prosperity \Vito will be till. 11114 repented ly recommended to Colin- first to follow the example of the Lock ty Superintendents certain persons as Ilaven jinn, and flu „, i , bow , that while particularly well fitted to instruct I he n „ ow, to Its,. ornfortably tit instoutes, end it is evidently the siotit or tho law, rind the w , h of self, he is nevertheless determined to the department, that Institutes should give others a chance to live also 7 Who be conducted upon the plan now adopt- is he 7 Don't all speak at. once. ed in most counties, namely, that of 'JO) ing competent instructors to - -11'e understand that a teacher in 1,,, w„ b op , f l at , ~,,,t i 111,0. who i•, po. r ,, all 1. lull, owl I oil‘ .11 , cm-oa, a , I, hoed I% , n Ite.htul,.lased the lesson in thin wity ,phly cuth 4 1 (her plum br brought 1)4 h,rt, the pliblit 9•11.• nb. rr nrL lr ry from th” FEE 1 . 111 , t Nl.l`.`t, It ft f huh t.,witrd 1.11. , on luo i .1. .1 ~tir ..iv It r. orirl.mz that whether it Wilt, It tiwt 104 110p1.10is 011i111.ly on O W IoW from whu lr it is lit If, a , Ono writer of the otiose soy., lhr t tliii County Institute to 111 Strurt the terteltri, by securing profes sor, from it dotancii to inure 11101 pliffit'lit before them, then, of f we nimt ngrrr with 111,11 010 0/1/ !fist]. was C.JlithiriOd ul nciordance with OH. ..pint and the letter of the winch, It 'O,lll, &OM's-UM 1.11.1111.. We, however, had an din that our:institutes were intended to bring out the, talents; and IteCOMplilinients of our OWII teach ers, and to ellcm/rugv arming Meru a free Interchange of thought and 01111114,n /0 to the best manner of condui tong and educating a had, iind plink Th i y , however, front the explanation given In the aLttt tiro( le from the Drpm,rral, does not SOl'lll tot Contrary, we are obliged to take It for grilliti'd that Our !all! teachers are a set id know-nothings, and that all wisdom 01111111/ItHi from 0080 "In`itructors" whom the school law explicity declares shill In, engaged "to give regular and inidrin lion in special branch- Well, be it so. Wo are not opposed to Institutes. On the contrary we be_ herethey are, in themselves, beneficial to the teachers, but wo do think that that portion of the school law, quoted above, which relates to the manner of conducting Institutes, is a grand hum bug. We adhere to our original opin ion that home talent and a free and cor dial expression of opinion and senti ment among the teachers themselves, on school matters, would be of infinitely more importance and vastly more ben eficial, than the "instructions" of a whole host of foreign professors. SUDMIN DZAT/I.—Mr. Daniel Koon, residing at Bald Eagle Furnace, retired in usual health, on Tuesday evening, January fi, and after the lapse of about an luar and a half was heard to groan heavily. Ills wife supposing him to be afflicted with nightmare, shook him gently. Ile neither Ilpoko nor moved. She basun() alarmed and called for a light, which was brought; but; alas I the vital aptirk lied fled. --Report of Pma,ant Mill school, for tho month ending Jann i ty 19, 1870. W. A. Tobias, teacher. No. in attend— IWO 38; per cent. of attendance 80; alphabet 2; spelling 36; reading 32; writing 27 ; geography I 8; W. arith metic 23 ; M. arithmetic 38 ; grammar 14 ; cOmposition 18 ; U. S. Ilistery 3 ; declamation 18 , physical geography 1 ; vocal music and scripture-reading, daily ; Physiology tri-weekly. The following is a correct list of t h e No. of words tr.ism4l in spelling 1616 words in class A, commencing on page 46 of San der's Union Speller :1 Julia C. Barnhart., norm; Laura (1. Barnhart., 11 ; Alien 1,. Barnhart, 23; Kato E. Ilarnliart, 18; Harry Barnhart, 21; ()via 13ryan, none; Ellin Bryan, 21, (lets A mmPrman, 8; If ary E. Neff, 2; 1 . 