THE CENTRE! REPORTER, a FRED, KURTZ, Eorror and Pror'r TERMS: -One year, $1.50, when paid “in wl vance, Those in arrears subject to previous terms, Advertisements 20 cents per line for 8 inser ons, and 4 cents for each subsequent insertion, Centre Hany, Pa, Taurs, Juoy 12, 1888 THE KEYSTONE STATE. NEWS TOPICS OF LOCAL INTEREST TO PENNSYLVANIANS, Facts and Fancies Gleaned from Many Sources and Boiled Down to Brief Paragraphs for the Benefit of Busy Readers. PITTSBURG, July 7.—A battery of boilers at the tannery of A. & J. Groetzinger, on River avenue, Alleghany City, near Herrd Island, exploded shortly after 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon, wrecking several buildings and seriously injuring six persons, three of whom will probably die. A large number of others, mostly employes, were slightly bruised and cut by being struck by flying debris The cause of the explosion is believed to have been high pressure. A few minutes after 4 o'clock William Wetzell, the engineer, noticed that the pressure was higher than usual, and be started for the furnace to turn down the natural gas. Before he bad time to do so, however, the explosion came, and Wetzell was blown up through the roof of the tannery, and landed in the yard outside One side of the main building, a brick and frame structure, 200 feet long, was blown out, and a portion of the front was badly wrecked. The boiler house, fifty feet long by forty-two wide, built of brick, was totally demolished, and the office, which was situ- ated across the street, was completely sbhak- tered. A heavy double wagon was blown against Wetzell's residence, sixty feet away, and the side of the house crushed in. Pieces of the boiler flew in every direction. Ome section was carried across the Allegheny river. a distance of over 1,000 feet. Another struck the Third ward school house, 1,200 feet away, and tore out one end of the building. A third piece struck a horse and kilied it, and a fourth piece almost cut in two a Grand Rapidsand Indiana railroad freight car that wasstanding on a side track. Fully sixty men were at work in the tan- nery. The building caught fire, but before the flames got much headway they were ex- tinguished. The injured were then taken from wreck and removed to their homes, The boilers that exploded were 26 feet long by 42 inches in diameter. They were made of steel, and have been in use six years, The damage to property by the explosion will not exceed £20,000, Robbed on the Road. Fraxxuiy, Pa, July 7.—J. J. Kilgore, & young farmer living six miles south of bere, on the Pittsburg road, came to town and re- ceived $2,000, the proceeds of a sale of land. After making a few purchases be started for g back with $2,000 in his pocket. ing = hill beyond Sandy Creek st in a lonely spot by four men. bridle of bis horse on each + same instant two others pre wi plate is head Kilgore r order todismount. They relieved him © 1 0 Then he remounted at their mand. “Now, git,” was the final order, “got” in the direction of his b h miles distant. Today Kilgore offered $500 reward for the arrest of the highwaymen. pecs Wi mus toh VOREY. ww promptly threes Another Firm Sigus the Scale. Prrrsavea, July 7.—The list of firms that have signed the Amalgamated scale has been increased by the name of the Lawrence Iron Ironton, 0. The firm employs about 30 workmen, and operations will be resumed at It was reported that the Newport Iron company, of Newport, Ky, had also signed, but no official notification of it has been roosived by the manufacturers or workmen company, of once Confessed to Killing His Roommate, PurLaoenriia, July 7. Thomas Cole, ar- rested for the premeditated murder of his roommate, Walter McAllister, at No. 708 Balter street, has made a full confession Cole says he bad quarreled with MoAllister and blamed him for his discharge from the Pennsylvania railroad. He arose early and pawned his trousers for §1, of which he spent wighty conts for strong drink. Then he took a hatchet and went up stairs to the bed upon which McAllister was still sleeping and cut bis head off. ‘An Entire Village Barned® Warnes Deror, Pa, July 6.