VOL. LXXI1I.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN THE
COUNTRY FOR BRYAN.
Thousands of German Republicans Against
Republican Imperialism,.—An 1lmport-
ant Failure in the Campalgn.
WASHINGTON, July 16.—The Repub-
licans are beginning to realize that the
opposition of our German voters to im-
perialism is not a mere passing whim,
but is based upon principle, which will
cause many thousand votes cast for
McKinley in 1896 to be cast for Bryan
and Stevenson this year, Dr. L. W.
Habercom, who was head of the Ger-
man Literary Bureau of the Republi-
can National Committee, during the
last campaign and who is now support-
ing the Democratic ticket, has made
public a statement of his reasons for
abandoning the Republican party,
from which this is quoted: ‘'Expan-
sion of the Union on the American
continent is proper. Expansion not
about the ordinary man who has no
pull?
When Perry Heath was chosen to
succeed Representative Dick, as Becre-
tary of the Republican National Com-
mittee, it was simply changing one
Hannpa-made man for another. Heath
will resign the position of First Assist
ant Postmaster General, but it will not
be as & punishment for having had a
hand in giving Neely a chance to steal
Cuban Postal funds, In fact, Heath
knows too much about Hanna's cam-
paign methods in 1896, to make it safe
to attempt to punish him, even if it
were considered desirable. It isamong
the probabilities, if Hanna can win
again, that Heath will be a member of
Mr. McKinley's next cabinet.
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THE BOERS DEFEAT THE BRITISH.
The Boer war has taken on new life,
the Philipino war is not crushed, and
China has a big pie-nie on its bill of
amusements, for all the Powers. Let
there be another Peace Congress of the
Powers.
The Boer forces had an engagement
with the British a few days ago in
of the Union, but by the acquisition of
possession which are to be governed as
dependencies, subject only to the will
and caprice of our Executive and Con-
gress, unrestricted by the constitution,
and without the consent and against
the wishes of the people to be govern-
ed, who thereby become subjects, is in
my opinion, improper, unjust, and un-
Republican; the government of the U.
8., is thereby transformel into an im-
perial government for our possessions.
A government with imperial power
over possessions cannot long remain
Republican at home. As the govern-
ment could not have lived half slave
and half free, so it cannot live half im-
perialist and half Bepublican. The
foreign policy adopted by the Republi-
can party embroils us in all the quar-
rels of the world, and entangles us in
foreign alliances. It has already en-
tangled us in one—an unwritten alli-
ance with Great Britain. Since Brit
ish diplomacy succeeded in persuading
our administration and our Peace Com-
missioners to force Spain to cede to us
the quickly withdrawing shadow of
its already expelled sovereignty over
the Philippines, we have been com-
pelled to go hand and hand with Eng-
land. The Republican party now
stands for the imperialistic expansion,
and is already busy cultivating the
spirit of militarism. The Democratic
party has earnestly, clearly and forci-
bly pronosnced against imperialism
and its resultant evils, for the preser-
vation of the Republic and the consti
tution. The issue is thus made up, and
I consider it my plain duty to help
maintain the republic by such efiorts
as I can make, humble though they
are.”
General Leonard Wood, Military
Governor of Cuba, is coming to Wash-
ington this week to consult with the]
administration or so much of it as can
be found on duty, about the Constitu-
tional Convention the Cubans are
shortly to hold.
Secretary Root says of this confer-
ence: “In arranging for a Constitu-
tional Convention, Gen. Wood and I
will talk about the districts to be made
in Cuba for the election, what number
of delegates should constitute the con-
vention and the apportionment of
these delegates among the districts or
divisions.”! Others say, however, that
all these things could easily have been
arranged without Gen. Wood's com-
ing to Washington, and that the real
reason for his trip is to arrange some
thing which it was feared could not be
safely trusted either to the mails or to
the wires—whether the administra
tion desires official pressure to be used
to get a majority elected to the Cuban
Constitutional Convention, that can
be depended upon to support a declara-
tion by the Convention in favor of an-
nexation.
The administration is figuring on
legislation at the coming session of
Congress, when the election will be
over, for a large increase in the regular
army. This is not a guess. It is based
upon plans now being made by the
War Department to keep 40,000 sol
diers in the Philippines, to do police
duty, after July 1, 1901, when the two
year terms of the volunteers now over
there will expire. Present laws pro-
vide for a regular army of less than
40,000 men, and of course, the entire
army cannot be kept in the Philip-
pines, Therefore, it Is absolutely cer-
tain that the present plans of the War
Department are based upon the expec
tation that Congress in the legislation
for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1901 will provide for a larger regular
army. Men are not likely to fall over
the regular army to do police duty
in the Philippines or anywhere else.
So the next step after increasing the
regular army, in the Republican impe-
rial program, is likely to be a law pro-
viding for compulsory service therein
by our young men. Of course, that
would not worry those with pull
which the latter suffered a crushing
defeat,
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LATPST FROM CHINA,
The latest ¢ wows i8 to the ef-
fect that the whuie vast Celestial em-
pire is aflame.
