5
VOL
CENTRE
{ OLD SERIES, XL.
1 NEW SERIES. XIX.
THE CENTRE REPORTER. THE CASE SETTLED.
; | The controversy between the Presi-
FRED. KURTZ, Enrror and Pror's. [dent and the Senate, says the Morning
_. | Patriot, is not afterall without precedent.
[It is true that the subject never eame up
The Penn’a railroad now has the Read- hefore in exactly the same shape, but
ing under its thumb, {the question of the President's right to
———————— {withhold from the Senate a paper, in his
The grand jury of Huntingdon county {possession has been determined by judi
ast week passed a remonstrance against cial powers, as well as by competent le-
the granting of licenses in that county. gal authority.
Greenleaf in his treatise on Evidence,
The Republicaus of Centre Hall seem Section 250-251, says: “Every Depart-
to be sharper than some of the Demo- [ment of the Government has its secrets
cra‘s—they duped the latter into giving {of State which is not merely its right but
lits duty to withhold.” Pending the trial
lof Aaron Burr, the President, Thomas
| Jefferson, was called on to produce a pa-
per in his possession, which he refused
[to surrender. Application was made to
: {Chief-Jastice Marshall for compulsory
who seeks :
process. He refused to issue the pro-
cess and said that “the propriety of with-
holding it must be decided by himself, |
re A essen
them the long term offices.
teste sles. Wp sions
A newspaper clam is a publisher who
works for nothing and pays for the privi-
lege.— Daily Patriot.
And a meaner clam is he
an office and expects the newspaper to
write him up, print his tickets, etc., and |
not want to pay for it.
Sh a ih 4
(not by any other for him,” and added
{“of the weight of the reasons for produc-
ing it he is himself the judge.”
: During the riot bribery trial in this
prevent him removing Republican of 'gtate an effort was made to compel the
fice holders and Democrats pay into Governor to produce before the Grand
the hands of Republicans to give them Jury certain docuthents on file in the
the local offices, then the Republicans Executive Department. The Supreme
would have all. And that's just what o,urt held in an opinion by Judge Gor-
some foolish Democrats are trying todo.!, that the Executive Department is a
You never catch Republicans acting the a dinate branch of the Government,
doughface when it comes to offices. power to judge what should or
tdi should not be done within its own de
The lumber shipments from W illiams- partment, and what of its own commu-
port for the past year amounted to over nications should or should not be kept
200,000 000 feet, the total production for gecret. This cumulation of testimony
the year having been over 225,000,000 that Judge Edmund's partisan bigotry
The total shipments for the year from made an ass of him may account for his
this valley reached about 300,000,000
feet. The stock remaining on hand at
the beginntng of the year was over 175, The boro’ of Centre Hall is without a
000,000 feet. The stock to be put in this Democratic organization, and the offices
winter will not be quite as large as that were handed over to the Republicans by
of last winter, but the outlook for the some dickering Democrats on a silver
platter like the head ofJohn the Baptist.
The Republicans even were given the
long term offices, with the tail end for a
sop to duped Democrats,
—— _.
he Democrats have now a good
buried. The funeral took place on Sat- chance, iu fact the points are in their fa~
urday, and inaccordence with the wishés yor of makiog the Senate. Democratic
of Mrs. Hancock was divested of any phefore the close of President Cleveland's
miitary parade or civic pomp. Theser- yo. if no new states are admitted
vice of the Episcopal church was read oun R. pablican Senators. Senator Mil-
over the body in Trinity church, New 1... of Califoruis, is now lying fatally ill,
York, Satmiday morning, and the re- 5.4 on his desth Governor Stoneman
mains arrived at Norristown, via Phila «ill of course appoint a Democrat to the
delphia, at 3 in the afternoon. A small vacancy, and the Democracy also hold
guard of honor from the garrison at Gov- |, State Legislature. It will thea re
ernor's Island accompanied the re- ,ire but three more seats in the United
nama, States Seuate to make a tie, and but four
{more to give the Democrats a majority.
