THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED. KURTZ, Eprron and Prov TERMS; —One year, 81.50, when ance. Those In arrears subject to erms, Advertisements 20 cents per line for § insor ons. and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion gid In previo Cente Harn, Pa, Taurs, Dro. | THE KEYSTONE STATE. NEWS TOPICS OF LOCAL INTEREST TO PENNSYLVANIANS, from Many Brief Busy Facts and Fancles Gleaned Bolled Paragraphs for the Readers. Down to Benefit of Bources and PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6. —Charley Mitchell has had an operation performed on his left hand by Dr. Dougherty at Atlantic City, and will remain there for a week. In his fight in France with Sullivan the third and fourth knuckles were knocked out of place, and it was found that the hand would never be strong until the bones were returned to their proper places; so it was decided to loosen up the tissues and free certain nerves, which were bound down by osseous sub stances, Federation of Rallway Men Froposed, PrrrssuRa, Dec. 7.—A movement is on foot to organize a federation of railroad em- ployes in the United States, and a meeting looking to that end will be held in this city early in January. The union will embrace the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers, Firemen, Brakemen, Switchmen and Yard- men, and it is claimed will have a member- ship of 100,000, Conducto ot included. Charged with a Veteran's Marder. Wavyessung, Pa, Dec 7. Mason and his sons, Emory and Jesse, col men, were arrested for the murder of Corp. EY, John, asveteran of the late war John's body was found in a creek, and the case was first supposed to be one of suicide. The post mortem examination, however, revealad a fracture of the skull, and there is no doubt but that he was murdered. A Difference in Administration. Prrrsevre, Pa, Dec. 6.—The American Federation of Labor, whic has three times as many members as the Knights of Labor, will meet in annual convention at Bt Louis next Tuesday. It is v the larg est and most powerful orga United States It has 650.000, which is still g Knights of Labor have but and from present reports, the recs i of the miners and others, it is growing less The chief of the American Federation drawsa salary of £1, | Master Workman Powderly drew £5,000 salary and the order expended last year nearly $250,000, The American Federation spent about $6,000, I's 8" I {24% Re h now S00 EK, Xl ay while Gene A Millionaire Ran the Engine, Lenaxox, Pa. Dec 7.~Robert H. Coleman, the millionaire owner of the Cornwall ore mines, who is an expert mech anic, ran the 11 o'clock train on the Lebanon Valley railre i” from this city to Harrisburg. He did it fo the purpose of making a test for a spark ar rester of which he is the inventor. He handled the throttle with skill, and the sight of a millionaire engineer attracted a great deal of attention to the train, Pennsylvania Postoffice Candidates. Pirrrssvre, Dec. 8. ~The Times prints re ports from correspon lents in twenty-four western counties in Pe ¥ , Biving the number of HRepubiic who wil become candidates for under President Harrison. teen ired and candidates are reported by ents, being an average of seven postoffice, She Paid Her Bet. Canvisie, Pa, Dec 8.—A novel wedding took place at the residence of Maj Jacob Bretz. The contracting parties were Mr, Joseph H. Kinter, a school teacher of Dills- burg, York county, and Miss Mary E. Bran- nan, a niece of Maj Breta The marriage was to satisfy an election bet. The groom is a Republican and the bride a Democrat, and the conditions were that if Harrison was slected the wedding should be solemnized just one month after election, and the bride must procure the marriage license and de fray all current expenses. She carried out her part, went to the clerk's office, procured the papers, and was married in the presence of a large assembly of friends Now It Is a Salt Trust. Prrrssune, Dec. 8-—-The Pittsburg Salt company has succeeded in leasing all the local territory and the entire salt yielding ground of the state of Ohio. It fs believed that this will bave the effect of causing Gal- lipolis (0) companies to sue for admission into the Pittsburg syndicate, and that they will be followed by Michigan and New York concerns If this idea is realized the result will be that the salt industry of the country will be controlled by one parent company. eighty-six spond. for each AX} OOIT Sings in His Sleep. Prrrapuona, Dee. 10, Robert Chessman, of Etna, is suffering from an affection of the heart, complicated by the impairment of his bronchial tubes. This latter affection neces. gitatss that he shall exercise his vocal powers constantly, whether sleeping or waking Visitors to the town, in passing the Chess man hotse late at night, are surprised to hear musical notes coming from the room of the sleeping singer. He has sung three or four different airs nightly for several years, Binging is the only specific which prevents him from suffering while asleep. A Well of Refined O14), Prrrssura, Dec. 5.