nsa.vam WUor o Centre Hall, Pa., July 91. IS, 9. TKRM3.-Tho RtroaTsn Is published weekly at $2 par year, in i advawc.-, - -rJ when not paid in advance. forsu monliu fl.M per square Urn lines) for three insertion. Advertisements for S, and 12 months, at reduced rates. Any person sending us the * lx new suoseribesr, with the ca-h will <• coivo the Rapoaraa one vear tree. After all the ulk about the ap nointment of either collator (bnkltiig or Carpenter or Howe to the vacaut Chief-J usticeahip neither oi those gen tleman is eligible for thW position. There is a constitutional provision in tbe way, made applicable to tluir case by the passage of lh* salary .grab and iucreased pay measures. Ihe second paragraph of eeciiou U ot sni de 1 of the Cbnstituiion of the I nited States reaila as follows : "No Scaator or Reqreseutative shall, durmg ihe time for which he eras elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the I'ui ted State#, which shall have been cre ated or the emoluments whereof shall have been iucroaacd during such tirne ; and no person holding an office uuder the United States shall be a member of either House daring his continuance in office." Among the salaries increased dur ing the last session of Congress was that of the Chief Justice of the Su preme Court. The President is there fore precluded from appointing either of thee Senators or auy other Senator to the vacant Chief-Justiceship. The salary bill thus turns up iu another form to bother some of its supporters. Conk ling, Carpenter, aud Howe can now step dowu and give way tor othet aspirant#. Astounding Developments Con cerning Bismarck Comprehen sive Infidelity. A correspondent of the World, wriliug from Berlin ou June'2t, re lates what purports to have been a conversation between himself and the renowned Prince Bismarck, which will create a good deal of surprise throughout Christendom. Iu the course of the conversation Prince Bis marck not only avows himself an in fidel unqualifiedly, but discloses the ' revolting fact that his scheme for strengthening the German Kmpire consists in the idea of God, and placing the Kmpire iu His place!" The correspondent quotes the fol lowing as the words of Bismarck : "It is the fight of the State—empire, monarchy, or republic—agaiust God ; and in this fight the State will get the worst of it unless it succeeds in destroying the idea of God, and plac ing itself in his place. Meu say that they must have somethiog to worship —well, tfceD, let them worship the State : let it be all in all ; let it take the {Aftce of the family as well as of the Daitv ; let it be the Deitv.' The Prince, although filled with the idea that the permanency of the empire, or its greatness, must depend upon obliterating the idea of God from the minds of the people, express ed himself as quite despondent at the poor prospect of accomplishing that undertaking. He did not think that the cooperatiou of the King, or the steadfastness of the Crown Prince, could be counted on to a sufficient length of time to complete the work. It would require, he thought, about two generations to do this effectually. The words of Priuce Bismarck on this point, according to the corre spondent of the World, were: "In two generations, if we had the field wholly to ourselves, we could so obliterate the idea of Goid,and of the imaginary rights bestowed on man by him as their creator, that the substi tution of the Stale in his place would be effected, and the Stats, as in pagan Rome, be all iu all." Bismarck appears to have been vastly amused at the credulity uf those Americans who imagined that be took any interest in protestantism beyond what JUDAS took in his Mas ter —an interest looking to ultimate betrayal and destruction. These credulous Americans he gently char acterized as "asses'' and "numbskull." He said: "Nothing has amused me more than the praises which I have received from the protestant Christians of Eng land and America. The asses! I have wished to crush Rome that 1 might crush Christianity. They praise me for my services in the cause of what they call'reformed Christianity! If anything could console me for the chagrin which I foresee I am to endure far some time to come it would j be to witness the amazement of these good friends of mine when they un-' derstand tUe truth. But understand it they never will—they are numb- 1 skulls." We should not have directed atten- < tion to assertions so nearly incredible j as those which we have quoted from | this correspondent but for the respect ability and bigh character of the jour-1 nal in which they appear. We see no room left for doubt that Count Bismarck used the language attribu ted to him. As this disclosure places Bismarck indirect antagonism to Christianity, we apprehend the effect of it will be to set all Christendom against him. Countless shafts will be let fly st him now from the pulpits and the press iu every Christian land. It would have been impossible for him to avow seuti ments calculated to produce a greater shock amoug the luillioua who have hitherto looked upon him with admir ation. There is an old saying that misfortunes never come singly. The Republicans in the west are realizing this fact. Their | party is disrupted by the farmers' "granges," and now comes the report from Chicago that the Germans are refusing to support the party on account of its bigotry. Tbe Louisville Courier-Journal has an admirably direct way of stating things. It has never asserted that General toward stole money from the government. "He niereiy ser reptitiously borrowed it permautly, and remmembered to 'forget to keep any record of the fact." Which is Bourbon straight in literature. A daughter of Owen Muliy, ef Scranton, was bitten bv a rattlesnake on Wednesday while picking berries. She died the same night from the poison inocu lated into her system. Joseph Burton, of York, n few weeks ago, tread on a nail; lockjaw envied, and on Tuesday he died. In the August session in the Court of Berks county, six colored jurors have been drawn, f 11 from Beading. Tlii: FALL OF KHIVA //<>• Ihe A'o/itv* ft ykt uith St. Petersburg, June "29.