The strike in the coke regions west of Maboue, who has scted with the Hepub-
the Allegheunies, is pinching the iron fur-| cans, will be displaced by a Daniels, a
aces. The restriction in the production Democrat, in the next Cougress, Upon
of coke, the result of the great strike, it the expiration of Senator Harrison's
is said is causing furnace men to offer term a Democrat will succeed him.
almost any price for that much wanted] A Senator will probably be gained
article. The supply has been almost ex- either in New York, New Jersey or
hausted, and iron men are willing to pay Counnecticat, or it is possible that all
more from the fact that
furnaces cannot be banked at the bave a Damocratic Setintor before Presi
present time without serious loss. 'dent Cleveland goes out of office. Rid-
Some furnaces if banked would be ru- dleberger is very shaky, and is awsitiog
ined, and could not be put in blast again an opportunity to'get even with the Re-
for ess than four months, and the ex- publicans for their shabby treatment of
penses would be considerable. {him recently. He is liable to jump over
linto the Democratic fuid at any time.
{On the other hand the term of Senator
. | Fair, of Nevada, will expire with the
fo have goed of, the Reming, Theo a sh prec Congren, und ste
meeting, a few days ago, tok action de-| Logialature ofthe State is 2ow Kapus
fining the position of the company in ro-} EA: that patty may pe able So gain
lation to the organization of the Phil- [from the Democrats in that direction,
YY / {and thus offset Tosses on the Atlautic
adelphia and HReadiog Railréad Com- | :
pany. The views of the company were Slope. In the meantime the Democrats
tah d {do not propose to throw away any
embodied in the form of a letter ad-| oo ,
2 by admitting Dakota.
|
i
If the Repnblican Senate succeeded in
ite fight against President Cleveland to
iwith
recent indisposition.
a 4 A
lumber trade is regarded as good.
-
General Hancock's body will rest in
his native State and town, in the Norris-
town Cemetery, where his kindred are
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‘The Pennsylvania railroad seems at last
dressed to Messrs, John L. Welsh and is
J. Pierrepons Morgan, and set forth that a
while the i Railroad, as a A DEADLY VENDET
company. would take no part in the! a
transaction of the syndicate, it would | Fou :
extend its aid and co-operation to the Shotgun from Ambush and in the
furtherance of say plan intended to cre-| Dark.
ate more amicable relations among the! Bt, Louis, Mo.,, Feb. 12.—~The recent
competing lines of railway, larrest of Tom Rasseell, ia Carbondale,
syndicate Jackson county, Lil, has revived interest
TA.
Families Exterminated with Rifle and
The Kecord says: The
which i# to effect the reorganization of in thre most bloody vendetta ever fought
the Reading Railroad property is also in this country which resulted in the al
to take under its protecting care the most complete extermination of four
leading anthracite coal companies. The| powerful families. Russel is now held
Reading is also to be a partner in the gi- on two indictments for murder in the
gantic combination, which is to be form-! first degree, which have been pending
ed for the purpose of sustaining prices. ten Years.
An attempt is to be made by the same] Among the prominent farmilies of
parties to maintain prices for soft coal,| farmers living in the western portion of
and to control the shipments from the Williamson county, Il, in 1872, were
Clearfield region. The syndicate is rep- the Russels, Bollioers, Henderson,
resented as having a capital of $50,000,-| Cranes and Sisneys, There were several
000, and is seeking the business of reor- grown davghters in each family, and
ganizing bankrupt railroad properties.|trouble between two of these started the
The syndicate is to be enlarged, so that|feand.
capitalists who have been unable to find] On election day in 1873 the two fami:
as profitable methods for investing their|lies had a pitched battle at Craneville,
money can become partners. A promi-|in which two Bulliners and one Russell
nent railway official stated that the were wounded. Then the friends of the
terms of peace with the Pennsylvania combatants espoused their cause until a
would be at a severe cost to the Reading. half dozen families were involved on
The latter is to be shorn of everything of each side. In December, 1873, oid man
value and made 4 local line, running up |George Bulliner was shot from ambuosh
the Schuylkill valley with a tonn.ge of
and killed while on his way to Carbote
anthracite coal, such as the Penasylva-
dsle, He died calling on his boys to
nia Co. would agree to give it under,
tie sow deal David Bulliner, oie 91 lhe gore ka ne
i
buzgy, )
kitted and his companion dangerously
wounded.