—-On the Summerville farm, three miles north of Brady's Bend, there is an oil well which is a curiosity from the fact that its product has been refined by nature, and as a consequence its owner, Mr, Bummerville, sells the oil to consumers direct, The neighbors burn it in their lmnps without its having gone through any process Ex. perts say that natural gas aids in the refining process. There Is a gas well alongside of the oll well, Theagns foroes the erade petroleum through sand and gravel in some manner unknown, and in that way it is cleared of refuse matter, nnd made suitable for illumi nating purposes, Grees Ror, Pa, Dec. 5.-—There is in tense excitement in Wayne county over the reported discovery of oil in several townships, In Paupack the ” people have raised $6,000, and are going to begin boring as soon ne the pecessary machinery can be procured. In Bethany the people are intensely wrought up, and where they haven't the ready money Shey are mortgaging their farme and homes in order to raise it, The Last ut Bosinty Certificate. Prrvsuuvna, Dec. 6.-Alleghony county has just paid the last outstanding credit cortill. cate of 860, being the bounty given to vol unteers in 1862 by the county to preclude the v of a draft to complete the quota of men required by the government, The total fesue amounted to $116,900. & GUARDED BY MILITARY. Birmingham (Ala) Practically Under Martial Law. LYNCHERS KILLED, WOULD-BE An Attempt to Capture an Alleged Mur derer Is Met by Determined Resistance, Nine Men Killed and Many Wounded by a Volley from the Guards. Brayinouax, Ala, Dec. i0—A crowd which had been collecting on the streets for soveral hours Saturday right advanced on the county jail at midnight, with the inten- tion of lynching R. B. Hawes, charged with the murder of his wife and child. Many of the best citizens tried to reason with the crowd and prevent trouble, and some have lost their lives in this attempt. When the jail was reached there were not Jess than 8,000 in the uncontrollable mob, If lacked a leader, however, and each man seemed impressed by his own desire for re- Voenge Sheriff Smith had anticipated an attack, and made preparations accordingly. He swore in 300 special officers and distributed them about the jail. He had secured a sup- ply of rifles previously, and issued them, with six rounds of cartridges each, to the specials ‘The mob debated long and talked excitedly before the attack was made. A peremptory demand was made on Sheriff Smith for the surrender iis prisoner and was ignored. Col. Throckmorton, postmaster, jumped on a barrel standing on the curb and addressed He counseled peace and advised y (isperse ent at the refusal and unmindful of of those who urged that the : to deal with the murderer, fe a rush toward the jail. With and curses they demanded the awes and announced thelr de break down the doors if their ymplied with, The sheriff mob rushed toward are not refused, and again the the jail When within order was giv a fow feet of the edifice the en the guards to fire, From every window flashed a rifle, and simultane ously forty or more of them were dis charged The mob wavered and fell back The groans of the wounded and cries of hor ror from those alongside the dead and dying paralyzed them. The rush on the jail ceased, the mob retreated and again returnsd, but this time with the purpose of carrying off the dead and wounded When order had been restored and the mob separated it was found that the follow. killed by the valley: A. D. Ider, Charles Jeukins ay, ‘cibert Smith {colored}, M. B. Throckmorton, post — Branden, snd an un. re wounded by the discharge, en named below are believed njuries, viz: Laurence Fits ley, of Boston: A. J. lay, Charles Balley, of Bir Merritt, Matt Kennedy, J. Gilmore, W, A Bird W, Behlid ¥ mingham T Owen, Reichman The mob then dispersed, and preparations for more strougly guarding the jall were made in response to the governor's orders the military companies were placed under con- trol of the sheriff. In addition to the mili- tary, 100 armed policemen formed a cordon, through which it would be almost impossible r was comparatively quiet yestor- 3 ough the streets were crowded with excited people. One man tried to break through the lines, but a detachment of troops with a Gatling gun rushed to