—Accord-i ing to official accounts received from i the columns which took Khiva there was little actual fighting done hv the natives, who see In to have been fully persuaded of the truth of the Central Asian proverb that "The arm of the white lAtar can reach as far as he wishes it to." In no case did thev make a firm stand except when shel- Ured behind their rune hut strong! earthworks, from which it was gener idly possible to drive them in a few hours. The city of Khiva was en tend without the slightest difficulty, asd after the flight of the Khan the people who remained seemed rather glau than aorrv that their troubles were over At first the natives, be- j lifted that the males [werti to be put to death, but their miuds were soon disabused of the notion and they ne-1 ceptcd the inevitable like true Mo hum moduli* On A/ay 29, the cad-1 iug column of the Turkestan division reached the oasis of I'tsch Tchutchak, after traversiug a hundied versU v a verst is about about two-thirds of a mile) of the sandy aud waterless des ert lietween Khalaat and iu Anion. In the desert they suddenly encoun tered a force of about 9.500 men, w ho fired at them with their eras* weap ons aud iheu bsing rocket! tleti away howling like s*i many dervishes. Had it not been for the terrible phys ical difficulties encountered iu the latter part of this march, the expedi tion would have had its full share of of the ludicrous. As the Russians trudged along, after leadiug their lu.rsee* and camels, which were re duced to the last stage of exhausiiou the enemy was constantly hovering ou their flauk, annoying them by pre tending every half hour to be about to make an attack, and theu, as there was the slightest show of au attack upon them, every mother's son ol them would lake to his heels aud be • ■ut of sight in an iustaut. Near the, l.ardaha Kill the (iraud Duke Nicho las Constautinovtch ami Prince Ku- E t u Maximilianovilcu Roma no vial — oth captains —were iu the first ranks of the infautry van, and the enemy tied, the Prince commanded a party of volunteers and chased them about fifteen miles to the river. The rear attempted to make a stand, when the commander ordered the (iraud Duke I Nicholas C-oustantinovilch to lead in the attack, which he did as speedily as if, as soon as they saw him coming, the scamps had uot turned tail and ; tied in their usual absurd way, yell ing like so mauy wild men. At Ad am Kriglan at daybreak a party of ome 590 Kerghese and Turcomans, nnderthe famous Sadyk, win* had for days been galloping about General Rardovki's command, made a more determined stand than ususal. hav ing good cause for believing the Rus sians to be iu distress for want of water. They came close to the caiup and opened tire, which was at once re turned by the rifleuien from the hills. The enemy retreated a short distance but continued to fire vigorously, and were not driven away until a com- 1 pany with a rocket battery turned out and, alter prolonged firing, dislodged ■ Sadyk. Iu this most terrible eucoun ! ter with the fierce Asiatic chief the Russians lost no men at all and the euemr three. Sadyk himself was the first to run. When the column left Khalaat 1 there were yet 2,800 camels in the train, the rest having succumbed to the hardships ot the war and the want ot food ana water. When General Bordovski returned from Adam K rig lan to Alti Kuduk there were but 1,240 camels left. From Alii Kuduk Utsch Tchutchak the road was in mauy places most difficult and great ly taxed the artillery. During a halt, and just as the troops had form ed in a hollow square for the night, the enemy, who had been hoveriug j about for hours, approached from three sides at once ; *he riflemen in istantly turned out and quickly emptied the saddles of those who came uearest. The firing continued all night, the camp being entirely sur rounded by the enemy, who retired at daybreak and allowed the Russians to continue their march for a short time in peace. Theu they came up again and opened fire from all sides at once, but the troops went ahead with per fect regularity, returning volley after volley and keeping the enemy at bay. uttering their peculiar yell, the na lives alternately advanced and retreat ed, and with all their waste of powder hardly succeeded in killing a man. Along the whole journey through this region this was the sort of warfare carried ou, being occasionally diver sified by pursuit of the natives into their boats along the rivers and canals —when the well-watered districts were reached —and shooting at them while struggling in the streams. The Amon was reached with no loss worth speak ing of. The mob at Utsch Tchutchak consisted of Ata Jandar and Goklau Turkomans, Kirghesc, and Khivcse of the caste of Nuker. From these facts it may readily be understood how and why it came that Khiva fell defenceless when once it had been reached. STRANGE* NARRATIVE! A FREAK OF THE I.ATE HTORM ! IT IHBEXTOMBS A BKEI.ETOM ! We are indebted to J as. Love for a copy of the Miami, Ohio, Democrat, from which we copy the following: KIHTOK MIAMI DEMOCRAT: — Without occupying much of your valuable space, ) beg leave to detail an incident counected with the terri ble hurricane that passed over the Miami Valley on the evening of the "glorious 4th." On the well-known "old Anderson Furm," stands or rather stood a line oak grove. A fortnight since the majestic trees stood erect and intact, but now twothirds of them are lying on the ground hurled down by the relentless fury of the-last great storm, Little did the storm demon think wheu he set out upon his mission of destruction that he was destined to rob a tree of a secret which it has scrupulously kept for eighty two years. I have the facts of this storm inci dent from the own