The families wera opposed in this
wise: The Russells, Sisneys, Detmores
aud Hendersons against the Bulliners,
Hiaobeliffes and Rudds. The score at
A TERRIFIC RISE ATHARRISBURG.
The Susquehanna Higher Than For Many
i Years—~Great Damage Done.
Harrisburg, Feb. 13.—The ice on the
fen
| Busquehanna broke this mornipg and in
May, while Joseph Heuderson was
standing on bis own door-step, he was
shot and killed, aud a man named Jacob
Detmore wounded. Two days later Det-
mor was ambushed and killed, thus tie-
ing the score. October 24 Dr. Vincent
Hinchcliffe was shot from bebind apd
killed.
One month later Levidus Rudd receiv-
ed a load of buckshot in the side, In
but recover-d., Augast J he was shot
cember 12, 1874, he was at howe sur-
rounded by bis eight children and a
peighbor named Jumes Hindman, when
crash weot the gluss in the wicdow and
Sirney fell
weeks later John Rossell was killed on
opeped with the Buliinera one ahead,
idge for aid to stop the vendetin.
lies concerned. John Bulliner was rent
of the Cooks, Ccyle and Crane families,
were sent to Joliet for long terms, A
other of the Cranes was hanged.
Russell escaped, but returned a short
time ago and was arrested, Nearly nl
the witnesses against him are dead. The
-
i
At different points
| the ice was piled up thirty feet high, and
{ huge cakes were carried over to the
Pennsylvania Railroad track, a few miles
| below the city, necessitating thestopping
| of all passenger traflic to the East, The
passenger trains were taken by way of
| York, thence to Columbia and points
east, All freight traffic on the Penno'a
| eity, has been suspeoded,
Ai Steelton the tracks of the Pennsyl-
| vania Railroad Co. are torn up, a num-
ber of freight trains remaining where
the ice impeded them, Bo rapidly were
| the mills and iron works filled with wa
ter that it was as much as (he workmen
{ eounid do to escape to high ground
At Middletown, where the tracks of
the Pennsyivanis Railroad run down to
Buck Rock, Falmouth, Colivs Staion,
| Bainbridge, Schock’s Mills and Marieua,
the water bas reached every baildieg and
farm on the low ground, near the bank,
i tearing away long lengths of railroad
track and canal back and sweeping off
with its impetuous rush Inmber pilesand
| other loose property. This is the great.
est rise of water io the Bosquehanoa Riv-
{ er for many years 8od the damage will
| foot np very heavy.
“ .
STEs OF
DREARY WA WATER.
as the result of the fend.
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HORATIO SEYMOUR DEAD,
The Sage of Deerfield Passes Away After a
Brief Hines.
Utica, N. Y., Feb. 12. Gov. Seymour
died this evening at ©55 o'clock.
passed away quietly withdut the slight-
est trace of pain.
bers of the family were snmmoned to the
bedside.
his sister, Mra. Roscoe Conkling, at
whose house he died, wes Dr. Ford bis
nephew and physicians, The doctor was
impressed this morning with the fact
alarming.
ishment, only occasional sips of milk,
and his digestion had completely failad
His mind, though generally strong and
clear, was at times clouded with d
am.
Late this afternoon his temperature
and pulse went up with alarming rapidi-
ty. He failed to recogoize any one at
the bedside, All consciousness was gone,
The doctor says he suffered no pain,
At 8:30 the pulce was very high. Save
for the ashen color of his face the Gov-
ernor looked as if asleep.
