raiD.OTBT* - Editor, j 0 Centre Ilall, Ta., Aug, o>, 1874. 7F.RMS % -slp*r year, i* mdttnee, 2,80 tehen net paid in advance. Advertisement* 90tP*rhnt for thre, i - ertions, and for C, and 12 months hv sjie* tZ contract. "Dear Titian; * * * Put him through as you would me, he under stands addition, division and silence. -fr-T- • Jim Hale will not accept the dis trict attorneyship under 800 majority. How will 500 minority do, Je< mes ? Wm. W. Brown is covering the radical field for district attorney. The Coloucl would make a magnifi cent run—don't go back on bitu. 'publicans aud sinners. The democracy of Clinton county unanimously instructed for Or vis for Judge, Wallace for Senator and Mackey for Congress. 11 hat a noble ticket. No district in the state can present better and more deserving men. • • Beecher's regular auuual income from his chureb, his lectures, ami his newspaper, aggregate §i>,\ooo. He u the author of Norwood, the Star Pa pers, Lectures to Young Men, Yale Lectures, Fruits, Flowers, and Farm ing, and the Life of Christ. So says au exchange, and we may add, he i* also author of the Tiltoo Scandal, which, iu a few short weeks has bean more exteusivelv read thau any of his proceeding works, and this will proba ply be the eap-sheaf to all his works. Exit Beecher. Gallant Democracy of Clinton— Instructs Unanimously for Wal The democracy of Clinton, the other day unanimously iustructed in favor of Hon. Wm. A. Wallace, ot Clearfield, for Senator. Thus does Clinton nobly come up to her duly aud respond to the demand of th* democracy of the State. What will Ceutre do on Saturday and Tuesday ? Will she disgrace her self? Democrats do your duty ou Saturday. • The democrats of this couuty, in miking nominations for Assembly, should be governed thus : The dele gates from the other side of the couu ty should vote for the caudidate over here who is most popular with the people on this side, and the delegates from this side should act similarly in voting for a candidate from the other side—thus the people's choice would be placed upon the ticket. To follow this course, it would be necessary that the voters of each side only instruct for one candidate aud that for their own side of the couuty alone —they would then enter the convention with out their hands tied, and could easily ascertain who would likely be the most popular man from the other side. We offer this suggestion for what it is worth, aud for the best in terests of the party. The democratic delegate elections will bo held next Saturday. Let democrats be impressed with their im portance, and evince it by their attendance, and elect delegates who will act for the good of the parly in making nominations. We want popular men placed in nomination. Men who cannot command the par ty vote endanger the ticket. We want harmony, and that can be assured by fair and square dealing. There is a large number of candi dates in the field —and only a few can be nominated out of the number—let the unsuccessful ones abide the decis ion of the representatives of the party rightfully made. With harmony in the ranks and a ticket of honest aud popular men, who will command the respect and support of the people, the democracy of old Centre will come out of the November elections with an increased majority. Remember then democrats, your first and important duty comes on the primary election. For the Reporter. Who Shall Be Senator? MB. EDITOR: —AIIow me through the medium of your columns to say a few plain words to the party on the eve of the delegate elections —to state the senatorial question clearly, so that all persons may vote intelli gently. The occasion demands plain speaking, and we must not be >o ten der hearted as to refrain from it for fear of giving offence to iudivduala. The welfare of the party is of far greater importance, than the good will of any individual; and when the former is in danger, the latter must succumb. We must either begiu a reform withiD the party,or, as last fall's lesson teaches us, it will be begun from without. Patriotism as well as self-interest urges the former. Wallace or Meek, honesty or cor ruption, capacity or incapacity, ititcg rity and high moral worth, or selfish ness and fawning sycophancy, states manship or detnagogism, this demo crats of Centre, is the issue which you must decide within the next few days Even Philadelphia has become so awakened to her interests, that the democracy there have cast over board the notorious ringster and lobbyist, Bam Josephs ; are we of Centre so de relict of ours that we cannot in like manner rebuke his chosen friend and boon companion, who during four ses sions contested with him the palm as to whom of the two should roost the highest? Eight long weary years have we patieutly admitted to his never-failing candidature, trusting his sense of self respect would finally come to our relief, hut in vain. His claims seem eternal. Our debt of gratitude, it seems, cannot be liquida ted, and we may as well go iuto bank ruptcy to relieve ourselves of this importunate creditor. Jn 1867 and '6B he was elected to the legislature ; in '69 be was a candidate but defeated ii Convention; in '7O he crowded HOD. J. G. Meyer out of his just claims to a re-election; in '7l he was again re g.GCted; in '72 be was a candidate for Delegate to (he Constitutional Con vention ; ia '73 for Senator in u Dis-, Iriet mapped out fur himself; urnl now in '74, only for the eighth tutetfrive year, we are called upon to decide upon his claims for public position, and that, too, in comparison with u man whose name is familiar to every Democrat in the state, and who is as I much noted for his ability and integ rity, as our man is for his bisi.cn faced importunity ami want of princi ple. Where can wo point to a similar example of such a versatile genius' 1/Cgal talent he has none, and legal education far less, yet he has the presumption to offer himself to frame every statute from our great organic law down to hills of incorporation for Improvement companies I'luse