Prince Tuan’s army numbers nearly
a million. .
The Chinese threaten to raze the
Russian city Blagovestschenk.
Great hordes are said'to have crossed
the Amur river, and taken and burned
Blagovestschenk.
Panic stricken foreigners in the
Yang-tse-Kiang valley are fleeing for
their lives from homes destroyed by
Boxers.
Even Shanghal is in danger.
Powerful allied fleet clears for action
to destroy coast forts if any demonstra
tion is made toward the city.
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Marriage Licenses.
The following marriage licenses
were issued during the past week:
John Basalla and Annie Masak, of
Clarence.
Andy Koplan and Anpa Bofea, of
Clarence.
Chester I.. Neff and Bessie J. Was
son, of Roland.
Ezra C. Ripka, of Lewistown, and
Mary 8. Meyer, of Colyer.
Francis Reed and Clara Hornauer,
of Philipsburg.
Joseph T. Lose and Bridgie Curry,
of Bellefonte.
Samuel 8. Miles and Margery Jones, |
of Philipsburg.
Cooly Cat Off His Finger,
William Van Aman, a 15-year-old Al-
toona boy, while gathering berries on
the Allegheneys last Wednesday, was |
bitten on the third finger by a rattle
snake. With wonderful courage the
lad cut off the finger end with a pock-
knife and hastened to Altoona, where
the wound was cauterized. He was
very sick in the evening, but will re-
cover.
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Pienie Today.
All the Sunday schools in Centre
Hall will pienic today in Conley's
grove, east of the station. With fine
weather, there will be a large atten-
dance. The Millheim band will be on
the grounds to furnish music for the
picnicers. Free lemonade will also be
dispensed. Publicsubscriptiona were
received to defray these expenses.
Large Funeral,
The funeral of the late George Flor-
ay last Saturday morning, was largely
attended. He was a man with few or
no enemies and his many friends paid
their last tribute at the grave. The
services were conducted by Rev. W.
W. Rhoads, pastor of the United Evan-
gelical Church,
Snow In July,
On Monday of last week the weath-
er was remarkably cool for July, and
especially so in the afternoon. There
were several slight showers during the
latter part of the day, and farmers liv
ing above Eagleville in the Bald Ea
gle Valley, say that during one of the
showers there was quite a snow squall
in that section. The flakes were large
and of the regulation winter pattern.
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Compulsory Vaccination is Legal,
The compulsory vaccination is legal
was the decision handed down by
Judges Pennypacker and Baltaberger
in the mandamus proceedings brought
by Charles J. Fied against Martha L.
Robinson, principal of the Keystone
public school in Philadelphia, to com-
1 her to admit his nine-year-old
daughter without vaccination.
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His House Up,
Alfred Durst, our new citizen, has
his new residence on Hofer Street al-
most under roof, He is putting up a
fine home for himself, with convenlen-
oes and improvements, and intends it
to be the best in that part of our grow-
BAD NEWS FROM CHINA,
The news from China the past few
days has been full of massacre of for-
eigners and a stunning defeat of the
allied armies, in a battle at Tien-Tzin
fought with skill and bravery. The
alfled forces lost heavily, and China
for once has astonished the world In
a military direction,
ture upon the foreign Powers, and
great alarm was felt.
ANOTHER BATTLE.
turned into a victory for the allies.
native city out on the open plain,
breech appeared in the great walls.
ing.
gagement, and were first lo enter the
stronghold.
the city.
775, of these 215 are Americans,
ington, received dispatches
have been made to protect
Ministers, who were well on July
foreign
8."
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A Legal Battle May Ensue,
over which has jurisdiction in the tri-
al of an alleged murderer. Frederick
Kline, a Shamokin volunteer fireman,
was killed on the platform of a boat
landing on the Busquehanna river.
One Arthur Brown is charged with
the crime, and the point at issue is
whether the deed was committed io
one county or the other. The Busque-
hanna river is the dividing line, and
the platform has a way of floating
from one county to the other by the
action of the water. If it was aground
at the time of the tragedy it was in
Northumberland county; if afloat, it is
reasonable to believe it was in Boyder
county. Ex-Judge Bucher is counsel
for the alleged slayer of Kline, and a
Weighed 8,000 Poands,
On Wednesday a team of mules own-
ed by Hon. F. E. Brown and weighing
1000 pounds each, hauled a load of
wheat from Brown's stock yards to
in Lewisburg,
entire load weighing 8,000 pounds, the
wheat weighed 6,835 pounds, makiog
making 113 bushels and 55 pounds by
weight, 102 bushels by measurements.
The Messrs. Brown harvested 22 acres
of wheat from their farm which yield-
ed an average of 30 bushels per acre.
se mmo
Died at Bloomsdorf.
A very sad death occurred at
Bloomsdorf, near Pine Grove, last Sat-
urday' morning. Orvis Bloom,
bright young son of Harris and Sarah
Bloom passed away after a weeks’ ill
ness with spinal meningitis.
born at Bloomsdorf and was 11
and 5 months old. His father and
mother, five sisters and two brothers
survive him.