lips of Mr. Rogers, the present occupant of the farm referred to, and a mtu of prover bial veracity. Upon the morning subsequent to the storm, (Saturday) Mr. Rogers in company with a "hired nran" proceed-1 ed to inquire into the extent of the damage inflicted upon his premises, and the first objective point was the ruined grove. The centre tree of the Klat was a noble oak, the king over is fellows, and a tree which had stood the ravages of time seemingly unscathed for several centuries. This tree had been snapped and felled by the storm. Upon examining the fallen giant for the purpose of ascer taining its worth as rail timber Mr. R. made a startling discovery. This was nothing less than the fact that the tree in falling had disgorged a skeleton ! The bones were disconnected, yel- low as gold with age, and scntlcted promiscuously ovor several square foot i ot pasturage. The wktill was almost intact ; all the teeth mv.' two —molar* . wort* still in their places, ami there ( was a rear on the left parietal bono 1 which looked like the nicimuto of some fierce cavalry charge. The humerus of the right arm was Matter td, and save the three defecta just mentioned the skeleton wheu put togethei was without hlemish. Die tree in fulling, I should have mentioned, was rent asunder a task not difficult of accomplishment wheu 1 refer to the fact thai an examina tion found that at some remote date the verv heart of the oak hud la-en 'cleft by lighting. Ftoiu u snot twen ty feet from the ground upattnl to the first great fork —a distance of teu feet a hollow extended, and from this cavity the skeleton had beeu hurled. "If we but knew who he was," thought my iuforiuant, Mr. 11., aud, strange to say, a few minutes later the twain discovered that the tree had also disgorged a thrilling history. An old-fashioned leathern pocket or memorandum book lay in a re markahle state of preset vatiou— which no doubt hud I teen dropped in to the reut made by the lightning, and thua been preserved while its master decayed. A few bra** buttons of old and unique pattern were found near the memorandum, hut it is with the latter that we have to deal, this old leather purse —entirely moueykaa— contained sundry (taper* covered with rude penciling*, quite difficult to trace, as they were written on the backs of army paves and military cousign menu which dated as far hack as 1776. Mr. Rogerscouveyed the boues to his house, and set about to read the memorandum of the captive of the tree. Hut owing to his tailing eye sight, he could decipher but little, and this little a conglomerate mass of disconnections. Hut still he read euough to learu that the eyes that once shone in the uow or bless socket* often looked upon Washington in the heat of battle, and amid the snows of Valley Forge ; and the skeletou arm when covered with tlesh and muscle had struck many stalwart blows for our country. The man's name as gathered from the papers was Roger Vauderberg, a uative of Lancaster, Fa., and a capuiu in the Revolutionary army. Ue was an aide to Washington durii g the retreat across the Jerseys, and served a time in Arnold's headquar ters at West Feint. In 171*1 he inarchd with St. Clair against the north-western Indians, aud in the fa mous outbreak of that CSeucral on the Wabash, Nov, ord, of the year just written, he was wouuded and captur ed. But while couveyed to the Indian towu at Upper Fiqua—a historical place well-known to your readers—he effected his escape, but fouud himself hard pressed by bis savage foes, lie saw the hollow iu the oak, and despite the mangled arm, aud with the aid of a beach that grew beside the giant then, he gained the baveu and dropped therein. Then catue a fearful discovery, lie had miscalculated the depth ol the hollow and there was no escape. O, the story told by the dairy of the oak's despairing prisoner. How rather lhaa surrender to the torture of the stake he chose death by starvation; bow he wrote bis dairy iu the uncer tain light and the snows? Here is oue entry in the dairy : "Nov. 10th. Five days without food! when 1 sleep i dreaui of lus cious fruits and flowing stream.*. The stars laugh at my misery ! It is suowingnow. 1 freeze while I starve. God pitg me!" The italicised words were supplied by Mr. Rogers,as the trembling hand 1 oft-times refused to iudite plainly. Never was such a record of suffer ing traced by human ban!! before. The entries cover a period of eleven days, and in disjointed sentences is toid the story ol SL Clair's defeat. — The dairy is to be placed in my hands, and with your permission I will tran scribe it lor your coiunius. Mr. Rogers has written to Lancas ter to ascertain if any descendants of the ill-fated captain live, if so they shall have his boues. Such, MY. Editor, is oue of the freaks of the late storm, |>erpelraled in our own county. How little dreamed we that so near us has beeu imprisoned for eighty-two years one of the soldiers of the Revolution. Often the starvling beard his red foes at the foot of hn prison, but he would not hail them, and jterished at last with a prayer heard only hy Him to whom it was directed If the descendant* of Captain Van dei berg cannot be discovered, 1 hope that there will be enough patriotism found in Miami County to erect a monument over hi-* remains. The story of the dairy will chill the hearts of all who read it, and meet the eye in sympathy for the noblo soldier of bis country. And now, Mr. Kdilor, thanking you for allowing ine to trespass on your generosilv, I remain youis Respectfully, J. F. CLARKE. DISABTEROUS FIRE. Baltimore, July 25. —A little after ten o'clock to-t lay. a lire broke out in the planing mill of Joseph Thomas A Co., on the south side of Clay street, between Liberty and Park streets. The flames soon extended to the three adjoining blocks, and an immense conflagration is now raging. A stiff southwest breeze is blowing, and im mense ciudcrs are wafted several j blocks, even to the Cathedral. The fire is in the immediate vicini ty of the Presbyterian Chur:h where tiie Presbyterian General Assembly was held. Tho entire southwest cor ner of this block has been burned. PLTOCKIXS OF THE FLAMES. 