claims he has urged forward by every means —fair or foul, by forgery and the basest ingratitude. To insure his own suectw, regatdles ol the interests of the party, he has treated in a shameful manner our best men, those to whom he owed his life and liberty, and a far greater debt of gratitude than the party owes him. But he hav ing proved so ungrateful what right under heaven lias he for bimsclf, or any other man for him, to claim that the party owes him aught on the score of gratitude? He lias disorganized our party, and attempted to control its nominations, lit order to aeeotn plish his nefarious designs he lias repeatedly promised, in fact mortgag ed offices to his friends for \ ears before vacancies could occur, and he is to day favoring some candidates to the detriment of other equally good, it not better rneu. He uses his official influence as editor of the party organ, to secure his own individual advance meut regardless of what diastron.* results may come ujkui the party. I* this the course for an impartial editor to pursue? Is it right, is it just, that he should dispose of county offices without consulting the wishes of the party, more tliau any otlur member of it? Such is Mr. Meek s record; but what of his opponent, Mr Wal lace? Has he no claims ujxur the people of the state and of the district v He was the tuau who organised and kept n haruiouv car fotces iu mauy u critical period. Hesecured the election of the only state officer whom we have had for the last 12 years. He incurred obloquy unjustly ou our behalf aud has emerged from the hue aud cry of our oppouauU, pure and unspotted, respected even by his detainers. Sh w me a Democrat who is an t tie my to Mr. Wallace, and 1 will show you one whom he has frustrated iu some dis honest undertaking. There lies the secret of our having a candidate fur Senator in our couuty wheu the peo ple are almost unanimous in favor of the only fit man who presents himself for the position. But let us examine these two men with especial reference to their fitness. Mr. Meek has served four terms in the lower house and has made one speech which he doubtless (?) wrote, at least he has the credit of having done so; Mr. Wallace has been four terms in the Senate, is acknowledged one of its ablest debaters, and has made many able aud.eloquent speech es. Mr. Meek has been four years in Harrisburg, aud during that period was noted as au unswerving friend aud member of the King; Mr. Wal lace was 12 years iu the same place, yet not a breath of suspicion has been cast upon his name. Mr. Meek had little infiueuce among the honest members of the House ; Mr. Wallace presided one year over the delibera tions of the Senate, and has always been regarded by both parties as one of its leaders aud most distiugubhed members. Sir. Meek's voice was heeded by the King, but dispised by all whose regard for their oath was greater than their self love ; Mr. Wal lace was feared by the King, and applauded by the upright. Mr. Meek went to Harrisburg poor aud came back rich in four years ; on a salary of •1000 a year. Mr. Wallace, in 12 years, has failed to be so econonical, and to-day is worth less than he would have been had he remained at home aud attended to his personal affairs. But he has chosen to sacrifice bis own pecuniarv interest to beuefit the people; Sir. Meek has determined to sacrifice the people to benefit himself. Which was the more honorable, which was the more praiseworthy course? Again, Mr. Meek is devoid of legal talents and legal lore; Mr. Wallace is one of the first lawyers in the state. The duty of the legislator requires that he should have some legal acu men, that he should be able to frame a law properly and to comprehend if-full force and meaning after it is enacted. Especially is this true in regard to a Senator. The lower house seldom contains men who can fulfill this re , quirement, and hence it is the more necessary that such men should be fouud in the Senate In this report Mr. Meek has been deficient. How else can we account for the disastrous effect which his constituents have felt from several of his principle meas ures? It was either blind ignorance or willful malevolence, and on either ground he is unfit for the position. 3d, Mr. Meek is a secret enemy of the New Constitution. Mr. Wallace one of its avowed friends. True, Mr. Meek did not openly oppose that in strument, but he put out a "feeler,'' and after be discovered that he could not do this with impunity and that in strument would in all probability prove popular, his innate spirit of demagoguimn prompted him to take a neutral ground so as not to compro mise his claims on the party for that well known debt of gratitude. Now the next legislature must pass many laws rendered rcqusite to carry out this instrument, which the last failed to pass on this very account. We want men who will be in hearty ac cord with the spirit as well as the let ter of that instrument, whose pasi record is unimpeachable, who do not require to take several oaths before they can live up to the plain Scriptu ral injunction, "Thou shalt not steal " The instrument has already cleared out the lobby ; now let the people do their duty and clear out the lobbyists. 4th, We owe something to the other candidates in tho district. Clinton has in structed for our candidate for Judge, Clearfield will, in all probability, do like wise. Now shall we be so ingonerous as to press our claims fur all the district nom inations, especially when we have some candidates notoriously interior to those presented by our sister counties? SIIHII we put ourselves in such an cmbitrnuing position, and, perhaps, by asking ail, lose all? Let us have some self-respect, and not, like our brazen-faced anil immodest, candidate ask everything both present ami future. These counties have instructed for our best men, let us go and do likewise. No one, not even Mr. Meek himself pre tends to compare the qualifications of the two men. Ho only asks it because— he wants and failed to get it last fall after disgracing us by protracting the struggle for the nomination. Such are a few of the questions present ed. We defy any man to compare the in tegrity, the abilities and the fitnes of these men, and say that Mr. Meek equals Ins competitor in any of these respects. Such being the case, we owe it to the state, we owe it to the district, we ewe it to the pur tj, \o owe it to ourselves, t< wnlve nil !