the place, pre pared to onslaught from the moh, During the day a warrant was issued for the arrest of Sheriff Smith, charging him with murder There are rumors that another attack will be mails on the jail, but no one secns willing to take the initiative. The city is prectically upder martial law, and this deters many from resorting to violence, Hawes, in speaking of the affair to a re porter, said This is terrible | am con fined in this coli, charged with murdering my wife and « sn. Why should I kill them! I loved tl leariy.” He said be wished be could go to the side of his wife, and then that he and his son might both die At mide the crowds grew thinver on the st fot , , although there is fear of further trtuble, and the belief & growing that the mob is perfecting an organization. Soldiers from Montgomery and other points are arriv- ing here, amd the city is guarded by a strong military force. Nine companies, fully armed and equipped, are patroiing the streets in response to an order from the governor, meet any A Boy with a Big Head, Trrvsvinre, Pa, Dec. 11 -—Living on a farm near Cherrytree, six miles from here, is Ralph Alcorn, a boy 13 years old, who bas the largest head for his years on record in this state, Three years ago his measure ment was for an 8) hat Two years later his head had grown 10 require an 815. Last season an 5% dicer was ordered for him, while this week 85% was the sim required The boy is very bright aad quick witted, has a wonderful por, good looking, well built, weighs 108 pounds and, though it is very large, his head i regular in sbape and perfectly formed, In playing he is obliged to abstain from running, for, as he says, he is Halle to bevome overbalanced and to fall The physicians say that in the end he will experience no inconvenience from his big head, as the body will in tims catch up with the head and thus even matlers, A Cyclones Coming Nerth. New York, Dec. 11. —8ergt. Dunn, of the weather bureau in this city, stated yesterday that thers was a cyclone in the of the Gulf Bream, and thai it was gradu. ally working ite way northward Atlantic const. He also vouchsafed formation that it would be hazardous for vessels destined for southern vorts to start out foday unless they were of the stanchest got as far north as the latitude of us Gato. linas, and was following the track 2 the Gulf Stream. Cautionary signals are Sluyed Slane the coat ea Tar oben ws Caries: New Youx, Dec. il. —Hon Carl Bohurz waa welcomed home and dined at the Lotos man- American citizens, including William Steinway, Henry Villard, Jesse Horman Oelrichs and Joseph Kepler, The German minister, German consul general and German consul were also present. os A AA A Voloano in Dakota. Yanxron, D. T., Dec. ILA veritable voloane, ejecting fire, ashes and lave, has burst out with activity at Charles, Mix county, within « few miles of Hot Springs, which discharges into the Missouri river near Vort-Randall, LUCY PARSONS HOME AGAIN, The Anarchist’s Widow Is FEagaged te Marry nn Socialist Editor, New York, Dec. 11. ~Mrs Lucy A. Par sons, the female Anarchist agitator, arrived here in the Cunard steamer Auranin yester- day afternoon, Only a few of her intimate friends met her at the steamer’s dock, After she bad landed she went to the residence of August Schlag, a saloon keeper at 216 East Fifth street, where she will make her home during her stay in this city, For several months past Mrs, Parsons has been in Great Britain lecturing on anarchy and labor gues tionk Mrs. Parsons is almost as dark as a negress and is the widow of A. R. Parsons, one of the anarchists who met death on the gal lows with the four other Anarchists in Chicago, Nov. 11, of last year. The men were oon demmed to death for being implicat- = ed in the Haymar- ket massacre in that city. Mrs. Parsons is in appearance a d ey idedly prepos- sessing and intel ligent looking woman. She has very large, black, expres sive eyes, and her features lack coarseness Bhe dresses plainly and without ostentation, and displays strong conversational powers when she talks. She has been well educated, and {= conversant with the politics of nearly every country on the globe, Mrs. Parsons is soon to marry again, and with not a few blushes she admitted the fact last night. It was suggested to her that she had made an engagement while abroad other than an engagement to lecture “To what do you refer!” ssked Mrs Par sons, as she looked up with a twinkle in her aye. “It is sald you bave contracted to termi pate your widowhood,” was the reply “Where did you get hold of that? won't deny it” “And your future husband © “Is a gentleman named Hernsteln, the adi tor of The German Social