11. Shopo, 4 ; Nlav C. 1,, man, 3 ; Edith Wilkimum, 11, Alive NVilkinsen, 23; Harriet. Eccard, 11 , John Li.yrnan, 29; Win, Lolinan, ; A ndruw Bar ger, 13; .Inott. Ross, n; titanley NV inson, 18 very 11 1 / 1 111/i1), ou : 11 111 , 1113, brims,, , it 1111110'11 , 41 i I 111 that treats of the duties of buud nn 11 .11111 boildwimicii toward their \Slim' the etas; came to that or. thin of the 14 ,, 011, the teacher ,hut nvp. bleak up ligbl , is, though he wits afraid a dig trigger might jump iit a' 111111, log, “114 . /1 114 11111 , •11,' 11114 turned away with the remark that he gue,ed it ssisisti't worth while to 1/t/1"81.11, that xub_ j.ct nny I urther 9 ' llll illtieh Demo( ra- cy there 1.4.1. mew; ought . nt to have dune that, RO h, ought:tit, - —Lust winter, we believe, there we, 11 law passed allowing certain par tie, to 10111111 VIII4II Jame along Merdi Creek, in Curtin towndlip We lire in fornu•d that the farmers and property .wher, along the ere, k now eomplain that them: dam, tl.iod their fermi and gardens and really are a nin.a,r, s uc h the report that rcnclies us If it be so, and the people de•dre it, we suppose the some power that authorized the building of the ,Ininc can easily undo its own work. ----The Lock Haven papers c.onplain of the number of 1101111'4 of ill fame with which their uty abounds. The Reput, &can gives an instance of one, out of which a girl wax taken against her will and had to ho sent to prison, where she lay for several days, before she would ,omenl to return to her home What itttra.Aive places those "eliebangs" must be I We suggest to our friend, Bowman, that he had better "interview" a lot of them In this way he nuihl mike hl editorial (column) ied hot --The petiii.oi to :he 1, , •:1-1111ire• for the passage of a law rossking the grunting of lieemies,for the Yale of liquor, dependent upon the affirmative vote of our peoplq is now in the hands of Mr. Meek at Harrisburg. This petition is very numeroully signed, the names of many of our saloon keepers being found amongst the number. If this petition should be enacted into a law, sit un doubtedly will bo, tlrso accommodating saloonlsts will have no grounds to grum ble. —Eagle Lodge, No. MR I. 0. of G. T., at Curtin's Works, has "fizzled out." They are now offering the furni ture for sale, and no doubt some new lodga could buy it chiiap. The Bible hai been sold to the Evangelic church at Pleuant 11111, for the small sum of two dollars. Temperance is not the forte of the Curtin's Works people. —Our esteemed friend, Dr. Hilli bish of Reborsbutg, has built hire a mammoth ice house, which he has tilled with the best cuts from Klinefetter's dam. Hero the Doctor expecis to ~ tow himself away during the we; m Slql , oll, in order to keep eool, when nut prole— sionally engaged. We have invited ourself over to eat iced sandwiches with him on or about the geldorions "Fourth." ----A team of heroes, attached to carriage, belonging to 'Air. Roland Col lin, became frightened at something oil Saturday hd, ou Howard street, and rail away, throWing II little boy, named Johnny TowiNend, alpout seven years old, out of the carriage but fortunately not hurting hint rnurh. The runaways wet,. checked below the cemetery some where, about apule from town. The earring° was ifriken to pieeev learn that a movement is on foot to induct+ tho Pen railroad company to eruct a round house and car shops in this place. We sincerely hope, SI/Ch n 1114,VVIIIMIL is oil the tapi , , that it may succeed We've grit tir. have shops of sonw kind in Bellefonte pretty soon , or else, for Ivnut of something better to do, we nuky, even yet, get to disputing, us the 'l') rolls Hei uld tott rnntea, as to u•bcther (hn fence tuound uv shall be punt. d white or grin --Ronlt iti 1,.n jtt•t, let cti lhr Ittr4ottt. p Lp,r tm, Lp, Mid 10:1111. L1.