1 :30 I*. M. —The fire here is still raging Park street, from Lexington to Saratoga, is in flames, every house being on fire. The fire extends on Clay street, from Park to Libert) street, and the rear of Liberty frojn Lexington to the corner of Liberty street and Saratoga street. St. Alpbonso School, on the south side of Saratoga street and ruuniug back to Clay street, ia gone. Stewart's stables, on Lexington street, will also be lost. On Saratoga street, west from Park street, every house is iu flames; up Park from Saratoga to Mulberry street, and at intervals the roofs on both sides of the street, are burning. On Mulberry street the fine row of houses, commencing northeast corner of Park street, and extendiug east to Cathedral street, is on fire ; the Amer ican Academy of Arts, on Mulberry street, and the University of Mary laud adjoining, are burning. The Cathedral, on the corner of Mulberry and Cathedral streets, caught fire, but it is thought it will be saved. The wind is steady from the Southeast, and has carried the burning embers around, causing the destruction of tna uy houses distant from the origin of the disaster. About 100 bouses were burned, and the loss is estimated at f400,000. A Tit A IN' THROWN FORM Til K ' TRACK HY MASKED ROIIIIKKS. 1 Dos Moino*, July '*J ,\II extraordinary and daring robbery of a railroad train w, com mi led lt infill. 4 in i |u> vna*etiger tram otT | the track Tho engineer, John Kutterly,'| saw tho ob-lrnction in linn- to reverse the engine a ltd apply tha air brake, hut the robber*, otnerving the movement, fired at hiui from theirautbuth and hot him dead ' The engine tru. k the log* and went off the f track into the ditch, and w* followed by one of the baggage car* The other* with the pa>• enger train remaining on tlie tarck Several passenger* were bruiaed, but none were *eriou*ly hurt The robber*, wh.> ' wen utaaked. alter . pening and emptying ( tho afeof the uxrpeaa iueenger of it* con- ( touu, rode otT on horseback. Among the | pa.sei.g.r* wore thirty Chinese student*an! coi.fr to Springfield Ma**achuetU. I lie Statement of Sui crintctulciit Hovce- A Thrilling Kx|ieririu-e. i Do. Moinea, loan, July k't Further in- 1 quiry in the matter of the ditching and'* robbery of the Atlantic Ktprcs*, the Adair reveal* the following fuet* While tin ier un* being ransacked, >ay* tile i Superintendent,Mr Royce, four men villi navy revolver*, two on each side of the 1 train, kept guard ottuid* to intimidate tha pa*sctiger*, am| prevent them from inter- i terfcriug with the operation* ef their con federate* The passenger* were alarmed, j not kuowning the momrnt a volley would' be poured into the window*, or how King tliey bad to live. Soma adventurous! bead* were pointed out, when the high waymen, with horrible prafanit/, ordered ! tbciu to disappear or they would tend a bullet into them. A passenger asked it they intended to kill innocent women and' children, when one of the robber* answer ed, "If you get back wc won't hurt yu.; We are not petty robber* Wa take from tl;oe who are able to lu*e, for the u*e of the poor. We are (.ranger*. Mr Reyee say* the reference to Wranger* w Pickwickian The pi*eengrr took in hi*! head, and no other* ventured to put their*! out The fatal part of tho business was enact-! ed.it the moment the engine struck the' gap in the thick. A volley wa fired into the engine. l>eiiuu Foley, the fireman, who wa* stooping down shoveling cat in to the furnace, *aw the vuginecr shut olf the steam with one hand and put on the brake* with the other. "Jack, what * the' matter '" shouted Foley, and then he heard a crash and a fusitade of but*, and , Jack fell over on him dead, the wood and coal on top of both. When Foley, who wa* bruited atid slun'ird, came to, ho ex tricated himself and bia faithful comrade., who died at the pot of duty. No mark* of ptslol shots were found upon the body, and it i* thought death wa* caused by concussion Rafferty was one of the iuo*t careful, faithful, and brave men that ever travel ed over an iron road. The outrage only occupied about ten minutes. Mr. Royce tbinka there were not les# than eight in the gang The matka seem-, ed to have been cut out of white dannel. They covered the entire face, excepting aperture* for the mouth and eye*. reach-| ed back behind the ear* where they w are tied, and down the breast, rendering iden tification absolutely impossible. Tbey were thick-act, powerful men, and judging from their dialect and language, Mr. lto. ee believe* they were genuine border ruffian*, and not person* residing in the vicinity. There were ft uiu ninety loon* hundred person* en the train. A mnl! ivory handled revolver wa* the enly weapon in crowd. Of e**ure it wa* ef no avail. None of the pa*engrr* were injured. Western lowa i< alive with scouting par* ties, and every effort is being made to capture the villiana. A Satits'uiiiar v < uitflirt I A TKRRIBLK SUNSET SCENE ON TilK OPEN PHAIItIK , Tlie Ferocioua Fight between Hugh Anderson and Arthur McCloakej —How Texas and Kamuu Dwprra. doee Settle their (Quarrel* —Death and Darkness. A correspondent ef the World gives an account ef one of the moat ferocious duel* . ever fought ll occurred on tho evening of July 4, in the Indian Territory, Medi cine Lodge, a point which U a great re sort for hunters during the colder month*. The parties engaged in this desperate fight were Hugh Anderson of Texas and Arthur McCluskey of Kansas, both des peradoes well known on the Frontier for their recklessness of life. Anderson had killed a brother of McCluskey in a dance house fracas, and the latter sought him for the express purpose of taking vengeance upon him. A Texan guida named Rich ards acted a* second for McCluskey, a huge