<- onl consideration* Hint to do tl-.it which will ho for the t->t Interest of nil to In tlruct our conferees for Win A Wn'lser This done, a lesson will he Inuiflit, wnd n lasting benefit gained Ihe w hole state will applaud our action, and the will of the people w ill once more become supreme. Patriot. 1. AM At KEY FOR CONGRESS. [fVtM the I li. Co /Wiorruf.] Though but briefly, we have ill trttdv urpttl the nomination <1 1, A Market . 'mj., of Clinton county, a the Democratic candidate lor Con gro-H front the XXth district, believ ing that in so doing, we urged tin nomination el's gentleman ouiiuentlv fitted for the position, and peculiarly sut ed to the needs 11 the people and the linns. To-dav we feel more cleat Iv oonvine I that the nomination ol Mr. Markov i necessity. It is n vorv lamentable reflection, aud a \**r\ deplorable subjoot for contemplation, that in inithet branch ot the Nation al l.eoislattnc, have we such men :> can best subserve the int-test ot the people. I'ndct ring rule wo have been permitted only to accord honor to prol-si.-iial politicians, who server! 1 tin people in the canvass and their , nil per* nttl ii.lt -i >!.* while in \\ a*h i ingtou intii who have returned t their constituents stained political!) ami morally ami branded publicly a? infamous. Their careers, in many iu -tuuees, have net tviir hceti charae terized bv ability -their only fame is their many obliquities. It is to this cause, as much as to any other, that many of the troubles now affecting the country arc traceable, and even vat, the people do not seem l< eU-urly umierstaml their duty aud the power which they have to perform that du* ty. We have had men dabbling in the | tin a lues of the nation who know noth ing of finance practically or theoret. ealiy, and the men wlicm the people *eut to Congress to promote morality and guard popular freedom, were the (very men whose immorality was so gross that it called for public censure, land whose labor seemed chiefly t-> be ! to prostitute the little talent they had :o the overthrow of the liberties oi ! the people. It is against the continuation ot 'such menus Legislators that it i our 'dutv to do battle, and none the !•.-- a duty is-it to see the whole Venal tribe replaced by nreu i f integrity | and ability, whose lives in the past are some sort of guarantee of their ! fitness for the woik fir which they 1 are needed. This may only be done Iby each community selecting fr. in I among its cituen* the men whom they know to l-e able, and free front venal it v. We arc emphatic in this matter, because, having watched the evil growth aud experienced somewhat ol its noxious effects, wo deem this the right time fur the beginuing of the purgation. Vud so we urge u| ou the people and ,o their delegates a-etn bled, to see to it that none other than i honest, fearless, and able men art j permitted to become candidates at the j ensuing election. ' More particularly do we urge the nomination of Mr. Mackey, as the Democratic Congressional nominee, laud for these reasons, and other* which we shall present hereafter : His life has been one of rectitude, , and we need honesty. His management of important li | nancial trusts has displayed a thor ough practical end theoretical kn wl edge of the intricacies ofbaukiug and the laws governing finance. As a lawyer lie is noted for his f>- j rensic ability. As & counsellor lie is known as n sagacious man, and a man of probity I and forethought. Should lie be nominated he will . gather about the ticket a host ol ' fiiends who will add strength to the party and lend encouragement to it.* principles. It is iu such a time as this that we i need men to represent the people — ! not a clique—but the whole |>eop!e, and we know that Mr. Mackey is not | the one to assume a duty he will not . discharge with fidelity. Let the peo ! pie consider these facts, and let them, ' through their delegates, act upon I them in convention, and our word for ; it, they will have in the House of Kepresentatives a man who will hon or them a? they shall have honored him. j PRESIDENT * GRANT'S LAST SPEECH. J President Giant spoke ns follows ! in reply to the address of the Mayor of Atlantic City, N. J., last Satur day : It affords me very great pleasure to visit this watering-place, and for the first time in my life. I have one remark to make, however, and that is that the doctor is not exactly a man of the truth. He said that he would not bore us with a long speech. He did not bore us, but he made the speech, and therefore he hns not kept strictly within the lino of his word : and if I was a speaker I should like to reply to some part ol his speech. Speaking of this slander about New Jersey being out of the Union, if that was so I would never have Come here, because I come here as President ofj the United States, and without anyi thought to leave the country ; and if what he states is true, then 1 am lia-j ble to impeachment. There are sev-i era) points in his speech that I would like to reply to in detail, hut not hav ing heard it in advance, it would he impossible to do so. lam very glad to be here with you. While business is confessedly a good deal depressed (here is an encourag ing outlook. The crop prospects brighten as Ihe season advances, ami the indications now are that we shall have the largest grain crop oil record. The acreage of cotton is smaller than last year, according to the last re ports, but altogether the appearances are that the crop, while smaller than last year, will be a good one for the acreage. As to railroad property tin profits have within a month or two shown a considerable increase. For the expired part of 1874 the leading roads have notfe less busines, but hav ing done it at less expense, show mate rially increased profit* as compared, with corresponding time in 1873, dur I ing which year the receipts were the! iargeat on record, and, taking inilagi into consideration, especially so Since the panic the roads have been reducing their floating debt, and its volume, like that of private indebted-1 new, is now, as n rule, smaller than for years. 