•1„ quitlity, and ul 1I s 111/It dcl) Colllretlilt,ll .111 , t wo anti if the tilio,,, rth•L, fin' 110 t SO W Look No s'eau --A visit to tell lilac k Oak selimil,house, 11U,t011 toWnsblio, shows ill/It the muse rx Wlthollt. It grate, and we are informed ins been so for yowl time , thin Leh url mistress hits evidently a difficult time to keep herself and the school comfortable, (hiring the extremely cold weather Such neglect merits nuts. e, and if long continued is certr.inly - --An effort is being made by the Evangelical ,Isss,amition at I'lenstint „did!, to build a church, which we trust ma) , be succes..ful We understand that the centract for building it will soon be let This congregation is yet ui its infancy and should be encouraged and supported. This church is to be built on the harm of 11. L. Barnhart, who has given the ground gratis. • - —our friend, Henry Bressler, Esq , „r Leek ii.vcn, was the Radical candi date f it ft...sigma clerk „r the Senate, but -he didn't crude it " The Demozrats were one toe many for him. Bressler is a good fellow, but be don't know how to keep 4 hotel, or he would have left the sinking radical ship long ago. eOlittra . Itt --Here is another inFtnneo of how they do tlung4 in Plitlip,burg- Sit), the .lournal A Mll, dettot,oon with fiats between two Yoko. k moo took plat, 1111.14, our WIMMW on 'flowol k y 't he lodhettee part ie. were nt rott.talde Brewer, taken before ti arre quire Herd and flood II tai tomb, for breaking the peat, Alter the dovishn of the Juattee, trap of the offenders ittptinet the law remarked to Imo that he laekod elklity vent« of 1131'111g the requited I.lllll.ftlifi WWI./ pay hot IMO $Olllll ether tune, and wallivri ,ItT I ' lll. 411 ber maid, al.“, that ho would - nee him again, - and took hie departure 11r(“1Irry LI) ;earn OM NV A Tobin., —bun of the I'le:tiara 11111 I , ChOlll )1101101,-I,ever..ly hurried dex ter hand, while making fire in the room stove the other day Willman] ma unlucky, as not long ainca ha got him fin g ers badly smashed by a falling win dow _Some rascal, bent on mischief, broke the top off n hand,mno lath) ma ple tree, growing in front of Mr Giv en', shop-4 on lirshop street, Inq Satur day night. Mr. Given says hn will give five dollars to any ono who Will inform him who the perpetrator of the outrage was ---'Wruntlitv.loo' at Rankin's --On top of the snow that tell on Sunday night and on Monday, another snow fell on Wednesday night and Jesterday. the feathery flakes corn ing down rapidly all day. It is now quite deep and the sleighing will be magnificent, if the weather continues cold ---An oyster supper wits gi ien by ii. N McAllister, N.74q , Ht hit roe:- donee last evening, at which his honor, Judge Mayor, tho County Comrnissi.m erV, and other distinguished gentlemen, wen• invited guests tillt A \ OVALS -- 1 . 114. host wn•h 1,.111.11111 11,11 , 1,0.• In r. U - ulpmt 11% I. .quareo, fourteen yards, one step, and two inches from Rankin's model bookstore, opposite Bush Rouse. [For the WATCHIIIAN Relations. ^ Relations are of many kinds and characters. They are public and private, social and fritter. nal, and relations of consagninity. Of theist. ter, cousins are apparently the most numer• one, and is a degree of relationship most sus• ceptible of cultivation sncradoption It seems so at least, especially In our schools and seminaries of learning, where its adoption Is largely practiced ex matter of convenience, and for the purpose of securing more extend. ed and freer privileges., than could he had otherwise. The relationship of brothers, however, we deem the most important and re. liable. Brothers are of many kinds. There is brother, one of the Caine order or society, which le brother in its most compreiwnsive sonde. There is