At 9:30 there was en iafasion of blood
in the brain, which Dr. Ford said was
the process of death in old age. When
the bands on the clock stood at 9:55 the
Govergor breathed his last,
Mrs, Seymour was so prostrated that
the
room, Those who stood aronud the
death bed were Mra. Coukling, Mrs, Nel.
son, the Governor's wiie’s sister, of
New Braosswick, N. J ; Joon F,SBeymoar,
his brother; Mra. Linckiean, his sister;
Judge Bulger; Horatio Seymour, jr., aud
Harry 8. Milier, ueptiews of the Guy-
eruor; Rev. Coaries H. Gardoer, rector of
the Trinity church of which he wes a
commauuicant, and Dr. Ford and wife, It
is greatiy feared that Mrs, Seymour wiil
nut survive the terrible shock
Guvernor Seymour was born at the
village of Pompey, Ooondaga county, N,
Y., May 31, 1810, 80 be wus jus: com-
pieting hus 67tu year. Having a strong
rugged constitution Mr, Seymour was
abe to endure great puysical and mental
strain that won d vave broken dowa oth-
er wen. lo the course of Liz losg and
eventlful life be ofiea had his powers of
endurance tested to their utmost capaci-
¥.
For nearly thirty years Horatio Sey-
moar occupied a central position in the
Democratic party, Surong, self reliant
aod having ail the aggressiveness and
courage of & leader, he commanded the
respect aud adwiration of his bitterest
form. No mau ia the history of Ameri:
can politics retired to private life after a
long aud uonorable public career more
uviversally respected and beloved by
the people at large than Horatio Beye
mour,
liek
ers
FLOODS IN THE WEST.
Alton, lil, Feb, 13,—A d sastrous flood
is imminent slong the Mississippi. The
river is now almost at flood height, but
is still frozen solid with the ice gorged
in many places clear to the bottom. The
Missouri and many similar streams emp-
tying inte it are reported breaking up
and the same report comes from the
northern part of the state—in respect to
the streams tributary to the Mississippi
and the Illinois. Unless these northern
floods are checked by eold weather until
the present high water in the Mississippi
rans oot, a great flood seems imminent,
The river here rose nine inches last night
and is still rising.”
JUDGE WHITE HONORABLY AC.
QUITIED,
Indiana, Feb. 12. <The matter of the
charges against Judge Harry White, ex
member of Congress from the Twenty:
filth Pennsylvania district, came ap yes-
terday before Jude Williams, of
Eo
o his opin :
said, the nd
{
¥
| Many Cities ond Towns Flooded and Vas
Damage Sustained,
Boston, Feb. 13 —The rainfall
i section is almost unprecedented,
city the fall has been nearly six inches
{in two days, A vast amount of damage
has been done in muvy parts of New
England, and especially to roads and
{ bridges, cansing delays to travel. A:
Foxboro, Mase, the dam st Freeman's
Woolen Mill is gone and the mill has
been swept away. The Union Siuraw
Works are flooded and Canton Brothers
and Bixley's straw works are tottering.
At Canton Kiogsles's Iron Works, the
Wasbiogton Mili and Revere Copper
Company's works are more or leas flood.
ed and in davger of destroction. Oat
ward trfficon the Boston apd Provi-
| dence Railroad is eutirely suspended
owing to the numerous washouts,
Owing to the bursting of the Stony
{ Brook sewer on Clay street, Boston
Highlands, cansed the confinement of
Stony Brook within too narrow limi, a
section of the city, covering an area of |
haif a mile, was overflowed to the depth
of from two ta three fee!, driviog the
residents into the upper s'ories and cans.
ing a loss of some $100,000, At Peabody
i the water is four feet deep on Washing-
| ton street, and the flood isthe worst ever
| known, The loss will reach $50,000,
‘n this
i
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DANGER AT WILLIAMSPORT.
A Fifteen Foot Fioo Lie
Parts of the City.
-
’
" nble to
i le to
|
i
{ en almost continuously for the past 24 |
hours. The tributaries of the Basqae-
| hanna are overflowing, and considerable
| damage has been done,
| has been formed
i
i
in Lycoming creek, |
| Williamsport, and ali the jow country in |
| that region is overflowed,
3
| public road. There is also a gorge on
Larry s Creek, near Jersey Shore,
At the point where the vridge was car-
ried away daring the last big flood a
temporary bridge had been put up, and
it has gone,
>
BLASPHEMER'S TERRI BLE DEATH.
The Leader in a Mock Religious Service
Died a Raving Maniac.
Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 7.—News of a
strange and mysterious occurrance at
Millersburg, Dauphin conuty, has been
received here, On Thursday morning
there was a jovial crowd in a hotel at
that place and while they were imbibing
Samuel Motter entered. Motter was
well known throughoat the country as a
patent medicine peddler and was about
b5 years of age. His wife died in the
almshouse some time ago, and since
then he has been living near this place.
Shortly after Motter entered a discus-
sion on religions subjects arose. The
sacraments of the Lord's Supper was
talked about. Motter became very
earnest in his talk, and finally dared the
men to induige in an imitation of the
Lord's Supper. They agreed to have it
with beer and bread, and accordingly a
glass was fil ed with that beverage. They
then kpelt in mocking humility, and
with the beer in one hand and the bread
in the other Motter went around dis
tributing a bite and a sup to each.
Suddenly, when he was about half
through, a strange noise was heard, and
looking up the men saw a sight that
“made their blood run esld and froze the
marrow in their bones.” As near as the
scared men ceuld describe it, they de-
Saved it bas on neo, in rte: und
oul beast with great cloven feet, nt.
ed horns and eyes that flashed fire. With
wild yells the men rushed out into the
open air and scattered in every direc
on. Finally all of them reached their
homes except Motter, who was away for
a long time, and at last he arrived, a rav-
ing maniac. He was pu and
18
Bh EH TSO Sf ro: sits
86, NO, 7
iscovery of Penn's Valley.
SURVEYS OF 1776—-MANNOR OF
NOTTINGHAM --SURVEYS, 1760.
Among the Potter papers I found, Oc-
tober 3, 1882, a paper in the handwiiting
of William H. Patterson, without date,
Chiel Justi 0
| Tilgham, must have been written rior
| to 1826, which gives the then tradition of
the first entry of the white men into
Penn's Valley. W. H. Patterson was
one of Judge Potter's first clerks at Pot-
ter's Mills,
Alluding to a notice which Mr.
Justice Tal hman, as president
1 »
but from its reference to
¥
Chief
of
i the
ry
Akt
Y,
icultural Society, takes of the valley,
i and prefacing the rcinark by a narrative
of the event
8 which led to the discovery
of Penn's valley would
| says,
| be interesting ho
Captain James Potier wa man
i
Tr
i
i at
na, ain
of strong and penetrating mi
to whom early habits rendered a life «
peril, toil and enterprise fi
ture had given him
lotic frame of
might well give
me.
vii
the frontier, he cor
*a that, incl
whicl
nh
must be a fine country.
dered to Fort Augusta, his
| country t i
to him. Havi
i
vy
0 be discovered again
i
obtained
ad Th
nmamer of 17
| § Freon 5
Dranch, he reac!
Eagle Creek,
Then passing up
»
Peale
where Spring Creek ents
tance of thirty miles, they Lo
mountains, and, having reached the
of Nittany Mountain, Capt. Potts
the prairies and noble
him, cried
st ty b
a Flaw £7
iS 8
ens, Thompson, I have
* 3 i" 1 3 ‘ y +1 ¥ 4
empirg Immediately descend
the i }
i
place which
ain they came 10 a
was in
¥
distinction, now known by
tion of ‘Old }
ters grandoon
“Here the adventurers
es out of pr
avs and as many night
‘ d from adned
OnLy BubD«sisnee,
ing them in ‘he
termined on strik
A
happened
i
the
yet!
ywhned
we Visi
i
i
Fle
{ Cant
FALK
ing th
rough
gusta, and DY
an a creek, A
name of John
little drea: it was
entered the »
of Que, known as Pe
ig the stream,
tune
Creek,
¥
Puarsais
tho
be }
Creek,
Drove 5
i Ns x
ompanion communicated
their discovery, and it so happened that
an Indian Job Chillows y, was at the fort
on their arrival. Learuing i
and
ing that if it must be lost to the Indians
boat
that
goes to Col. Hunter and selis the right
of discovery.
to Philadelphia and »e¢lis his right to
Reuben Haines, In the mean time Capt
Potter hurries to Philadelphia
application to procure warrants.”