Kentuckian of the name of Harding fulfilling a similar office for Anderson. The Agreement. By the terms agreed upon ardt and Harding the antagonists were to fight with revolvers and bowie knives—to be placed bark to back at an interval of twenty paces—to wheel and Areata |(i*en signal, and after the first interchange of shots to conduct the fight as each one should (ioem it best to bis advantage. The spot selected for the encounter wa* ia the open prairie. The grass had been closely cropped by the rattle leaving the turt firm, yet clastic, and just tho thing for rough and-tumble business. The inen met long after sunset in the presence of a crowd of hunters, trappers, railroad surveyors, gnmblers, and Indians. The combatants were duly placed, and the crowd awaited 1 with breathless interest the result. The giving of the signal hud fallen by lot to Harding. Staling to the principals, wholly this time began to show sign* of impatience, that this would be the report of a pistol, he drew his own wca|>oii and j discharged it, first asking the question and receiving the u-ual answer that both were, ready. The Fight ! McCluskey wa* the first to tire, wheeling as ho did so though the smoke had scaroe ' ly curled up from bU pistol beforo the re |orl of Anderson's weapon followed. A momentary pauso ensued, each of the an tagnoist* closely scanning the other to nolo the effect of the shot Aero** Anderson's , cheek a deep furrow, from which the blood slowly began to trickle down, told the work of hi* antagonist, while Mc- Cluakcy remained standing in hi* original posture, to all appearance* unharmed, but this wn* not the fact, Tho*e nearest . to him fancied they saw a sudden spasm, as of pain, pas* through hi* frame, and hi* face certainly blanched to a death-like pallor, hut just where the hail had taken effect they could not tell. At the *econd Are McCluskey again anticipated hi* op ponent, ami taking a more deliberate aim succeeded in breaking his left arm. An demon uttorrod a sharp cry and tank on one knee, but quickly recovering himself returned the Are, and this timo with hor rible effect. The ball passing through , McCloskey's mouth carried away with it several of the clenched teeth and a portion { of the tongue, Anally lodging in the base of the skull. McCluskey staggered for- ( ward wildly a lew steps, and made des- ( perate efforts to steady himself. The blood pourod in torrent* from the wound, . and stained his hunting shirt and dripped front the mur.r.le of his pistol; but with heroic courage he continued to advance, ( spitting out mouthful* of blood and teeth at every step. Fearful Wounds. During the interval thus gained Ander- ; son, who in his crippled state bad every j reason to shun • hand*to-ban*eifouiiler i hnil nllll another toll after him, which, i •IrikiiiK him in tlio pit of tho stomach, i caused him tu fell forward heavily on hi* fk®o. McL"ukey wa uow mortally I wounduil ami momentarily growing , weaker from lo*a of bluod. Tearing epeti i hlw ahlrt in hi* agony a crimson pol In 1 hU left side indicated the plain whvro An- i dorsum'* first shot had taken elfact. lit still, however, retained hi* giasp of hU 1 pi lnl. and by an ctfutt superhuman in it# iiNilittwa and delikeratiun llrod at hi* an tagonist hi* third *hot. Tho latter had boon cluaoly watching fur I kit, and en-, doavurod to sav# himolf ty suddenly dropping on tie around, Too late, how ever. hit dusk ey * finger wa already on the Uigger and his eya along the tlghu, and when hi* adver*ary't tody reached the earth it wa* heavier by a Coll'* pistol ■ tall. A tcreaug of patu followed and the spectator* >* the figure* of a man clutch ing wildly with hi* hand* at the gra>* and writhing am) twitting iu horrible canter lion*. Tho bullet had tiruck hlut full In the abdomen and like hi* aiitagnist, An derson wa* now A Kal Dying Man. Atlhi* juncture It *oeuiei a* if lha crowd would interfere, hut Harding stern ly bade them keep back and laare the men to aetila the matter in lhair own way. A* none cared to diapute with the gigan tic hunter, the mandate wa* ukryad, though a universal eipreuion of horror ian through the *peciaU>r*, a number of ucla* and tendon* and vein*, and half severing the head from the body. The La*( KfTort. But the effort wa* too much for him. and leaving the weapon clicking in the wound ha pitched heavily forward on hi* face. Kvery one u|>po*ed that thi*blow would have in*tanlly killed McCluskey, but, strange to *ay. it did n< L, for to great aa* ht* vitality that before falling he twice plunged hi* own knife into the body of Anderson. The tall i* soon told, hlc- Clutkey lived a minute locgertban hi* an tagonUt The deal bodies, firmly lucked in rack other • embrace, were taken to the house of Harding nnd laid out tide by aid* on the gaming table. A crimton trail marked lb* palb of thuee who carried them indoor*, and pool* of blood indica -1 ted the scene of the late 'confilct. There wa* no gaming that night The hunter* and Indian* appeared to find et citement enough la talking over the event* of the day without having Utiaaort to tbeil usual pastime. A boot II o'clock lb* moon roe, and the bodies were taken out for burial. There were no funeral car* monies, but Job Harding remarked as th< muffled fuirn* were lowered into thegreet "There g* two a* brave turn a* ever II?' ed." They were buried deep ta keep tbs waive* and coyote* Irooi digging tbem up and the earth wa* kaapad up in a litth , mound to mark wberetbey slept IN A Til UN DEB-CLOUD WITH A BALLOON (Written fortheTo-Day by Prof. J. Wise. The fin*, time 1 wa* ever *wallowed u] in a U>rut-cloud, it happened to ba in i ! suddenly generated, bail-storm ninibu luring an ascension from Carlisle. Pa A bail storm i* not a very large metoer, bu it i* very Tiolent in iu gyratory actio) and when it sucks a balloon into it* vorti oal air hopper, the aeronaut may look ou for a little rough usage, and not the lea* of hi* trouble* will