111 fact, in every depart ment wa are nearer hard-pan than since the outbreak of the war.— J'ln la * delphia Ledger. It is announced in lowa that ex- Governor Andrew G. Curtin, of Penn sylvania, will make several speeches in the former Btale iu favor of the Anti-monopoly ticket. HenrieUa H'aible, thirteen yenrsof age, WHS arrested the other day lor attempting to burn a babv, six months old, which hud been left in her charge. KXri.OKATIONS IN Till: EAST \\ litinj; In.in Lninico, Cypnu, ttn lvr Jute of .111110 '2U, N cot rcM)otiu y * : liiforninlioii limM just been received < licro to lit r rtlcct (lint tlic German ex-ii ploring expedition under the direction of Dr. Sepp LUTS IH'MI VI RY inii'l'l .-.sful in ancient lMnonioiu. A# the cxpoJi tion i under llic patronage of tin lunpctor of Germany, u jjieal ileal o< pains lots I'i'i'ii tnken to conceal tin movement." iiiol ilirn'oti it t> from tin public we until die government ui home Inn bun fully iiitni IIICII i l tin results An entire shipload ul null tpiitii'ii litis jti't In*! n ill .-patched to tin |K>rt neatest Berlin, ami niter tin t have been duly it- iv.i HI the Musrutti of Christian Antiquities there, lhe\ will he ilescrihetl mill photographed Notw ilhstiiiiiliuo the atteiupteil pres ervation of profound seciov in the in titter, a few details have Conn* to light, which I shall jot down litri brii fly. Tilt: tIIKMAN I.XI'HUttOX. Dr. Sepp suet-ceded bv great t-lfui Is in excavating the Christian Citihedral at Tv re. Here he found the uudoubt cd toiub of I 'redriek Bui Imiossit, whose rciuaitis, it will be remembered were since carried to Spiers umll lep, sited in the same collin that hold the dust ot his Queeli in the Cathe dral Tue Doctor also found tin tunib ot the first liishop of Tyre alter the crusades, together with Ins robes ■ft tlice and several ornaments of il vcr and gold, and in the bi-l state ot preservation, Besides these, several paintings were discovered ou the walls - one of the twelve Apostles, many ol the earlv Christians to say nothing jot sculptures in mat hie, bronze, uud i terra eotta, ami interesting remains ot the architecture e f the early Christian era. Aiioilter of th retuarkabl c* dis jeovenes of tlie Doctor is the l'ugan ternjile of Mclkart Baal S one aic pavement overlaying the remains of au ancient temple, ami mist remarkable of all, au ancient' lime-kiln, which had been heated h. means of olive seeds for fuel. Ileal -o unearthed u (light of thirty-nine j -teps, leading from the old wall of Zi-I on down to an outside fort, the walls of which were twelve feet thick, li e American exploring expedition is a) j so making fair progress, although the details have not yet been received. The Associated l'rcsa sends the fol lowing: "I'rofc'ssor KSWSOD, of the American Oriental Topographical C rps, i* at Cyprus, under engagement with Mr. da Ccfctiola to work uj s me ait and also MOU very important urchan 'i gual material relating to the excavation there. His despatches-av that Trofess r Strong, chainnau of the council of the eor| s, i- at Kjihous. and that the work of the latter in Kgvpl, Sinai, lvdom. Moab, liashatu, and I'aicstine has been remarkably successful. I'rofeasor Strong isoti the way home, and l'rofrsior Kavrsou will return to Jerusalem to pursue invt(li gations for the corps of geology and natural history. The despatches con tiruis tht report of the death of Mr Drake, of the British society, mult ing front cspi sure to the malaria of the Jordan Valley. Mr. Drake's sev eu years' service in the Siunitic Pen insula and in Palestine has been in valuable to science." A Swin:.Eli. —The Huntingdon Globe tells how an artful dodger has be it coming it over the citizens of that community in the following man ner ; "A very pious cuss has been play ing a trick on the Kverett people, lie was selling a 'choice article of grape,': having samples of the grape in a hot tie. He made several sales. On Sunday lie entered the pulpit and preached. Mr. Kbbert, of that pdace, was to hear him, and recognized the strange minister a a party who had spent two weeks at L rsiutts College, and decamped to save himself from arrest on charges of the grossest liber-j tiuistn. Mr. K. informed several oth ers what he knew of the fellow, and while at tea, a gentleman went into his room, abstracted one of his gtapc from his sample bottle, which proved to be n half-grown gage, or egg plum. He was confronted by his patrons and beat a speedy retreat. His name is J. C. Hodman, is about twenty five years of age, five feet five or six in ches tall, heavy built, dark curly hair and beard, dark piercing eyes, and dark complexion. Look out for him." He is evidently an aid of ITech- The qucston whether or not the Government can compel railroad com panics to haul the postal cars carrying the mails nt a rate of compensation fixed by Government itself is in a fair way to be settled. The Philadel phia, Wilmington and Baltimore 'jCompany has given the I'ost-Ortico i Department notice, that after the Ist of August it will drop the postnl cars from its trains, the compensation nl | lowed for the service being considered inadequate and unsatisfactory. This is understood to he a pioneer ease, upon the decision of which oilier com panies having the snmo ground of 'complaint will base their action. The | opinion of the Department officials is. I that in cae of the refusal of any road to carry the mails, the Government may take the road and administer it by its own officers. This will be one of the first questions for Gov. Jewell ito attend to upon his entering on flu duties of his new office. SIX PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Louisville, July 25.