—Fire des troyed the village of Glade Run. Nearly every business piace and forty houses were burned. Hundreds of people are left home- Jess. The Warren fire department an swered a call for help, An Aeronaut’'s Eventfal Trip. Laxcaster, Pa, July 9.-The asronaut, John Wise, who made an ascension from Orvisonia Wednesday, has arrived bora He says his balloon ascended to a height of 16. 000 feet, and landed in the Perry county wilderness. His balloon landed in a tree, which had to be cut down to got it. He had to walk soven miles to get a train, Pittsburg Pool Sellers Not Discouraged. Pressure, July 9.-—In compliance with the notification from Chief Brown, of the de partment of public safety, the selling of avo tion pools bias been discontinued at ajl of the pool rooms in the city. The rooms will re main open, however, and bookmaking will be conducted by the proprietors, who claim that their action is not a violation of the Inw, Bloody Clothes in a Floatisg Trunk. Punaoerruia, July 0A small, old fashioned trunk of foreign make was found in the SBchuykill river by two boys out rows ing. The boys turned it over to the polios, who opened it on the wharf. They found in it a quantity of blood stained bed clothing, two blankets, a towel, a quilt, two sheets, 8 bandage and two handkerchiefs, The box was fastened with a wooden peg, was marked “Guttlish Gelwvein, passenger for *Philades phia on board the Bremen.” It bad evi dently been in the water quite a long time, still Another Firm Siges. Pree cno, July 9. The Linden Steal and fron company, at Hazelwood, have with drawn their notice of a 10 per cent. reduc thon in wage and have astachad hits wgna- Gettyshurg in Peace Reunion of Blue and Gray om the Famous Battlefield. THEY MEET AS BROTHERS NOW. Monuments Dedicated in Memory of the Heroes Who Died That Their Country Might Live—An Eloguent Address by George William Curtis, Gerryssvre, Pa., July 4 About fifty ex- ronfederates of Parker's battery ealled on their old general, Longstreet, yesterday, who received them handsomely in an in- formal way. The members of the organiza. tion spent some hours in the Pench Orchard, their command having been the last of Lowe's command to leave that ground to join the retreat The Ninth York volunteer infantry, who are encamped alongside of the reguiars near the Springs hotel, SENN hare won universal a praise for t heir gentlemanly con duet and soldierly bearing. They bave occupied a prominent part in the daily parades, marching through »5~ sun apd dust from# the scene of they” first battle to the 77% cemetery, a di Y tance of twoand a balf miles, and re- turn each day. The band ae panying the Ninth, composed of fiflty-nine pleces of bras and a drum corps of forty, has furnished the mo enjoyable (¢ t. 1 selection of “Dixig" Old Virginia" were The Ninth, in car side of the well d lar infantry, a: and subject of universal and parison by the thousa wls of soldiers an cers who witnessed The artillery just as the shining bayonels o of military fo y in the {i stand on Cemets many old =o stinciively som out the men, run, give it to thew I” On the rostrum were a tinguished persons, most prominent among whom were Gens s, § low, Hunt, Curtin, and ex-Seuator Warne: } Lisutenant Governor Robinson, of York, presided. After a prayer he apolo- gized for the of the Mr. Lathrop, who was detained by illness. Gen Horatio (King, secretary of the Army of the Potomac society, read a portion of I in an effective manner Robinson then William Curtis in a short spee wife credits him as baving train, but which was Robinson was the presiding officer o After paying a graceful tribute to memory of Abraham Li uding % speach at Uellysbarg, io wak bh be said in referring to the southern soldiers: “They, like wea their opponents, are Ameri can citioons, with essentially the same char- and powers; exceplional advan tages on one side are counterbalanced by ex- ceptional advantages on the other; we must make up our minds that man for man the soldier from the south will bea match for the soldier from the north, and