be a nausea similar I that of sea *ickno**, following the swing nig to and fro, compounded with gyra tions, of the air-ship. I will, however fur the present, describe an experience a i traveling insid* it a thunder gust fori distance of nearly a hundred miles a!on| the Ohio Kieer, In a balloon voyage fron Portsmouth, Ohio, to |Mt Pleasant, abou twelve miles below Gallipolis. Straigb ' across the country from Portsmouth P Gnllipolis is not much oeer bnlf the dis lance it is by the course of the river, bu thunder storms have a penchant to trai their watery drapery along rivtr chan nels. The ascension was mad* in the after noon, between four nnd five o'clock, an< right in th* face of an approaching thua , drr gust coming from tb* north west , On atuining a height of tbra*-quarters a - a mile, 1 discovered a second thunder gut coming a long from the southwest. Mi balloon was -ituated on th# apex of thi two line* of th# approaching storms, am already gave indications of being gobble* up in the vortex #f cenlralixing air inci' dent to storm clouds. 1 mada up my mind to go into the whale's belly, not an lirely regardless of consequence* ; but be ing well provided with gat and ballast,] wa* consoled with the knowledge that I could escape from leviathan of the air by using the mean* of gravitation in lattinj ' out jfas, or of Irritation by disposing oi . ballatt The twostornu wera now approaching, as it were, in grand battl# array, with thundt ring explosion*. The discharge* ol lightning came vivid, sharp and freqaent ! and when the two storms clashed, thay be came terrific. It was a scene of awftil grandeur. I had a mind to escape by one |or the other of the means just mentioned, but like Lot * wife, 1 wa* curiaus enough tu look hack—not to be turned into a pil lar of salt, but to be well shaken—hurled round and round a* it were by the nape of the neck. Tho intelligent render may here he re ; minded that a thunder storm it not an ac ' cidentally (.'undented, irregularly matted body of watery vapor, at viewed from the earth, but a geometrically formed and in dividualiaed meteor and a mathematical precition in its motion and cempanaaling balance*. It it more or lett governed in it* onward progrett by the undulation of earth'i turface—the channel* if rivers, valleyt and mountain gorge*. Thee* me teor* often take thort turn* to pat* into a deep valley. When they happen to plunge againtt a mountain tide that li*a in their direct courve, they often be come tangled in the mountain top, *a aying to and fro like Ihingt of life, and thit give* rite to thote destructive moua lain torrent* known at "cloud bunt*'" The rain that would bo otherwise spread over a great ruface i* by tlii* stand Still of the meteor poured down against the im mediately underneath surface of the moun tain tide It require* no strained imagination to give interest to storm tcenet at viewed from above them and in their midtt; and when it is considered that a balloon it not in the predicament of a ship at tea as in a storm, the sotna may be viewed with an a*urance of safety that it never realised on the water. Tiie tea ship ha* two ele ments to contend with. The air whirling it around in the vortex ola storm, and the thousand limes Uener water holding it in it* embrace, bring* upon th* tea ship a leverage and strain thatcratha* and cracks it to piece*. The balloon be* but one ali ment to contend with, end It matter* not whether the current IsVin# mile en hour or one hundred mile*; to the air passenger it U all the Mine, for he knew* not that he move* at all utile** be can see tome land ruark te give him an idea of motion. In a thunder cloud, however, there is a per ceptible motion, net violent, but disagree able. The motion la gyratory—a swing ing to and fro and going round in a circle at the taiua time-and this motion pre duces nau>ea like tea tickneae The huge black precipices of nimbi, or the brilliant ly illuminated lava looking culrnuli, bave not the terror giving charncter to the air pettengn tbat the coral reels and leashere j rocks have to th# tea passenger. The reader is aow better prepared to resume the thread of the narrative with compos ure, since dashing against an atiiKttpbcr ic boulder will not shock him. These two storms merging into ona hav ing met at aa angla in tha Course of the river here It trend* off from a southwest to a southeast direction of stream, it fol-j tow- , bubble was in a blaa*. In an instant mora I fait easier in mind, seeing that lb* Are bad nut banned the balloon. Thai thought now occurred. Am I not ventur ing to far u|wa my philosophy of safety in a thunder cloud? Besides, my balla.t was pretty wall exhausted, and I bad bean riding in a storm far mora than an hour, so that I must be many miles from tba place, of departure Tba beeutitul grotto of Are would ap • pear and d isappear a* the balloon happen ed la fall in and out af the sunbeams blax ing in between lb* upper and iowar cloud. The balloon retracting the rnys of light passirg through it caused sba pris matic arch. Tba rain was discharged with the rushing noise of water, it was ovident,tbat the rain was descending to the earth in torrents, and this, with tha heavy and constant discharges of thunderbolt, and the remarkable beauty of the aureola ! illuminating the interior of tha storm cloud, gave it mora the character of a' .cme ol enchantment then on* of reality. I Thar* was a fearful fascination in the grand phenomenon; and while it madeou* I heart beat with amotion and a faaling ofl awa.lt still persisted ' dragging on* along aa the soldier ia dragged along in tha thick aniak* af tha battle's cannon. It it im- 1 possible to fully and fniriy portray with words the condition of mind and it* sur-, rounding phenomena when sailing in the, 'midst of n good sixed thunder storm. It! |it n sublimity not realiaabl* on tha sur face of tb* a*rib, grand and majestic as, the** meteors present themselves ta an