On this we remark that it is true that
Captain Potter was on the 2d day of Oec-
tober, 1764, in command of three
panies on the nortiaefn frontiers (Pa
Arcuives, 2d series, volume ii. page 615,)
and
The
nal, page 17, post.
pson alluded w in Fithian's Jour
But we are satisfied
chase of 1760, when Potter was at
ford (Ibid , page 858,) and had been just
promoted captain of Wm. Thompson's
company (Capt. Thompson having re
signed,) an that Caplain Thompson was
his companion. The tradition is that
Haines and Potter compromised, Haines
taking the eastern end of Penn's valley
up. Certain it is thet one of Potter's
first warrants, of Angust 1, 1766, was laid
on the farm of the late Ceneral Goourg
Buchannan's just south of Penn Hall,
That discovery was made in 1759, or
at least before 1764, is decided by the
the manor of Not ingham, west of the
fort, is dated December 16, 1763, and ie
accurately described as near the Ind
path from the head of Penn's Crock
old Frankston.
SURVEYS OF 1766.
All of Penn's valley was within the
purchase of 1758, but it was not until af
ter Col. Henry Bouquet had dictated his
own terms of pea de to the subdued Dela-
wares and Shawanese, on the banks of
Muskingum, on the 14th of November
and Licatenant-Governor John Penn's
proclamation thereof, Dec. 5, 1764. thai
the settlements and improvements were
resumed west of the Susquehanna.
Qu the 5th of Aagust, 1765, the land
offi ‘e was opesed for settled lauds only
on the west side of the river, and on the
firth of August, 1766, it was opened for
lands ou the west side on the same terms
a8 those on the east side. No morethan
800 acres conld be applied for by any
one withont a special order, but 14s ro
striction was evaded by applications in
the names of friends or employees, wl
by deed-p dl subsequently conveyed:
their right to the poreun puyicg the pur.
chase-money, Bayton, Wharton and
M rris, for instance, need the names of
their sailors, stevedores and clerks,
Their instroctions required the depoty
surveyors to survey for the use of the
houorable the proprietaries one-tenth of
all the land surveyed, or B00 out of ev
A —
{valley was the “Manor of Bacecoth”
{made under the direction of Wm, Ma-
{clay, deputy sorveyor, oa 220d day of
{Beptemuber, 1766, described as on the
{bens of Peon’s Creek, above the great
spring aud northwest thereof,
MAXOR OF SUCCOTH.
| Thissurvey calls for su elm which
stoud north 37° wast 60 west from the
mouth of Binking Creck (branch of
Penn's’; theoce north 70 east ¢7 perches
tc W. O; thence north 62 east 360 per-
ches tou B. U; thence souih 503 west 672
perches Lo a poplar; thence sonth 48 east
230 perches to a W._0.; thenee north 53
casi 168 perches to a walou!; thence
south 37 east 92 perches to a W. O;
thence north 53 eust 115 perches to gn
elm: aud contained 820 acres and allow-
avce. The Penus (of whom John lived
until Feb 9, 1705, when he died at the
county seal of Andrew Allen, in Berks
hed the manor until in Janua-
J1, when they bad it divided nto
Lures purpar's. No 1, the western pur-
part, they sold to Ge re Riddles (Gen,
Poiter's sou in-iaw) aud George Woods,
It contained No, 2, ad-
iniug N tuey sold May 18, 1791, to
n Harper. No, 3 was sold by the
uk 10 Archibald Allison, and embra-
by “his de-
MI LLY
y 377¢
PFs Lis
J acres of al
5
21s. 4
if
grendants
MANOR OF NOTTIN
ved under Mr. Maclay's
aus, Bept. £2 and 24, 1766, for the
iaturien He began at 8 white ocak
wich g.00d on the west live of what is
now Bawuvel Vautries’ farm, 1881 {near
ie Potter and Harriz township line,)
i1 esst 254 perches to a
and Ginger
rib 40 east 851 per-
0 a white ouk (about 200 perches
of Od Fort tiotel, 1881); thence
port 41 west 158; theucs south 553 west