vice versa,” Mr. Curtis continued But the occasion has yet another profound interest of sssociation. It was of the 21st asd oth of J 178% at the vote of New Hamp shire and Virginia decided the adoption of the constitution 1 States. This year, almost this very centenary, and no where in the country ootild the gi or gary be celebrated with such perfect propriety as upon the field where, by the majestic decision af forces from which thers 8 60 abpeal, the con stitution was decreed 10 be an imperishable bond of national union and Uberty. For three long, proud, immortal days it raged and swayed. drifting from Semisary Hill far round to Wolf's Hill and Oulp's Hill, then sweep ing back, with desperate fury striking the Peach Orchard, asd dashing with flash and roar upon Little Round Top mand Round Top, raging In Devil's Den, the earth trembliag, the alr quiver. ing. the sky obscured: with shouting charge and rattling volley and thundering cannonade piling the ground with mangled, bleeding blue and gray, the old, the young, but always aad everywhere the devoted no! the brave. Doubtful the battle hang and passed. Then a formidable bolt of war was forged on you wooded beight, and launched with withering blasts en i roar of fire again the foo. It was a living bolt, and sped as if resistioss. It reached and touched the Bamiog lime of the embaitied bLiue It plerced the line For one brief mo ment In the sharp agony of mortal strife it held its own It was the supreme moment of the peril of ihe Union. It was the heroic erisis of the war. But the flary foros was spent ia one last, wild, to multaous struggle brave men dashed beadlong against en of brave, and the next moment that awful bolt of daring courage was Bo oMio INFANTRY, melted in the fervent beat of an equal valor, aad the battle of Geltys- burg was fought. I the rising sun of the Fol™th of July, 1868, desola Ok i ” ROBINSON, GEN. atures of the encampme and “C Vigo arry Me B hed and on the march, along. od and disciplined regu USN appin CAYRIrY, Was Lhe f COI i ofl @ parade, from C« of th dd battle cries 31 3 ~ fall in ar, number Longstrest SEER Ie, and Gordon alsence poet, On ren, introduced Georg bh, which his written on the received {ion { the day, well the neolin to his fam: acterist id day, is its THE NEWS IN BRIEF. A SS HI Oriaes, Casualties aud Important Events in Short Paragraphs Ellicott City, Md., was almost entirely de stroyed by a Fourth of July fire, Professor Del Davis, aline Wilson, fell from a balloon at Willimantic, Conn., and was soriously injured. Galon A. Weed, one of the proprictors of The Byracuse Bunday Times, had his right eye turn from ite socket and his right cheek terribly injured by a premature explosion of fireworks, The Grant memorial window presented to the Mothodist Episcopal church at Long Branch, was dedicated, William Stiner, a butcher, and his son were drowned at Paterson, N. J. Mrs. Martha I. Logan, of Brooklyn, was drowned in a bathtub at Ocean Grove. John L. Sullivan took a sheriff who was trying to serve an attachment on his circus at Norwich, Conn., by the collar and gently swung him about ten feet. He did not serve the attachment, The free library given by George W. Van- derbilt to the city of New York has been opened to the publie. The sixth session of the Music Teachers National Association is in session at Chicago. A well curb to which a hammock had been fastened, in Nyack, N. Y,, fell over, in stant y killing 9 year-old Lillie Toppin, who was swinging in the hammock. Erastus Bremer, a half witted young fel low, living in Hohokus, N. J,, fired at Will fam Lewis, a telegraph operator, whom he thought was robbing him of his sweetheart Failing in his aim, be shot himself dead Eight families have been rendered home less by a fire four miles above lurlington, N. J., at a place called Knickerbocker How, The proposed new bridge over the Hudson at ‘New York, sto have a landing in the central part of the city, near Fourteenth street. It will be the largest in the world, its central span being 2,550 feet, and will cost £16,000,000, The Prohibitionists are preparing a mon ster ratification meeting, to be held in Chi cago July 13 isk, candidate for presi dent, and John A. Brooks, candidats for vice president, are expected to be present and minke addresses Gon. ¥ Senator Voorhees has introduced a bill in the senate to pay Dr. Bliss’ bill of $10,306 for attendanes on the late President Garfield From Japan comes the h steamer Egria will survey a track 360 wide in the Pacific for a oable from Australian to British Columbia via Japan report that the A syndicate of Australian capitalists have formed a company, with a capital of §5,000. 