brother, one of the samc household, which Is brother in Its most roll. able significance. , In the latter case the rela tionship la strong, confiding and reliable, and is stiongthened with aged find if one of the brothel , be married, we Rai, at a venture, that the reliability of the relailonnblp in In ei caved. We think there in no calling, trade of In life, In which the reliability nod e,eitid,ne between single and mat I led Meth, • ideal ly mid iVielbly Mall trent IV+ %a that of the medical profee slt, And silt s houldn't limp Iv It not true , that thaii Iv 110 Voeation in Whiell the 00 tin dellee and ' , import of ft brother lure Mere need- WI, there la nading through the Ilays-y 1111,44,- thfit often 01,4,•tite and emelop the path of the tithing mei the action, or int. , 'then, it a phy.ieiall hie n 11111111nd brothel, we say, call bun In , Who Care!! I And if Ito does, hev anybody n right to f;hji.el , I f 1101111 4 , let hem Objeet Faun Tilt Ito WATS. MARRIED El (t—llnll —At the rwedenvo of the nt . thestiniinttt, Blair vetinty, itliV .1 Benson kern, on Inn I, 1011, Mr Ebel peer king of Camden, N .1, to Miss Ilettio 110 mer. W 11.1,ET SID:FR.IEI) At MIIOI/11111011 Jantinry lush, lull, hy Ihr manly, Mr loeilrge r.einda Eit4t, to Ml'. Celli. urine It Siegfried, of 3101411111111011 CASII TA11,612 —(flL,tlie lot iii4tiffit, by 11ev .1 M Perry, ine+tor,of the Milethurg Ifi.ll4t Church, Met John Ciedier, or Homo,- to Miss of Buggy lotv ship, Centro , TA) L tlt—M (VS —At the metes time, liv the Home, Mr Agii4tom Tnylor,of Boggs township to Ml , e, Ifeenikh Moyi••, ~f Siion 41eio, Centre eoun,y, lit InEt:ANT—SItOWN --nnt the 24th instant, by lint. rather %le!lrene, In the Citlit I loin, /i n in this plan e Mr Patriek litigant, of coda, 11, 11,44 (ennilia liron 11,0 liellelente t,tinj,t, 1,, the nth nil Dennennher, 1,11 at the 111, f/ . 1 bride 4 111,1011.1, tio S loft Nlr 11in Ilepple to SIII . IIII Los. both or CHM, II %IMO - I,ln, Wit , . —4 ht tie Irth 614111111, lit the t 0,1111.11., of the lirtnle's parents, by t ho line .101111 II boor, 4,1 i tan) Shone, Iht, Air Itarrlek, of I . 'llllOOlllllA, 11l Allan Janinnto AI Lest., of linnttningktnna, %Pun 11. lu 4,llgratillate y.. 0, lei, el 1101 lour no•t yout fate 111,, titan Ike 1.114, yon ‘14,11141 114 . 441111.3 , 4 IVonight r 4 kll 11 0 1 0 ,11J1:1Ve 14.111, Ne 1 . 04 litto Jo in yeti—no do, IVii n Ink yi. lota ol luck, t 4,0, nod call 11.4.4111, Mn.e llavld that rho n jtial got 401141. of Ine nottlitat, b r io, when...ol(l,qt In all the world !ler.• a our St. Dace loot 111111 , tho %Willi, 011110 Limit you and your fair 1,140 Died 1111.1.E1t tho 17th of January, 1)471, at tVur64 Ilf•nr 1i0 . 110 4 .1110 . ..11,0111 , , Tholpii, 711 illo.r, ttg...l Umo year 4 And nv,. 1;1111e, gone, Im ed one—golly from nor tinme 1;0.1 huth rt/4 oiled till•° 11l thy )otillatil hluuln tingern rent np'lheu Still Irtl/lllly !Inge, tip'.. thy pallid brow (lane, gone, loved one —go to thy tomb, Ilot it In not elieerle.s, hope di,pel% Ito gloom , While we are weeping o'er the hallowed ground Thou art but oloopiag till the trump 111111111101111.1 Steamboat Clisaster Tile .(C3lllbUlti M (1111, WWI hunted ut the Nit.thimppi, near !Ifemphis, 'Fenn ,on the 15th. A Large number of persons perished in the flames and in the water. I= Men, WOOIPI4 arid children were screaming arid rushing to the forward part of the boat, crowding it to such an extent that ninny were pushed o er I hoard. while other•, It-Antic with Iright, Jumped o•'ll,oltrti turd were drowned. Some, wh,lst In the water, clung to the moor ot the hoot and bec.liiie nu thus °uglily chilled that when the )awls ol the boat were Kent. to Uteri- relict they could not be induced to let go their hold and make an effort to ease them selves by reaching the