ob server on terra Arma. Having now sailed within lb* folds ofj this electrical meteor for over an hour, ' and for a distance af nearly a hundred mil** by tha course of the Ohio river, and viawad it fraro various positions, the lira itad amount of ballast remaining on hand admonished a prat anion for descant. Be fore coming down, n dosan *r mora copies of the Portsmouth daHy paper ware thrown overboard and tbey wart soon drawn into tha vertex of tba storm. One of tbem fall into my bands tha naxt day, a* will b* explained in the conclusion of this narrative. I new commenced to de scend slowly and cautiously, in order t* look out for a safe landing place. As this procees vu going on, the storm was mo?, ing forward and away frtftn the balloon. On coming dawn through the lower cloud I found lha surface of Oallia county here ( abouU covered with forest; but some dis tance ahead in my Una of direction a log I cabin peered out from a little "clearing," c and I struck for this, and made a lodg ment before the cabin door in the rain, j greatly to the surprise of the family in the house. Seeing the suddenly appear- I ing apparation was nothing mere than f flesh and blood, the good housewife cauti ously, with the door slightly ajar, ventur ed the question of, "Who are you T" In dripping garments and with the most gen- I lie speech at my command, I answered, "A stranger, madam, in a strange land; will you please help me a little?" Slill I holding the doer, in her hand, she said, "What is that?" pointing at the air-craft j as it was swaying ever her bead. "A I balloon, madam, just ceiue out of that cloud." Tbedoor immediately flew open and at the same time she eiclaimed, "Come out, Jpe ; here's a man in a bal loon that you read about the other day." The uest morning 1 went out to Small's Landing, a few miles off, to get on a Pitts burg and Cincinnati packet to return to Portsmouth, and thera I found one ef the paper- referred to above, and which thay told me bad fhllta down from a black thunder cloud that passed overhead tha day before much to their astonishment until 1 bed explained to them by jrhat kind of an express it had bean carried to the distance of ninety tnllaa two hours af ter it cams from: the press. There are scenes in our lives that seem to become as indelibly impressed upon tho tablet of the brain as is tha image an the photographer's albuminoid membrane and these storm scenes era of that charac ter. 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DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS. VARNISHES, BRUSH ES, PERFUMERY, N6TIONS, AND FANCY ARTICLES FOR THE TOILET, Ac. IPMRX WINS* LIQUORS for medicinal purposes. SHOULDER BRACES, TRUSSES A SUPPORTERS in great ferietyj Alto, Choice CIGARS AND TOBACCO, and ell other article* utually hepl in first cla* Drug Store. PRESCRIPTIONS CARKFU Y COMPOUNDED. tf.ljune R. F.RANKIN AGO. NewClofhingStore A. STERNBERG, engaged to manage for I. L. Relsen* in, in the corner building, opposite Holler'* *tore, Bellefonte, ha* etabli*hed a new Clothing Store, where the be*t bargain* in the county are offered. $7.50 to sls Tor Suits of the fin est Cassimere. HATS, CAPS and a full and complete assortment of ev ery thing in the line of Clothing. Gent's Furnishing Goods •II directly from their own manufactory. A Uo. Jewelry, Wnteheo, Ac. Tbay have engaged their old clerk, Mif A. Sternberg, *o well known to the people, and who will ba pleated to see hi* old friend*. apfitf. I Piece good* of every description, told lowto enable everybody to have bit cloth ingmede to order. ||*TAIL PRICK LIST JOBBING AND COM MISSION HOUSE ' OP BURNBIDK * THOMAS, Belief onte, Pi. la ! I good Cigar* for teU I jw bit* ittfin |ir poun d I Sot* I ; Demarara lugir par ptund llot*! I Km coffw „ . 'jbet j , Arbucbla* brown rufn par pound..Met* S 1 11 ! Baal washing aoap* par pound...A, 7 A tu-u I Bo .t at*rob par pound lOct* I Baat bright Navy tobacco far pound.AUrt* ' Boat Black Xirjr lakacv*....,.. .....fiOct* 1 I ; " double thick ami bright and black Ucti ' Pin* cut chawing tobacco par pound ..Met* 1 1 Rett sugar-cured Ham* par pound 17di No. 1 black popper par pound.Met* Molaaaaa par gal lon ™... .OOel* >. latrg* *i*e dairy Salt par aack... M ...„..Uct*i 1 Motac* per gallon ......^.MetaJ H Goal oil in 6 gal. lots ft&ct*. per gallon bait 1 article. Mackarai without hand* and all kind of ,; mackerel and Herring at city pcioaa. )| l>oubla X X white, drip* MOcta par gal* J! lon, in ft gallon lota Act* a gallon lea*. ItiOU other article* too bumerottt to mart - lion. cheap Man'* Hagias, heavy ahoaa * at Sl.Sft par pair. Thay have tba largaat v Hrid luapaat u k of go ever offered to ••tba public. If you want to SAVE M TO AO PER OUT. GOTO BURNBJDE A THOMAS •ppoaiu the Buah Houaa. All kind* of j whole package* at laaa price*. •*!. a. e. MLaaca. MILLHEIM MARBLE WORKS. New Firm—New Eaterprae. DEININGER A MUSS EH, (Buccaaaor* to B. O. Buitien) | W* would ususl respectfully in form the public, that thay have takan charge ot lihU old and aucraatful —lnhllshmeat. and propose to carry on tha >ima under re newed impirof. They have on hand, nnd will make to order MONUMENTS. COUCH It). TOMBS ft , HEADSTONES. of any possible daaiga. and price. We uae the beat grade* of marble— leauaa, CAMAS*. Awgntcag ST a trass, .. . KCTUKSIC., : and ay with perfect assurance, "Our I work U our reference." ! Nhcp. Iwaat f Bridge, Millhaini. i aprmly. J. ZELLER SON DRUGGISTS ! No 6 Brockerboff Row, Bolldbote.Pg IWlcrulu I>rugw. C hrmicwln, . I'rrfumrr) , Faacj tiaada < . >1 Pure Wine* nnd Liquor* for medical j Purpoao* alway* kept. may SI. Tt ] O .P. n WILMS THOMAS a. HICK a * j JJARDWABK STORK! I g ] : $\ WILSON A HICKS, jOI Ballafonte, Pa., 2 i (Successor* to Inwtx A WILMS.,) i H Respectfully inform the citixan* of O ' ~ Centre and other countiea, that they •* ' Ij < have one of the largest and beat *a- j I lecled stock of Hard ware to be found, * i (Tonaratuig of Iron, Steal, Nail*, ® 1 L. HomeShoca, Axel*. Spring Wagon 5* Skein* and Boxe*. Complete stock of , '> carpenter tool* and builder* hard- C a ware, lock*, oil*, painta, glass. vac- £ ,|S nkkss, brushes, cucumber pumps and ? 