0, with beadgarters at Melbourne, and will rohase 550,000 acres of timber lands in that country. Mra Joshua Hodgkins was fatally bn at Deer Lake Mich, rescue a servant from a burning building ironed while atlemp The Beer Browers' union of Cincinnati has rescinded the order declaring off the laew ors’ strike. The Fom Bchnelder Brewing company, one of the largest in Ohio, has Jef the pool The funeral of Edward Hubbell, the New Haven fireman who was killed at 8 Fourth of J fire, was held Sunday, and JU'y the largest aver known was in that city. A fund of $500 bas been raised for his family Many shops in the market place in Athons were burned, involving a loss of $750,000 A bay shed at the stock yards, Cincinnati, was bsuned. Loss, $10.000 Mr Stilson Hutchins bas retired from the editorship of The Washington Fost and Mr. William Henry Bwmith, of New York, bas assumed control. The cruiser Charleston will at San Francisco on July 15 A 8 bill, fnckesd in an envelope on which was undecipberable postmark, has been received at the treasury depart ment. It was placed to the credit of the conscience {un East bound freight rates from bave dropped another notoh, Walter be launched Ba Chicago Bixty ladies and gentlemen from Benton Harbor, Mich. Harrison at his home in Indianapolis. He received them with an appropriate speech. Among the visitors was Gen. Lucius Fairchild, late com manderdn-chiefl of the G. A R eadled on Gen TRADE BULLETIN, New York Money and Frodace Market Quotations, EB Xaw Youx, July Money closed at ig per cent, The lowest rate was | per cent. Exchange closed steady: posted rates, CN WWOA SH: actual rates, 4T@ANY for 8 days and LENGE 4 BSN for demand. Governments closed steady; our rency Gs, 119 bid; 4 coup. 18% bid; digs, do, 10734 bid Pacific rafiroad bonds closed as follows: Union firsta, 11545116; Union land grants, 1088108; Union sinking funds, 1208122; Centrale, 1188118 The stock market this morning was dull, while prices were very irregular, fluctuating frequently over snarrow range. The features of the deal ings were Reading and St Paul The transac tions in them aggregated 8 por cent. of the whole morning's business. Western Union, Northern Pacific and Missouri Pacific were the next most active stocks. There was no news of impor asoe during the forenoon. At midday, with the excep thane of St. Paul and Louluville and Nashville, prices were 14 to 34 per cent below the closing figures of Saturday. The two stocks named were i and M4 per cent. higher, respectively. The market was extremely dull during the afternona and prices were weak, gradoslly declining to the close of business, when the bottom figures were current. The weakest stocks were Rook Island, Burlington and Quiney, St. Paul, Lake Shore, Reading and Louisville and Nashville. The de cline ranged from 3g to 135 per cenl. There was no feature of interest in connection with the after: poon's trading. The sales for the day amounted to 118,708 shares. = General Markets. New Yong, July 8 FLOUR-Closed steady and slightly higher: winler wheat extra, $2.70080 10) Minnesota do., $2. 75605. 