¥ THE CENTRE REPORTEX FRED, KURTZ, E Eprror and Prov mr TERMS: One year, $1.50, when mnoe. Those in arrears subject erms. Advertisements 29 conts per ons.and & conts f6r cach subseq paid in ad {io previo A ———————————— es SB AN. oO. 1884H Cextee Harr, Pa, Turrs J STATE. NEWS TOPICS OF LOCAL INTEREST TO PENNSYLVANIANS, THE KEYSTONE Facts and ¥Fancles Gleaned from Sources and Boiled Paragraphs Many Brief of Busy Down Benefit to for the Beaders. Beraxrox, Pa, Dec. 29. —The miners em ployed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company and the Pennsylvania Coal company met here to demand a redue tion from $3 to 82 per keg in the price charged them for mining powder at the com pany's stores. A committee waited upon the general coal agent of the Delaware, Lacka wanna and Western company, who informed them that the price could not be reduced at present. He was then asked if the miners would be permitted to buy powder where they could secure it cheaper. He objected to this ov the ground that the powder furnished by outside parties was of an inferior quality and was condemned by the mine inspect The meeting took no further action’ but ad Journed to meet at the call of the chairman. The miners assert that the companies buy powder for £1.25 a keg It is feared that the dissatisfaction concern ing this matter will lead to a strike. The employes of the Pennsylvania Coal company will bold mass meetings at Pi mn and Dun more on Saturday next to discuss thesubject Cash for the Well Drillers. Bravronp, Pa, Dec. 2. —The Era says The executive committes of the Well Drill ers’ union concluded a final settlement witt the Producers’ Protective association or Thursday. One million barrels of have been sold and the net profits will be distrib uted among the members of the order. It understood that the oil realized about 10 cents per barrel, which will give $100,000 for the drillers and tool dressers who have rem j in the order. = Besides this, they 'w residue interest in the 700,000 barrels still remains to be sold for the benefit « ofl well workers, A Brutal Marder. Uxiosrown, Pa, Dec 29 cello is in jail hers charged with Mrs. John Dubosh, at lLeissnring, last day night. The murder cocirred at th christening of Mra Dubosh’s 5 dase’ ol child. It is alleged that Mra Dubosh was re sisting an attempt of Matecello t ber when the latter knocked her 4 stairway, breaking her neck. Matacello Jumped upon the prostrate body of woman and trampled it horribly, Killed, Ws. i Oil {FOOTED murasy nssault Wn ther the A Brakeman Corny, Pa, — Bimmer freight brakeman on the Phi Erie railroad, was killed here wh the engine to his train. Mund of age and lived in Erie. He leaves a wido Dec. 26 FPublie Indiguation ¥inds Vent. Husmisepos, Pa, Dec. ing prevails in this county against the board of poor directors, who at a recent meeti for the election of steward displaced Ji Lambertson, against the express wishes nine-tenths of the citizens in the cou intense is this public indignation offending poor directors have been han ; effigy in the almshouse yard, and open threats of violenes have forced them to keep the strictest retirement since they ignored the will of their constituents Eloped with His Ex-Wife. CrauBERSBURG, Pa. Dec. 97. Dr. Wil A. Ham of Martinsburg, W. Va Lillian Benton Hammill, of Md., arrived here late at married in the parlor of the hotel the morning The two wers formerly hins band and wife, but wera divorced in June, 1887. The wonian and her child Have been living in Hagerstown with relatives doctor went to the house and stole both woman and chill away, helping them over a rear fence. They wanted to be marrisd at once. The deputy clerk was aroused, a liconse rocfired and the marriage performed. Mra fammill has rich relatives in Hagerstown Both assert they have been constant fo each other, and that the divoree was procured through meddling relatives, Myers Trighifally Mangled. Evenson, Fa, Dec. 31. — While 8 number of Polish miners were preparing two kegs of powder for their work a spark from a pipe caused a terrific explosion. Joseph Chren- chick, John Buloak, Stephen Vetco, Bula Joseph Vercetic andl Michael Col well were all frightfally gut and burned The flesh is off Buloak's logs, arms and back, and he wil dia. Chrenchick’s feet are blown almost off and will have to be amputated. Of the six, throe are in a precarious condition, Four frame houses belonging to the H, C, Frick Coke company wore destroyed by the fire which followed. Carved Into Pleces, PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 27. —A most horrible murder, in which the victim was butchered and his legs severed from his body, was dis covered ? George Horwood, Walter J. Bennett, Thomas