—A special to itho Courior-Journal tav (lint one Istroke of lighlniug kill <1 six (tersoiis | in Woodford County, Ky„ last night, viz., Mr. Mundy and wife, Mr. Black, wife, and daughter, and a colored mnu living in the same house. During ' the sainc storm lightning struck ma ny points in Central Kentucky. ♦ ♦ ' 'GERMANY WATCHING THE CARLIBTB. Berlin, July 23.—The North Get man Gazetts says, in reference to the recent outrages by Carlists: "Germa ny, in behalf ol outraged European civilization, will seek to find means to teach the Carlists that the murder of a captured German shall not remain unpunished." MURDKKINO TUK UKI'UJH.tt-ANH AT CUKNCA. Madrid, July 23. —The Perfect ol Cuenca announces that thirty-four bodies of Republicans murdered by Carlists have been found in a house in that town, mutilated so horriblv as| to bo ' ICI PKKsr.NTATIVK MKN A Coiigtv-Monul entitiiiiu'c was re cently ttppoiiilid at Washington to Mint age the approach ing CM lit | nigtt, i I,on it Irom ihe two Houses. It con sists of thiily livv numbers and lour di-li gaii s. Of these, lourlct ii are from the Sciia te and twenty one from the House, and of the latter there are 'twelve, or about ono third, wht are new mi Itibels. 11l making up Ibis I'liiuiiiittee ouliiiarily, the utmost eate I- lull N to si*hit IIHII who urc not only tier tji• in general objection, but whose eliameter and eoinluct inspire loldidiii ,-e. I hi- wise luhyd d isei I 111 lull t 101 l I, us In tit wholly set aside and despised 111 the present instance, and an insulting disregard ol even decency substituted no it, which makes the tut doubly ef fusive A glance at the standing of individual nit- in hi i a Is sullieient to de termine their unfitness for such a po sition. Here aie the names : .John A Logan, Chairman, hack pay grabber ami extreme inlluti mist. A. H Crugiu, hsck-'-ny grabber laud jobber iu the navy. Simon Cameron, back-pay grabber ami lifelong coriupliuiiist. .) !• l.vwis, back-pay grabber and i -ea law ag. George L Spencer, back-pay giali- Iter und carpet-bagger. J K West, back-pay grabber and I'olltt del ale ol Kellogg. 1. B Conover, backpay giabl#vi and carpet-bagger. J W llanugun, back-pav grabber and scalawag. A 1. B ireman, back pay grabber. \\ M Stewart, back-pay grabber and Km ma Mine tiadcr. I' \\ Hiu licock, baek puy grubber, l'uwtil C'isytou, hack-pay grabber, carpet baggn and Arkansas jobber. J 11 Mitchell a/tt hud Wen gtvcD Up . will be saved GENERAL LAWS Hi low will hi- lout.d acts ot ASM mbly 1 passed St the session of 1h74, slid pubil.sb ■ rd for gem ral information. As Ail relating t the nssi-suicbt of damagi arising from tl e opening of roads *n.i highways and the construc tion of bnuget. | Sic 1 Be it enacted, A That here after it shall be duty of ail persons ap pointed iti the sei-ta! c tities of this ci muionwcalth to view nd review nay I public or private road or briilge, if tbey shall dr. :de in favor of locating said road or bridge, to endeavor to procure from the persons over whose lard such local.on may be made release* from all elaiuis for damagct that might ariac from the opin ing of such road or the building of such 1 bridge, and in every case where -aid ■ viewers shall fail to procure such releases, ' and it .shall appear to them that any damages w ill be sustained, it shall be th'-ir duly to assess the damages ar.J make re • port thereof signed hy a majority of thrir ' number, and return the same, together with all releases obtained, to the court of . quarter sessions, and the damages so as- I scsrd shall be i-onclu-ive. or may bo sub | jeet to appeal, review or modification, as may be provided by existing law. in the different counties of this commonwealth. ,2 That all bets and'part* of nets inconsistent herewith be and the same arc hereby repealed. Arrn.'TtD- The 14th day of May, A I) ' 1874. J. F. IIAKTBAMT. A.S ACT 1 provide for the recording of deaths of testators und intes'.nU's in the office of register of wills. Sxq. 1. Be it enacted, Ac , That all person applying for lellcrs'tcsUmenlary or letters of administration shall, before the , issue of said letters, file with the register of wills an affidavit, setting forth at nearly as can be ascertuined the day and hour of the decedent's death to which said letters respectively relate f-ic. 2. All register* of w ills arc hereby required to file snid affidavits, and also to ' record suid date of death with the other records said decendenls' estates re spectively. Arraoviu The loth day of May. A. I). I'iTd. J. V. II A KTKANFT. TUB TERKIBLK FLOOD AT PITTSBURGH. PitUburg, July 27. Never in the hislo -1 ry of this city was there ever anything *o terrible a* the ineidcnU of the flood of ' I Sunday night 200 live* were lot and 5-7.(00,000 of propelty was destroyed by the bursting of a water-spout over the city. Not until to-day did the public realize , what an awful destruction of life and prop erty had occurred. There were *omo very affecting inci dents. Alderman Bolster of the Seventh Ward of Allegheny, who was submerged with his family— hi* wife being on a sick bed—with u superhuman effort gathered,up his wife ami five children and started to run out of his house that was being swept away. His little boy Charley, who was perched on hi* shoulder, hearing the cry of a little babe who dwell in the next hou*c, ami to which he was greatly at tached. leaped from his father's shoulder, und this morning was found with his limb* clasping his heby lover's crib, in which it was dead and smiling. The tear* of the ten thousand women who looked at this pretty incident was onn of tho sweetest tributes to heroism that wns ever witness ed. To-night they lay side by side nt Sampson A Voigt'a undertakers, the pret tied corpses of all the many w he have lost their lives, and over whose little cofllns thousands of tho first ladies of tho two cities came and shed their tears like the blessed rain. Then