10; city mill extra, $4 30@ 460: Olio extra, $2755. Southern flour closed dull: common to choloe extra, $3.80005 WHEAT Options were moderately active and frregular. The changes were slight, however, and the market closed weak at J Mo. devine, Spot Jota closed dull and unchusged. Spot sales of No. 1 red state at Me; No 2 do. 90 $il4e.: No. 2 red winter, Vie. ungraded rod, Sag oe: No ¢ red winter, July, 9g 5.100; do, Aug. $30.1 do., Bept., Wide. - COURS «Options were fairly solive and firm, closing at a slight advance. Spot lois closed steady. Spot sales of No. 2 mixed at 50850: un graded do., S4igble.; No. 2 mized, Aug, NG 57840. do., Sept, beige. ; do. Oct, W640. OATS Options were moderately active and cloned onxy at a slight advance for the day, Spot lots closed firm and go. higher. sales of No. 1 white state at i No. 2 do, 41750. ; Ko. § mized, Aug. $40. do., Sept, 5084 @MNne. RY £--Dull and unchanged PORK Firm, but quiet; 1-year-old mess, $140 14.88, . A un and depressed; cash, $8.55; BUTTER Fem or sativa state, ; western, ' Wate, a BORE es one and In better demand; near hand sate, | western, 18)4@ 19. ; Cane G OPENIN (Goods! == New Styles! Our New Stock of Goods for Spring New and Summer Wear is being unpacked and contains many new designs, patterns and styles. I ARPER 8 EREAIMEIR, Centre Flall. cCORMICK BBOS RET CORMICK BuO M M DEALER -- FURNITURE -:- Bed Room Suits, Parlor Suits, Side Boards, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, -y Mp 3 nodoer Ln Ee wr 1d talking a Spe EE the wy - N.H. Downs’ i a positive cure for Cough Hoars eurisy hh, Catarrh, 5, Influenza, Spitting Blood, Bronel 1 ' | diseases of thi 8 BO 04 onsumption ha the ulcerated surf constant use h sold everywhere. j Lr) il aia Dr. Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters : a sure cure for C« susness, Dy ¢ EI VOess, of the Kidneys, Torpid 14 Jaundi % nurifv the blo er hattd Yay 1 1 y they puniy sae . id r bottle, For if ail AICTE ID No cine, lenry, Johnson & Lord, Proprictors, Barlington, VL ii Henry, Johnson & Lord, Proprietors of w » . r Arnica and Oil Liniment ror xa best external remedy for Eb Neuralgia, Sciatica, Backache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and al umatism, Cramps, Bums and Scalds, and As hes, SOres, &« It is a safe, sure, and effectual Remed) Galls, Strains, Ser on Horses. One trial cases instantand and 50 cts. per bu eff will prove its merits. It ects are 11 ous. Every bottle warranted to give satisfaction. Price 20 #41 X : ttle. Sold everywhere. Forsale by J. D. Murray and W. H, Bartholomew SERIE ET Boats ARBRE £. a 1] 8 for Infants and Children. “Castoria «so well adapted to children © { recommend it as superior to any pros pion Known Lo me. ILA Ancuza, 3D. 111 So. Qxiord 84, Brooliys, BN. % Castoria Soar Bits W pration Withous nlurious medication, Tus Cuwrata Courany, ERA TY ET RR bi ONE RT wl The above engine for sale by BUCKEYE IMPLEMENT AGENCY, Reperssurc, Pa. We also handle all kinds of Farm Implements, and can givea better bargain than else- where. Call on or address CS. MM. GG RAMILLETY, i HATO oller fo scoot mt ote A Lily HE ATIC COUNTY COMM fogepx te A i Go Burnsids Celle 5000 Book Agents wanted to sell THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF i i i «y e Brel 2 rr aont 2 adh dd UA With ber = i 2,000,000 acres £ { lands, dln {| easy Terms | addrene. J. 5 iC BH, Warren, G¢ evi Passoriger "wae Payl, Minn AN iTh o Ask for Book H Bara * Agent fA 3 prsee tamediy Wasnex, Passetger A 5 t al, no. Of Wanugs, Gener 4 Broadway, New York Beud fur new may - oe! 57 of Northwest. GO WEST. i.» 3 Stock 1 1 ’ AND EXPENSES P . Chase Brothers Company, od J SALARY fone, Mating spe for to this paper.) i} ROCHESTER, N.Y. GOING WEN] The genera | taken 14 Hin {vdian Res read nunitser « jt gone 1n mineral and Phat wanise'n CHIRON a ee 5 sen. 3 Ass gen (3d ie Min eas 2 & amkes if onntry (area Mani! ba exp “an atid larg Gx ise 0 ferely d ulvediv res ti ris follnaie ge. J Ax. N LE: ® ‘0 ALT iZEL POON EER 1 wiring Mis © Has hal Terms teen er of 18 vere able: sai fo eX owl faction pitera GO WEST. No portion of the Ul died States to day offers as man: opportunites for wm Keg money #8 oon be found a Great Falls, Mant, aod on the Sesenvi bu Just opca ed fn business, mining, stow raising or farming. Rates, wap parocniare wil re farnabed by 0 HL Waren, Gon Woodland oo J, jost from the mines aver no ender or gap st bie Contre Hall Thee mill Best foel for summer, 4 YYIDE HIDES) - i
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