Kenny and Frank McCabe, all young boys, were playing on a lot at Thirty-third street and Columbia avenue, near the Engle side station of the Pennsylvania known as “Buyder’s Woods,” on which a lot of water pipes were stored, Herwood was erawling through one of the pipes when he discovered two coarse bags Sajaining some. thing that felt like a human body. He called to his companions, and they told a policeman. The bags were taken to the Twenty-third district station house Chief of Detactives Woods says there is no doubt that it is a cold blooded, well planted murder, but until the victim fs identified nothing can be done. It js believed that he was iyed in one of the breweries in the Te od where his body was found. A Child Barsed to Death, Prrrswune, Dee. 81. Last night fire broke Hh —Intense feel in liam , and Hagerstown, oft i OLD SOL'S BLACK EYE. Far Western People Have a Monopoly of It, A A GRAND, IMPOSING SPECTACLE. The Fath of Totality snd List of Selen tifle Parties Which Took Observations It was of Brief Duration-Interesting Yoluts, SAN Fraxcisco, Jan, 1.—The eclipse of the sun was observed by astronomers and scientists from every point of vantage in the path of totality, and some of the observers ware favored with aninterrupted views of the fleeting event, which at the longest point lasted less than three minutes, The following table shows the time of total eclipse and the duration in the places named Puration Time of Eclipse, M 8 4:08 Central time, ou nutans 8:00 Mountain time, 1 & Idaho ceeness 3:01 Mountain thine. 1 Nevada. .. 1:58 Pacific time. 1 4 California . 48 Pacific time. 1 5 Sweeping in from the eastern Pacific af about 1:30, the moon's shadow darkened the north part of central California, veering to the north as it traveled east, making a total ity track about 96 miles broad in California, 90 in Nevada, 82 in Idaho, and in Montans about 66 miles broad. The shadow track lay almost centrally over the Yellowstone Na tional park, thus intersecting (nearly at right angles) the eclipse track of 15878, which alse lay over this same region. Beyond Dakota the shadow traversed Mani toba, crossing the lines of the Canadian Pa cific railway, and finally went off again inte space not far from the cast shore of Lake Winnipeg Just before the time indicated. for the total eclipse at the different points it became quite Manitoba Mi iE ECLIPSE IN THE UNITED STATES dark, and the only part of the sun visible bad the form of a crescent. The ends of the gradually approached seach other and the crescent itself! became thinner ane thinner yen the erascent had disappears ‘ lipse had begun, and the luminom # of the sun became visible. Th coronas, oan never be seen excep! a total eclipse. lition to the mild white light of the there were points of brilliant reddist light close to the moon A part of the corona seenis to be 8 sort of mphere, due to the presences of whi r luminous gas, but other parts seen to astronomers to have no tecessary connec sion crescent SGIAT 8 PATHWAY OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE he inner corona is so bright that If th ks directly at the eclipse the fain light of the long streamers cannot be seen, Scientific observations were taken ws fol lows Harvard College Observatory party (Fro fessor W. H. Pickering, chief), Willow, Cal Lick Observatory party (Mr. J. BE Kevler chief}, Bartlett Bprings, near Lakeport, Cal Meteorological party (A. Lawrence Notcl and Professor W, Upton, Willow, Cal Dr. Louis Swiff, Chico, Cal Lick obaer vy, Ban Jose, Cal Chabot observatory, Oakland, Cal University of California observatory Berkeley, Cal Capt. IL 8. Floyd, president Lick trusteos Kono Tayes, near Lakeport, Cal. Mr. G. F. Davideon, Davideod observa tory, Ban Francisco, and (special apparatus Widnemucen, Nev, Special reports from Mr. W. A. Lawson editor Appeal, at Marysville, Cal Signal service olwerver, Winnemucca, Nev Superintendent United States land office Blackfoot, I. T. ’ Mr. C. H. Carpenter, Northern Facific rail way, Billings, M. T. Post surgeon, United Btates army, For Keogh, M. T. Bignal service D.T The Rev. E. P. Flewelling, Brandon, Man i —————— cs ave joe Fort Buford observer, A Tramp's Dastardly Work. Wonorsten, Mass, Jan, 1. Charles Prow who lives at Sterling Center, is a section hand on the northern division of the Ol Colony railroad, and is alwent from bom during the day. A tramp went 9 his house knocked Mra. Frew down with a revolver and then carried her to a stove and bound her to it. He then searched the house ane stole $180 in cash. Mire. Prew remained it ber uncomfortable position for nearly thre hours before she was released, Seizing an Applejack Distillery. Newsuno, N, Y., Jas. 1.