Democrat, of Zur. ich, Switzerland. The paper Is really pub- lished in London, where Mr. Bernstein lives and where | met him. No, I cannot tell you where the marriage is to take place. All the arrangements have no —— st made yet.” Tah a Re MES. PARSONS, Well, 1 ALL READY FOR ‘WAR, The Galena Walting for the Ward Go and Others Prepared to Fellow, New Yorg, Dec. 11. —The corvette Galena les with slips on her hawsers at the Cob dock at the Brooklyn navy yard, all her boats are on their davits and she is ready for wen. Yesterday afternoon Commander Sumner received his sailing orders from Washington, and it is therefore q uite Jikely that the Ga lena will start for Haytl to-day Orders were sued yesterday to further leave to any of the The Yantic will be ready for sea Uy Thurs day, and it Is quits probable that she will follow the Galena to Port au Prince Other vessels are arriving at the navy yard, and the Atlanta and Chicago are also bedag armed and mane The paw steel cruiser Chicago now lies close to the Galena, and a crowd of men wore putting her hig steel guns on board The opinion i held by many in naval circles that by the time the expedition reaches Hayti it will be found that the seized stesaner bas been burned It is therefore quite likely that the sealed orders suis to Ad miral Luce relate to this contingency, If the vessel bas been scuttled the admiral bas in structions to settle the question in accord ance with his own ideas He will simply bBave to appraise the value of the destroyed property and demand refimbursement. Then, i they refuse to comply, he has instructions, it Is understond, to bombard the town, It spemis not unlikely that the Haytians ray be treated to a taste of Bismarckian diplomacy uoless they conclude to seitic a claim for damages presented by the ecaplain of a German steamer. A prominent shipping house in this city received a letter on Satur day dated Port au Prince, Nov. 28, in which the writer, a captain of one of its vessels says: “A German steamer has just arrived bare, and | hear that she had a ooilison off St Mare with a Haytlan gunboat, due tothe ewkward seamanship of the latter's crew Sbe had a bole punched in ber bow and ber forward compartment wis filled with wader, She steamed into the harbor very much by the head, and was run aground to prevent ber from sinking. grant no Crew, TRAGEDY AT A PRAYER MEETING. A Drunken Desperado Shoots One Man and Fatally Stabs Another, Larrie Rook, Ark, Dec 10 — Particulars of a sensational affray in Chickasaw ndtion have just been received On Friday last, while prayer mosting was in progress at the hogse of a farmer residing thirty miles be youd the capital, Tishomingo, a white man pamed McDonald created a disturbance, fir ing his pistol into the bouss. MeDonald, who is a stockman, bad been drinking, and bad sot out to kill a former partner named Baird, whom he accused of cheating him ina trade. When the congregation attempted to escape from the building McDonald swore be would kill the person who first attempted to get out. A young man gob out at a window, and was shot. Before Me Donald could level Lis revolver again a shawl was thrown over his head by Teegue, an Indian, who at to tie him. McDonald violently re sisted, and tied to shoot Teegue, The men struggled together for nearly half an hour, when McDonald got a knife, which be carried abont him, cut the shawl and stabbed Teegue in the arm, inflicting a terri ble wound, Teegue struck hitn over the bead with a pistol and both sank to the I. McDonald recovered and plunged |, the knife twice into the Indian, when by- stunders interfered and the wen were carried home, McDonald's skull was fractured, and FIRE IN NORTH RIVER. Pullman Conches Burned, New York, Dec, 8.—The ferryboat Mary. land, of the New York and New Haven rail road, which conveys cars by water to other rallronds, was burned to the water's edge in the Harlem river after midnight, together with two Pullman cars, two ordinary coaches and an “accommodation car.” ours at the time of the fire, but rescued, as woll as the boat and train hands, without mishap by the tugboat, The excitement among the passengers was intense, and the officers of the boat and the railroad men had great difficulty in quieting them. The rescuing tugboat had to run up to the rear of the ferryboat and receive the passengers from the stern, The burning heat made a grand but fright- ful scene. The woodwork burned like tinder, and the heavy Pullman cars, with their deep cushions and bedding, sent up dense volumes of black smoke fire, The Harlem river was eye could reach, and the whole neighborhood of houses was lit ‘up. The loss will mount up into the hundpeds of thousands of dollars. THEY ROBBED THE SHERIFF. He Was Pursuing Burglars, They Took His Wenlth and Dlutinued Their Flight, Itaaca, N. Y, Dee. 11L.