1 tubing Lamp* af all kind*, wale#, £ | = cutlery, K ' WOOD ASD WILLOW WARE. 2' Kull line of aaddlary mad coach ma- ! kar* good*, wood work for buggies i mm and wagon*, ploughs, harrows, caiti jy valor* and grindstones. Looking S . |At glasses and mirror plates. Picture * , _* frame* made to order. They alto " _2 have the celebrated cook store, t 3 SUSQUEHANNA, > % every one warranted to give perfect 2 £ M lis faction All kind* of parlor "j „ stoves. We are determined to sail g . I < at the lowest price* for caah, or on tt i *hort credit—sot to exceed three c I M ' month*. Call and tea u*, aa we take me M pleasure in showing our goods. _. j* WILSON A HICKS i> marlfttf. Bellefonte. Pa. g 1 5 3. 31 IE : Gift n * ' ~Dr.OAIIVIVSTAU I-1 .I l'lE* Care C nwrrU. ' Dr.ClAin 1 . s TV '•p , CUM Avtl:a. Dr.CiAK'. T1 -"• .DIKE • CUM llrui l l>i ■*• • Dr. Ci.ur. t\" i Cur hk-ii lH*r • . 1 Br.tiAUVI.Vi V.'.lt IIE ICBHi i..- _ Dr.(iAHVl>'S T *.. i I;*:AKDIW f r.wom:u , U4J-iBwto Dr. CABVHK TA BS 111—i Cum pll Frmnlr Wlflilt. ' Dr. GißTUra TAI* ItCWEDIBi Purify Blood. * Dr.UABVIV* TAB BEBIBIW CUM W*raM* of Iter Tlsrwm*. . Dr..U IVM TAB BEBEDIEII CUM BrfWtl. Dr.UABHXIt TAB BBB—W S Cure Boer Cold," ZlayFerwrT Dr.IiIKVIVH TAB r CUM I.M| DP—rue Dr. O llt VIV* TAB BII^IEDIBi Cur.- < omeHpoflon. Dr. (JAUVIAH TAB BE* EDI EH Cure Bolt BhriW. Dr. UiBVITS TAB DEWED IEE CUM iiidar) Dr. 44 Alt VIV* TAB BEIEMU Pi*mtOMim4llow I'cfcf ' Dr. OABVIT* TAB BBXCMB [ < F*wvent SlalrlB Fwver*. Dr. OABVIFI TAB BEIEBIX* Honor* Pula In Ike Brrait Dr. OABEIFt TAB DBWEDMEE Dr.tiAHVlAii TAB BEIEMEI Dr. OABVIVtI TAB BCSr^lB RcVuc* tlee Appetite. Dr. CABVnr-S TAB BEIEDID Cm m Ike Food to Dtgeai. Dr. DABVI V* TAB BEBEDfEB Dr. OABFITS TAB BEBEDIES Oire Tone to yowlflen. 7U F. HYDE Ac. CO., tout nOPUBTOB J9S Seveni. At*., Jfm* York. doclVTty Furniture Rooms! i. 0. DKIN INGKIt. respectfully in forme the ciuxena #1 county, tkat k besoonatantly on tuna od make# to order, nil kind* l BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS. SINKS. WASH STANDS, CORNER t'l PBOARJ * TABLES. Ac.. 41c Home Made Cm ame Always on Di Hisstcck of ready-made Furniture! alar, tad warranted of food workmanship and . all made under his own i aimed talc super* - *ion, and u offered at rate* as cheep aeels* where. Thankful for past fa row, ke soli. Ite a continuance of tke saw*. Call and tee kit stock before purrkasir elsewhere. apfifffiM It. Chaff. H. Hold, Clock. Watchmaker dk Jew*, i Millbeim, Centre eo., Penna. Respectfully inform* his frieadt mad tk> public in general, that he has just opecec at kis new establishment, above Aleiat der*s Store, aad keeps constantly oa hand all kinds of Clocks, Watches aad Jewelry of tke latest striae, as also tke MarauvHU Patent Calender Clocks, provided with r complete index of tke month, aad day at the month aad week oa its face, which is warranted as a perfect time-keeper. raff.Clock*. Watches and Jewelry re paired oa short notice aad warranted. swpll'Bjly THE ondentgand, detwrwriwed Wmet the popular demand for Lower Prices, re ffsn'ully call* the attewtioa of tke pabiic to kis stock of SADDLERY, bow offered at the old stand. Designed **- pacialiv far tk e people and the tinK-s. tke lar gast and most varied aad com plate assort ment of Saddles, Harness, Collar*, Bridles, of every description aad quality ; Whips, aad in fact everything complete to a first class establishment, be now offers at prices which will suit tke times. JACOB DINGER,CeatrvHaU JOHN F. rtttfEt, Attanay at Law I ■ Collections promptly mad* and specie attention riven to those having lands oi property lor sale. Will draw up and knva acknowledged Deed*. Mortgages, Ac. Of fice in the diamond, north side of tk. court house. Bellefonte. octXTfiVtf HEjrnT aaoexxauorr, j dsuuxst President, Cashier. QENTRE COUNTY BANKING C< (Late Xillikea, Hoover A Go.) RECEIVE DEPOSITS, Aad Allow Interest. Discount Notes, Buy and Se! Government Securities, Gold ana , spioentf Cocoon*. JAR. MM ANUS Attorney e* lei Bellw-::, ...Neptly attends to all bu in ess entrusted to hmi. jula,6Btf DIB P. FORTNET, Attorney at Las • Bellefonte, Pa. Office over Bey nold > hank. uiaylt'OtHf H. X. M ALLISTXU, JAMES A Sill > r ir&IUZTM & tSAVtft A TTQRSEI'S-A l-LA W, Bellefonte, Centre Co.. Penn a. apfitUi JWO. B. onvis. C. V. ALEXAKi>XV ORVIB A ALEXANDER, Aitorncy*-at-law. Office inOonrsd House Bellefonte,* Pa. J. !P. GEPUAST, with Orris A Alexander, attends to oellee lion* end practice in the Orphan's Court 7jan'"olf STILLER S HOTEL, Woodward, Pa L Stage* arrive and depart unity, s favorite hotel is now in every respect one of the most pleasant country hotels in central Pennsylvania. The traveling com. munity will always find the best accommo dation. Drovers can atall times be accom modated with stablea and pasture for any 1 number of cattle or horses. JulyS GStf GEO. MILLER. HARDWARE STORE) J. A J. HARRIS. NO. 6, BROCKERHOFF BOW A new and complete Hardware Store hat Buggy wheels in setts. ChampicnClothP* Wringer, Mill Saws, Circular and Hgnc Saws, Teanon Saws, WebbSaws, IceCresn Freezers, Bath Tubs, Clothe* Racks, a fill assortment of Glass and Mirror Piste of el sixes, Picture Frames, Wheelbarrows, Lamps, Coal Oil Lamps, Belting, Spokes, Felloes, and Hub*, Plows, Cultivator*. Corn Plows. Plow Points, Shear Mold Boards and Cultivator Teeth, Table Cutlery. Shov els, Spades and Forks, Locks, Hinges Coal, Linseed .Tanners. Anvils, Vice*, Bel lows, Screw Plates, Blacksmiths Tool*, Factory Bells, House Bells, Dinner Bells, Gong Bell*. Teaßells,Grindstoaes,Carpen ter Tools, Fruit Jars andC'ans.Paints,Oil* Varnishes received and for sale at )uneS*flfi,ly. J. A J. HARRIS. D. M. RITTKJtHOUBE, hoova. <.< H n tnz * ce. Ffiii i nmjffii LtJts* 6