the beginning. This
»y acres, and was held
174, wien they dis
into three parts, marked a white
and odd
(next Van-
4, 1784, to
(1
HAM
This was
"
Vaile £ YaLuiries
t
arws); thence no
vy
mapor contained 100
the Penns uti
it
v
bry
vided
for the northwest corner
No. 1, on the west
rise and Gingriob’s
ary
} ACTes
Jane 24, a
'acob Bia and 6) perches;
No 2, Feb. 7, 1794, to Michael, Jack and
oy, 344 ecres and 148 perches;
{ext Odenkirk’s, 1881),
April 16, 1794, to Gerardeos Wyocoop. In
1794 the Sanbury road to Huntingdon
ram: alouy the southeru boundary of the
manor. The manor in 1766 is described
: “wear the ludian path leading
Penu'sUreek to Frauks-
this wanor is whoily within
wusbip, cori peéncing near the
Lo west of the Fort Hotel,
¥
Wm. You
No. o
19
1
o
4
m ihe head
¥
Jp
to Bostsiurg, aod embraces Dr. W. L
Wiison's second farm, Msi. Wm. Peyos
oids, snd all the farms theoce up to sod
The southwest white
| standing,
last survey wade under the pur
afirmed in 17568, was the
and I. Keller's,
valk ix st
rhe
chase of 1704, «
ty Samuel Mach
§ =Car
Lid,
Ay, patented March 9
tw Henry Fails and Fergus Potter,
and
ntre (
Leech’s, eto, Harris towaship.—
n Huet, Ce
-
" A FIEND,
WORK OI
in Resisting His Assouii,
i, =A terrible tale
arson comes
15 miles
John Hoar, a wealthy
morning to
be absent during the day, leaving the
house in charge of his two daughters
Mary, aged 22, and Minnie, aged 17.
Soon afterward the hired man Charles
Jencik, an evil-looking fellow of 22, ap-
| parently of very low intelligence, enter.
ed the house and advanced to the youn
per girl and asked her for a kiss. He
was spurned indignantly and told to
keep his distance, or he would be report
ed on Mr. Hoar's return. He sneeringly
(replied: “You wouldn't tell on me —now
‘would you?” at the same time advanc-
ing and attempted to take hold of her.
oth sisters then joined in resisting the
| young brute, divining his evil intentions
‘and for a time a desperate struggle was
carried on, in which the clothing of the
ng woman was torn to shreds.
Joncik, seeing the brave girls were
{getting the better of him, seized a piece
{of iron pipe lying by and dealt both sis
ors several blows on their heads and
faces, leaving them scuseless and their
wounds streaming with blood, the skull
of the younger being fractured. With.
{ attespting farther outrage he ran to
{the barn and set it on fire. It contained
‘at the time 272 cows, 15 hogs, 1 horse, a
1 et of farming ea and
in
the entire crop of oats, corn and wh
gathered from his extensive farm. Al
these were consumed with the building,
no! a dollar's worth being saved. The
toss 18 fally $156,000.
Jencik ended his work by romni
a Jus ice of the Peace, saying he
murdered two people, and giving himself
up. People from the nearest houses ran
to the Hoar homestead, where the two
iris were found stretched upon the
oor, apparently dead. Later in the af
tornoon thiy recovered consciousness.
Mary, it is thought may recover, but
Minnie’s skull is fractured and she is ex-
pected to die at any momet. Jencik
seems nnconcerned over his awfnl work
and simply says he does not know why
hewset the barn on fire, He will be
lodged in jail there.
LL LY WSDL ASAIN
CUT IN TWAIN BY A BUZZSAW.
: Fast 8t, Louis, 1, Feb, 10.~~Henry
i huelan, a farmer Liviog at Caseyville,
i 5, Sorrible dou shut,
- ' ne m
down on ur COU: covering = buts
saw, which was not running at the time.
ea, SY hi
r : r n
m uty slierwards the : ro
Kisters Join
Akron, Ohio, Feb. 1
of murderous assault and
ir thie hamlet of Northfield,
oi
noria of this city
| farmer, left home yesterday
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ly 4
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