yawkr, which could trot get close enough to relier,e them on account of the intemie !neat. :•Nortre ten or fifteen persons were lust in this WILY I niters threw overboard cotton bales arid planks, arid plunging iii tlter therm tried to reach the shore, but the wind being strong and the water extremely cold, they i , erirthed One negro saved himself by clinging to the tail of a mule, which carried lOW safely to the shore, One white iran had clambered Oil a cotton idle, whey two fiegroes belted it, the bole turned turd all three were drowned. Another titan wine Oil a bale ol cotton and win o carried by the eddy immediately under the guards of the burritrig vessel, where be was compelled to ket p iris lot.ly under water, and saved his head Irmo 1 , burning by throwing ' water over it. One German and his wife, cabin prts senders, saw their two children full through the cabin unto the hurtling mass below, and then made their way to the guard, jumped overboard, lock ed in each others arms. Thirteen Mexicans en route to Texas, were burifed in the after purl of the boat while asleep. The first engineer at templed to attach the hose to the pumps, but was prevented from doing s't by jilt flames. Ile then made his way to the safety valve, and nearly blinded by smoke opened the malve, thereby preventing air explosion. Cup tarn Tompkins, although repeatedly implored to leave the burning boat, would not, do so until he hail done all in hut power to insure salety to the passesgers and crew, rind remained un !maid until the Haines compelled Join (upon'. Jim) the rimer, where he wits undolthtedly thowned. The steamer Yeager, which it is said has several survivors on board, whose Denies have riot been ascertained, has not up to this hour reached here. William White, one of the victim' of the railroad disaster near this city, died to day from injuries received at the time of the accident.—Piasburg Quetta. , LIT Has FLICILLR.- Some of our young men who go to see girls have adopted a new way of obtaining kisses. They assert on time authority of scien tific writers that the concussion, pro duced by a kiss will cause the flames of a gee jet to flicker, ap.l easily in duce the girl to 11-y the experiment tii the interest of science. Time first kilns or two tha parties watch the flame to see it flicker, but soon become so inter ested in the experiment se to let it flicker if it wants to. Hence the Ono "Let her flicker.' t . Sumner Domesticated. Ilis .1f rried Life a Failure—A L i Chapter, The Washington correspondent the New Orlmre Times says: A reference to Senator Sumner's don e tic affairs creates what the report call a sensation. le lives alone it very handsome style in a house tl Was fitted up for Mrs. Sumner, w peefers a residence in Boston. She a gay, fashionable widow, of ri beauty and accomplishments, when Senator was weak enough to woo a wed her. lie was about the last to !Harry, or if !Harrying, she Wll4 /0)1 the last woman to select. Like eminent men, Senator Sum ner has m egotism than intellect. Unless ain believes In himself he cannot in, others believe in mm. And such Stunner's creed in the worship of Sit ner, that ho wanted his wife to sit his feet while ha woe nt hoMe and p out nneeasing praise, and during I absence read his speeches in the (lb or those heavy 4011111)ns called I "works." Mre. Sumner, however, h other notions of domestic bets She married the Senator—the list tinguished Senator —of Mammaelinnet and proposed to enjoy the advaning, in a social way, her position gave lo Balls, parties, receptions, suppe dinners and hops were her emeriti' meats, and the works br the ritatesui were nauseating to her. Intend pouring over into , ty tomes and lIVa state papers, nail preparing from fin tremenduous speeches and, reports, t Senator found himself