there is another incident at Wood's Run that almost baffle* description and stagger* belief. Mr. John Brady, hi* wife and four children, lived in a little shanty nt the foot of n bluff that was sheer KW feet high. Over this blufl ran a small gas pipe to supply a house above. When the flood came and struck thqir house, Mrs. Brady seized tho babe nt her breast, leaped out of the back window, and seiz ing the gaspipe, sailor like, drugged herself her infant to the top of the hill above. Her husband and tho oilier three child-en were drowned, and carried down to the confluence of Wood's llun.'nml tho Ohio River. On O'Hara-st,, Rudolph Artz, his wife and six children, resided While Mr. Artz was trying to pacify his family about the storm, the Hood broke, und he was forced to see his family dug out of the debti to-day and laid seven of tlis us, iu n long row In the undertaker's establish ment. Ifiio man, who was picking up hit of broken hardware, said h had lost noth ing except his In use and wifo and two children, and was trying to | ick up things to begin housekeeping with. J|e was a Stalwart mat., but so demented with his losses that hmidleds of ladies who heard him fell into bystorica! Weeping, tin (en tie st. a party who appeared with n skill discovered a man hanging on the roof of a bouse. The w nter on the street] at that time was soma K> feet high. They 1 look the skill'under the place where (he man was hanging and told hint to drop, lha distance being slight, at tbo skill was nearly lilt u iivil with the second-story windows. The man jumped and was sav ed. lie then informed the men in the skit! thut hi* tnmily, consisting of his wifi and three i I four childrati, were in the house He gut on the roof, Jumped from that to another roof. When he it-ached l rMio-tl the house was swept away, and tin- latnllyf pciithcd, together with the i h.ldreu of another family, makiug in all On Chestnut'st., iu Caspar lUuu s sa loon, among others wi-ro l'hilip Jft-ss, ' constable, aud llmry Schatfer They! rushed out of thu saloon into the street, and that was the last seen of them alive l!e* * body was found this morning ding ing to a fire-plug With one hand. Bchaf fei .-J 11 ily i a> is.-r ycl been ioumi. Anuth- I r mall n;.o i ushe,.| fr. lu the I'ari* saloon ' with H and fich offer, ilu body was re-i covered in the yaid between Chestnut an J j t'riitre-st , about a luilo distant. \\ m Peels Ued his wife and several children with a ciwthes-lino in his house, fearing some of them would lush aw.-iy in liieir alarm and be lost. The house aud the entire family were saved. Ai counts ot the horrible tiood which has delugi d nearly all the subutban sections of ih.s greater than was at first supposed. It. is now thought that the loss of life will reach fully 200 persons, and that the h-ss of property will b proportionate!y • utgi The Evening Chronicle in it* S o i ~ik oditioll, places the loss at 111!, and the names of iu Using persons are contin ually ceuung in. The extent of territory damaged i not itss than 2U to 2l> miles in diameter, bow the main portion of the City of I'ittsburg. ly ing as it Jot* in the CCl.ur.of this circle, i -CU|M-J further injury appeals almost miraculous. A prevailing theory is that the disaster was caused by some kind of water spout. A gentleman who watched the storm from a point a fuw mile* down the river, where there was lit tle rain, say * thai by the fitful dashes of lightning he could si c a huge, inky black, funncl-thapcd cloud which overhung the city, the t.arrow ct.ds bt-.ng lowest, while the daik | art# gave vti.l to almost con tinuous flashes of lightning. When the rain began failing little ap prehension • entertained, but those who lived ntar tU® head c>f the Valley state thai suddenly it termed as if the heavens wile opened, and the water came down as if discharged from immense pitet. The volume w*t so great that the valley was filled with a raging torrent. The frame dwellings, stables, and slaughter bouses gave way like pijie stems, and the debris from the wrecks wa swept down along the I.tie of the plailk-r- ad, the weight being augmented every moment. In the dis tricl lying west ot Chestnut-st , and north of a parallel with North-arc., the waters rose to a bight of fully 'At feel. In s me places occupant* ot dwellings were unable to escape In time to save their lives. In many places the for. o of the water rent structures into splinters. FEAR.- THAT I'KSTII.ENCE WILL FOLLOW FLOOD. Pittsburgh, July VS.—lt l (eared that a# ahi r great danger threatens Allegh ny City. The ravine of Butcher's Run is choked uu tor a distance of some two] mile - with the i Menu ol the destroyed slaughter-houses Great quantities of meat and a large number of bullocks par tially dressed, and more than It*) horse-, with perhaps an occasional human being, lie imbedded in the mud. Yesterday the sun i a tue out hut and unobstructed and in, a few hi ar there arose ati awful stench, almost insufferable to the working parties The debris w ill harJly be cleared away this week, and if the weathef continues, hot it will bv almost impossible to prevent the breaking out of pestilence, as the But her s Hun district lies in the heart of a dense population. TH K SCHK M K uK%.