—A gang of five well dressed CH Sibvoeed to be escaped convicts, committed several bold burg) aries and bave led an exiting chase to officers and citizens. They robbed depots at Farmer Vil lage and Covert on Bunday night, and took depot, Mr Pease, tha owner, found them aslonp on his hay maw, and went for help. The burglars skipped dering his absence, With a dozen armed neighbors Pease gave chase The gang was pat encountered by U Sherif Bouton apd a companion tramps got the dro Bp on him and made him hold up yi bands yhile they went thre his pockets, Sherif Fo ett and an of next sighted the pang, and hid in an am. bush, but the thieves passed by on the other side, saving the ed sheriff to his chagrin A band of farmers from U thieves 80 hot a £m their overcoats a sheriff's posse, city, and 8 ban A description « been wired in all dbections Iynesses gave t that the LiSOaras They are yet at large, bu a prty of citizens from this i of Sarmers are after them MARTHA JORNSON ON TRIAL. Her Husband Wet 5% ot in Bed and Died Alter Jong Agony. Rocky Martha band, last April, was at Tolland, be! was Smpaptied, Counsel for the reorgs KR Ul Andrews endeavor to prove The particulars lows in the 1 awoke at m lower part of 3 = bed saturated w {tf lood, and his Exmmination showd that he was shot spine, Lhe pistol ha the bedclothon Johnson, wh sheriff, to ber Johns i helplessness unt y wasiouod and searched by the Ig Aovoiver in s bag attached person, Si one chamber lingered (nn : il & Y. » reves) The Jadger Case. New Youx, Deg IL ~The papers conse of Addie Staton. Ells Hanus ward Meredith afl Henry Hermann, whe tried to work the Be Ager game on Phil Daly, the gambler, at the district at torney's offi . yor stgday. The ted 20 the grand jay, and an ind an attempt at roblery in the fire « asmmunit in the Ore degree will t oad Meredith opposred wiore Judge the supreine cour) chan hear whether his plicatio babens corpus wold be granted wrangle between th lawyers the journed the case u 33 to-day wore poejved ¥ were subanit Andrews, ig sheers, yale ny £4 mn for a writ of After a judge ad Injaredin “ Collision. Husrixooos, P4, Dec. 11 curred on the Duds branch ingdon and Broadop more than a dozen preons were seriously in jured. A passengd car was occupying th main track at Calmont station, when an engine and two loagd coal cars came down the heavy grade ap crashed into the pas senger car. All of the occupants were more or leas seriously infiredd Those most seri ously hurt are: Allen Black, John Dougherty, John Bllinger, Ed. ¥. Gould, Misson Lizzie and ) Laster, all of Dudley “ation : A collison oo of the Hunt wa dn A Queer Booting Alfray. Dayrox, OQ, I L-Tim Thomas and Harm Hendrickson (colored), engaged in a ght in a Market ptreet dive. They were tout on the sidiwalk. As Officer John mpmon attempted to arrest them Thomas ad Hendrickson julled their revolvers i horuas was fatally - in the stomach, but managed to shoot Bliceman Thompson in the right wm. Thi fired the policeman’ revolver and the hallstruck Mike Schasffer, a man who dood ome yards distaat holding his horse, in the By near the hip. The offices is badly hurt, Scoaeler is in a bad con dition, Killed by in Exploding Holler, Teownrivoe, B., Dee, 11 A terrific ex plosion occtirredisere in Strohl & Haman'y food mill As th mill was about to start ug y ped up and turned on the wiler exploded, killing him a customer, who was stands | g to get some feed ground. | one boy were badly in | boy slightly. Everything oopt the grinder. The ex: w stack and outbuildings ° pt assistance of the peo. | ple of the town fhvented their destruction. | Capture o Desperate Robber. Torexa, Kan, Dec. 11. Hugh Harper, a desperado, en for change, and Yhen be opened the ossh drawer presented | him hand over all le monay in it, about $65, | Harper flad on a the sheriff and the ball shattering in log. He was captured | and taken to Nes ty. i if tant use hia Blood i, Chest Catarrh, Hourse- aang { g Fever, Vleurisy, and is, Asthma, torant it has no equal, It heals Liinely use, Lis nry, | keep it in the house, , Proprie tors, Burl ston, Vt +h best and and Ladies purify the blood. external remedy and Scalds, + On Horses instantaneous, ¥ for “an Py { od other rice 45 Henry, J« Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Diseases of the Being tonic in medi fas kacl ¥yqe me trial will Beast. The Neuralgia, Cran Bruises, other Pains Strains, Seratehes, t effects are in most : 25 cla. its merits, action. 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