dragged into e tertain meats that he despised, and his valuable tune frittered away. I ineritie nicompatibillty• began to tun, test itself. "I was wedded to my books hoof., married you," maid the Senator, grin ly and gloolitily, when his wire limit rl theme entertainments were deiagret ble, why he nought her hand Such like stones as thi. I . ollll‘ll were (10innifin and repeated by moe gmitupm with gumto: Silinner and wife at a pasty —ti yam midnight. Mrm. S , whirl! through round dances, excited a tperry--the Senator grand, gloomy a tiored. Sumner (lo , itlitor)--M rm. SOWN our carnage waffle Mre. Sumner—Well, Senator, let. watt. tiowner—But, madame, I %roil' go home. Mrs. Sumner—Well, Senator Sun tier, you have my full permission, I pray, go horse—you look weary ai exhausted. By all means go tunny. Probably the Senator WlAdd hit accepted thin advice. given on thin at other occasions, and returning to I. studies, lett his wile to the gayeties the season, but that a certain ban some diplomat readily took his Oa and became tier companion This b came so marked at last that the g nips took up the tact of the int ionic and the saloons—not the lager be but social—rang with the talk. Senator Sumner was riot only Ulla man of the Committee on Foreign .1 lairs in the Senate, but he wan an innate mind of the Secretary of Stat nml ant' ,In d,ph,ll, wax suddenly recalled Whether M Simmer hid anithi, 2 to do with th et ent or out, rfr. -Minaer, rt in sal believed. But *hillier this is stir it was known that she wan enraged an mortified by the report, She It Washington for Europe. 11er broth reached the strainer in Inne ui preVe at scandal, by sailing with her Ai when she returned it wan with II positive determination not to resit?) her place as Mrs. Sumner in Wanton ton city, and she has since l i v e d u p Inn tune, lent ing the eloquent slate man to occitiiy his hau,dmotne reioden alone 1110 14 the iithry of Senator Sin tier'a married expecence. How Ir it may he, I ant not prepared to .4a lor I ani not avipiainteil with eith party, and only gather up the g0i414 of society for your entertainment. The Bellefonte Market CORICLCTF:I) lII' kkl.I.E/1 t MI SSEH The following are the quotations up to a idoelt I . liiiriolay evening, When our riper al to press White Wheat, per bindle! $1 Red Wheat, per tainloil Nye, per Impale! . , corn, ears, per bindle], . . Corn, nhelled, per bushel, ono., per b u shel Barley, per bushel linekwheat, per hushed Cloverneed, per latshr4 6 Potatoes, per loilighelnn P.ggn, per dozen • laird, per pound • • • • Bacon —Shoulders , Sodas • • • Haws . . . • Tallow, per pound hotter, per polled hags, per polled iirottnit Planter, per ton . • MONEY MARKET, 40 Month 'l • htrd litret , 6,rop. h.• 6114.vking np 10 t h ,• 4 isHttist It S Isl 'MA OM loW1,;;4'10s '•. " 'OS •' . 108fA (d) 10.404 1014,c,04 11 tt 30 Year II percent. Cy . 1t0.,, 40 Ito Due Comp. Int. Notes, . 04 110 Gold' I 10, Silver, . Irn (91 0 7 Union R.R. tat ht. Ronda. 779 at) 7.W Central Pacific R.R. . 000 aa 010 Union Pacific Land Grant Ronde. 1175 04 070 We are prepared to furnish Revenue Shoot of all denominations to our customers, leg the following tilacout. On $ 25 and upward], 2 per cent. ~ 1 00 " " 300 " •• a " We fill end f , rward all onlornupon Oft .t of their receipt. New Advertisements. (.1 . 1 . 12 Y :."11 I.:U.—Clyne to the ran 114141 oloneu of the subs atihet, In l'attoo t. wI ship. about the 2241 of December 1 3 0 . 8 i white and one black sheep -with dillere marks. The owner la requested to come to ward, prove property, pay charger, and to them away, otherwise they will be dlspor of as the law directs. 10.230 "CHARLES GLIIIISIO. Hi 4 10 111 1 1 4 1 1 11104uq 1 PI 10N t i al) lull 1ti74.4 108 4
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