\ t.V ATIoN j The Rev. Dr. Win Ortmslon preached in the Collegiate Dutch Reformed) Church nt Fifth-are. and Forty eighlb ►t , upon lite incident of the hft.ng up of (he brazen serpent in Ihe wilJerneas, at dslailed in the twenty-first chapter of Number*, taking *< a Uxt these word* of the eighth *tre : '"And tl shall come to |iu>, thai i very one that i- bitten when he lookclh up it shall live. 1 ' Tin- strtling|and singular incident, said the preacher, vat used by Jcu* Christ to illustrate the spiritual condition of the race. A* a type of the scheme of salvation it may be considered, first with reference to iu necessity, its simplicity, and lU ap plication. Take the necessity of it. The people are dying from the deadly rirui, which is in all vqinos and ail heart*. All are lost unless redeemed with a price. No one i* exempt. Multitudes have per ished already, and many are dying even on this charming Sabbath morning The disease of sin with which all souls are stricken, is not a mere surface disease It u a constitutional malady, a radical de fect in the character. Sin is in the heart before it it in the hand, lis manifestations are various. It sometime comes out in pride, passion, and avarice, 11 is constant ly cropping eut in some form, for its es sence is in us, estrangement from (sod, re bellion against God't servants. His ways, His Word, and His method of saving men God s love is sovereign, unmerited, and wondrous. When the people of larval were dying from the bites of serpents, they cried out. That was all which they could do. Moses prayed to God for mer cy. That was grand sublime ; but all that he could do was to pray, pnd the virus was active still. God took Hit own way of healing, n way which made every suf ferer his own physician in some sense. And when there wat no help for the lost race, sunk in sin, there was no hope, and no hope could prevail until God looked, pitied, and gave his only begotten Son. it was a truly Divine gift, a grand sacri fice for human tin, the redemption Ihreugli Jesus Christ, which recreates and renews us to the glory of God. The Lord Jesus Christ is lifted up on the cross to make atonement for our sint. He is also raised to the right hand of God. as a l'rinco ami Savior, to bestow imffrable blessings on the reflcemosl. There is no Gospel where Christ is not lifted up. There may be elequence, pungency, sci ence. and learning in a sermon, but un less Christ is in inhere •* no Gospel there. But it is nut preaching that saves men. It was not the proclamation through tin encampment that saved the children oi lreal, but their looking to the serpent raised upon the pole Multitudes go forth to-day telling the story of death, burial, and resurrection of Christ upon the cross. Redumption is a grand act of manumission but you must accept it to be made fn e It is the wafer of life, but you must drink it or die of thirst It is the bread of life, and you must eat it or go a hungered. It is the life-boat to save (he drowning, but men must gel into it or be cast away. It is the city of refuge, but men must bide themselves in it, it they would escape de struction. The conditions are very simplo It wa* only n look for the poisoned people of 1- rcal. It wsi n mere act ot acceptance now mi act adapted for all. If the condition had required men to jet up and walk so Hi o might not have been able to do it. No painful ponaneo or long pil grimage to a far shrine is required, or many would not have had the time or means. It does not require a lofty mind, or great powers of logical analysis. It is in the grasp ot thy illiterate anil poor; it is free to all. In the Cinffch of God all men are on a'level. In our sins wo are all on a level before God, because all are guilty, and all are condemned. In their teaching, also, all men are on a level. A* saints and Matters, we stand alike before God. The discourse showed qlsoat length that bottling in salvation is perfectly free, and is indispensable Hiid confers health, happiness, hope of heaven now and un bounded bliss hereafter. In conclusion the unconverted were appealed to accept the free salvation, and the converted were urged to ust every effort to bring others,to the happiness which they bad found. FURNITURE. JO ll* II It ICC If 111 LL t 111 his elegant Now Rooms, Spring street, linlleforite. Hat on hand u ti.fi ndid assorliueiit of lIoUSK KI KNlfritF. from tlm com lllOl.< -i to ihe most elegant. < LLA MBKRSKTS, I'A It Id) It SKTS, SOFAS. ( HAIRS. UKIISTKADS WOOL MAITRKMSKS 41A lit MAT TRKSSKS, and aliylhing wanted in the lino of his business homemade arid city Work Al so, has made a speciality and keeps on hand, the largest and finest slock of WALL I'A PER. Go >ds sold at reasonable rates, wholesale aiol retail. Give him a call before pur chasing elsewhere. feb V K hTL'FFrf. I'EItFt'MKRV. NOTIONS. KANtn AItTIt'LKS Ftiß THE TOILET. Ac , Ac,, Ac. IM'ItK WINE A.M> LKIIOIBi, for jms-dicinal pur|to(i's. Truascß 4c riupp jrtcra in jrrcal variety. Also, choice CIO Alts AND TOBACCO, and all other article- usually kept tit a first class lrug .Store. Prescript! us carefully Coiupouu manufacture a new arid improv ed Tit IPLE GKAUKII HOUSE PoW KIt, which hat been ucd e*ten*i*ely in the northern and weatern Siatet, end bar taken precedence over all other*. Wi> ar>-prepared to do all KIXDSOF CASTING from the largest to the email* j eat. and have facilities for doina all kindt' of IKON WoKK ucb a* I'LAXING, TCKN'ING. lIOKIXG. Ac. Alt kndt of repairing done on thort no tice VAN I'KLT A SIIOOP. j jun2l-ly. Centre flail. J. ZELLER SON DRUGGISTS No (J Urockerhoff liow, Bei!efonle,Pa Iteulfra iu UruttH. 4 iicuiicalK, Perfumery, Fancy (iotxia Ac., Ac. Pure Wuset and I.i be made of the best seasoned material, and by tho most skilled and competent workmen. Persons wanting anything in his line are requested to call and examine his work, they will find it not to be excelled for durability and wear. may Btf. LEV I ni'KKAY, NOTARY' PUBLIC, SCKIHNKK AND CONVEYANCER, C K N T tt K U A L L, P A. Will iitlcnd to ndmitii-tering Oaths, Ac knowle Igemenl of Deeds, Jce, writing Ar tides of Agreement. Deeds, Ac, mavlfi I*, n. wiLaos*. T. A. HICKS WISON & HICKS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Hurduiirc and Mote Dcnlcra Builders Hardware CAIIRUGK MAKERS (.'(RIDS. SADDLERS TRIMMINGS, ALL KINDS OF HARDWARE AND IIOUSK FURNISHING GOODS. STOVES, SPEAR'S ANTI-CLINKER STOVES & DOUBLE IIEATERS whi sh will heat one or two rooms down stairs, and same number above. Cost very little ntore than single stoves. These are the best parlor stoves made. SUSQUEHANNA COOK STOVE. This stove has largo ovens, will burn hard or soft coal and wood, Every one warranted to give perfect satisfaction. tVILSQN 05 LUCKS, uurlo tf Uellefoate, P, NKW GOODS! NKW GOODS! A. W GRAFF, CENTRE HILL. CENTRE CO., PA., 11mj11t received n large invoice of Summer Gondii. (.'••milling of llio bo;.l assortment of READY MADE CLOTHING! DRESS GOODS GROCERIES, I'JtO VISIONS, HOOTS A SHOES. HATHA CAPS, AND FANCY ARTICLES, over brought to Potter twp. LOWEST CASH PRICES! Produce taken In exchange at highest i market price*. * A. W. GRAFF. tnyg-ly. C. PECK'S New Coach Manufactory. CENTRE HALL, PA. The undersigned ha* opened a new **• tabllihliieiit, at hi* new (hope. for the manufactuie of Carriages, Buggies, A Spring Wagons, SLTJOHK *VII SLEI/S, PLAIN AVP PAICX <>f every description . AH vehicle* manufactured by hitn are warranted to render satisfaction, and a* eijuaJ to any work done elsewhere. He ue* none but the best material, and employs the most skillful workmen! Hence they flatter themselves that their work can not be excelled for durability and finish. Orders from a distance promptly attend ed to. Cotne and examine my work before contracting elsewhere. PRICES REASONABLE, All kinds of Reparing done. | KW GOODS AND NEW PRICES ! \HIQU RATES RUBBED OUT i Goods at Old Faehioued Price*.! At the Old Stand of IVH. U OLF. Would respectfully inform the World and tbe rent of mankind, that he bat ju*t opened out and 1* constantly receiving a .large stock of GOODS OF ALL KINDS which he it offering at tbe very lowest market price. DUV GOODS and Print*, Muslin*, Opera Canton*, and Woll Klannel*. Ladic* Dress Goods, such a* Detain*. Alpaca*. Poplin*. Empress Cloth, Sateens. Ta incise, together with a full iUcU of everything usually kept in the Day Good* line. which be ha* determined to *11 veij* 1 cheap, consisting of NOTIONS: A full ktock, con*i*ting part of Ladiet and Children's Merino Hose, Collar*. Kid glove*, best nuality >ilk and Litle thread Gloyes, Hood*, Nubia*. Breakfakt kbawls, HATS & CAPS. ' | A full assortment of Men'* Boy t and Children's ot the latest style and best. CLOTHING, Ready made, a choice selection of Men's and Boy's of the newest style* and most serviceable materials. BOOTS & SHOES, IVM WOLF. CENTRE HALL Hardware Store. J. O. DKI NIXGKR A new, complete Hardware Store ha* been opened by the undersigned in Cen tre Hall, where he i prepared to sell all bind* of Building ana House Furnishing Hardware, Nails. Ac. : Circular and Hand Saw*. Tension Saw*. Webb Saw*, Clothe* lUck*. a full assort ment of Glass and Mirror Plate Picture Frrme*. Spoke*. Felloe*, and Hub*, table Cutlery, Shovels, Spade* and Forks. Lock*, Hinges. Screw*, Sash Spring*. Hor*e-Shoe*. Nails, Norway Rod*. Oil*, Tea Bells, Carpenter Tools, Paint, Varn ishes. Pictures framea in tbe finest stylo. Anything not on hand, ordered upon shortest notice. MP"Remember, all ood* offered cheap er than elsewhere aug 'Si' 73-tf The Grander Store! Something New! CASH AND PRODUCE FOB CHEAP GOODS. SHORT CREDIT A SHORT PROFITS. IKKEIL (flHE\()liO:, I Spring Mills hiis established a store to suit the limes, and has a complete stock of DRY GOODS. NOTIONS. GROCERIES, HARDWARE. QL'KKNSWAKK HATS, CAPS, ROOTS & SHOES, FISH, SALT, CIGARS. TORACCO, DRUGS, SPICES, OILS. In short a lull line of EVERYTHING FOR LESS PRICES THAN ELSEWHERE COME AND JUDGE FOR YOUR SELVES. sfeb. y. HARDWARE STORE. J. ultr demand far Lower ; Price*, re*p ctfully call* the attention of 1 1 he public to hii tork of SADDLERY, ' i.ow offered' at the old aland. Designed especially for the people and the time*, the Urgost and mod varied and complete u i iortmrnt of Saddle*. Harm-**, Collars, Bridle*, of every dK-ri|4ton and quality ; Whip*, and in fart everything to complete a first ■ claa* establishment, bo now offer* at price# I which will uit the time* JACOB DIXGKS. Centre Haft Sliortlidge & Co.. PROPRIETORS OF TJ/K Bellefonte Lime Quarries. iTbe only M unufacturer* of Lime, burnt exclusively with wood, in Central Pennsylvania. DEALER** IX Anthracite Coal, While Lime, Du Poot'a Powder, Sporting and Blasting Powder on hand. Fuse for Blasting, Fire Brick, Ground Fire Clay, Fertilizers, Implement*. janfiO 73 Office acd yard near South end f (be Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Depot. Belt. - fanta. Pa. ianW T3 NEW GOODS ANDNEW PRICES. AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES at the BOSTON BOOT & SHOE STOKE, NO. 5. IHSH'S ARCADE. Price* Less than at any Other Shoe Store in Centre County. Call and See Us ! No. 5, Bush's Arcade, BeUefoiito. July lVtf i _ ;QROCERY STORE Woodring & Co., At the Grocery Store on Alieehenv Street, Bellefonte, Pa , opposite Heifer Bro's inform the public generally, that they have now and keep at sll Cmit one of tne best and largest stock* of Groceries, such a* COFFEE*. TEA. fit GAR, MOLASSAS, Ac., *e„ Ar„ CANNED AND DRIED FRUITS OF ALL KINDS, consisting of canned peachc*, cherric*, uiualoes, plums, green corn, dried apple*, peaches, cherries Ac. In brief they have everything usually **pt in a first claa* Grocery Store. Call in ladies and gentlemen. Our prices are seasonable. We aim tc please. octUtl Stoves! Fire IStov'si AtAudv Reesmau's, Centre Ilall, are latest and best stoves out, be has just received a large lot of Cook Stovcu, the Pioneer Cook, the Eclipse Cook, the Reliance Cook. PARLORS—The Radiant Light, sclf-f, e der, Gas Burner, National Ku. Jewel!, Ac. **-HeselD stoves as LOW as anywhere in Mifflin or Centre co. TIN AND SHEETIRON WAKE STOVE PIPE A SIMM V 1),.. All kinds of repairing done. He I,** alwayson hand Fruit Cans, of all Sixes, BUCKETS, CUPS, DIPPERS, DISHES, AC. All work warranted and charges reason able. A share of the public patronaeo ... |licitod. AND. REKSMAN j 'dsepTOv Centre llkll Gift & Flory's New Shoe .Store ! AT CENTRE HALL. They have now opened, and wili constant ly keep on hand, a splendid tock of new SHOES, GAITERS, & SLIPPERS, for men, women and children, from the best manufactories in tbe country, and now of fered at the i Lowest Prices. BOOTS and SHOES made to order, upon short notice They invite tbe people <>, this vicinity to give theiu a call, us they will strive to merit a share of their pat rontge. mylOtf 11. X. MALLHTKK. JAMES A HKAVKK M'ALLISTER