A MAAS
An Aged Lady's Death,
Mrs, Mary Hazel, widow of John B.
Hazel, died at the home of her neph-
ew, Michael Hazel, near Bellefonae,
Monday evening about ten o'clock.
Her death was due to the infirmities
of old age. She had been confined to
her bed for about a week. Deceased
was born in Ireland and was 78 years
of age.
Se A AP RIT
An Excellent Concert,
The concert given by the De Moss
family last Thursday evening, in the
United Evangelical church, was a great
treat to the large audience. Every
member of the company is an artist,
and the hearty applause accorded every
number of the program was an evi
dence of the effect upon the audience.
————— A A NSIS,
Keep Horses off the Street,
The REPORTER has been requested
to announce to those expecting to
drive to Bellefonte to attend the Cen-
tennial celebration, that no horses be
tied on the streets of the town. Pro-
vision has been made for hitching
horses in the alleys and side streets of
Bellefonte, that no accident may occur
from fractious animals,
———— A SA SAAT,
Shipped a Car Load of Sheep,
C. H. Diller, of Shippensburg, Pa.,
has been in our locality the last week
buying sheep. He succeded in buying
a car lond of nearly two hundred which
he shipped this morning to eastern
markets. Mr. Diller will remain
to buy another car load. ;
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An Old Citizen,
lines Zellers, aged 76 years, 3 months
and 10 days, one of Loganton’s oldest
citizens, died last Wednesday morn.
enough to keep their sons out, but how
ing town,
fog, after a brief illness,
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Famous Penns Valley —~Neo Finer in
the World,
If the surface of Pennsvalley could |
be raised and laid back like the lid of |
|a trunk, there would be exposed to]
view magnificent caves and caverns |
with silvery stalactites and stalagmites |
{ and beautiful fringes and frostwork of |
| mineral formation, worked by the in-|
| imitable band of Nature, There would |
be lakes of pure, cold and sparkling |
water over beds of pearly gravel—these
are the internal reservoirs that feed |
springs and build our streams.
Penn cave and sister caves in the val-|
| our
| ley, and caverns struck by well-drillers |
with bottoms of clean gravel over]
which flow bodies of water, are suffi- |
Besides, |
| we can point out to persons with alove |
for exploration of the earth's internals,
| large perpendicular
surface, 10 feet
stone dropped in, will descend 70 feet
| elent proofs of this theory.
openings at the
in diameter, where a |
| before it strikes, then its deep rumb-
liugs can be heard for a number of sec-
Here a
t
{ would be worth an effort to explore it.
onds as it leaps down and on.
mighty cave undoubtedly exists—i
| Underneath Penns valley there is as
| much of the beautiful as on the sur-|
| face.
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Returned the Papers; Kept the Cash.
| Mr. N. H. Dunpkle, of the Columbus
while driving with his family
| to Rebersburg last Bunday, was 80 ub-
| house,
{ fortunate as to jose his pocket-book,
| containing a check for $50, a note for
| $200, cash to the amount of §15, aud a
{ diamond pin. ‘After searching in vain
he advertised his loss in the localnews- |
| papers and offered a liberal reward for |
| the return of the same.
{he received an mailed at]
| Bellefonte, containing the note and |
| check, which papers were worthless
| in the hands of any one else than Mr.
| Dunkle. The finder evidently decid-
| od to reward himsef and, therefore, ap- |
propriated all the cash and the valu-|
| able pin.
This morning |
envelope
11
dell
~Lock Haven Express.
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Running Lines,
| A force of men are now running the |
| exterior lines of the lands recently pur-
for forestry and
| which tracts are now known as the
| “Hopkins Reservarion.” The lands
{ are in Clinton, and Cameron
counties. The work is being done un- |
{ der the direction of the State Forestry |
| Reservation commission. The starting
| the
| point last Monday was at
| end of the reservation, on what was |
| chased purposes,
Centre
south |
| formerly known as the Kulp and Wol- |
| verton tracts, which tracts are on Big |
| Sandy and Panther runs, tributaries |
| to Beech creek. It will require four or |
La months to complete the survey.
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Leg Crashed by a Lamber Track, !
i
| Edward Solt, a little boy aged be-
| tween five and six years, was severely
| injured yesterday morning at the saw |
| mill at Colyer. The little fellow, was |
witting on the tramway leading out
| from the mill, and did not see the
truck the mill hands were pushing
out heavily loaded with boards. He
was struck and the wheels of the truck
broke his leg above the knee. Dr. Al-
exander, of Centre Hall, was called
and successfully set the fractured mem-
ber.
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Child Barned to Death,
The three-year-old daughter of D. L.
Marks, of Altoona, during the temp-
orary absence of her mother from home
this week, secured some matches,
which she ignited, and set fire to her
clothing. These were burned entirely
oft her and her body was burned and
blistered before aid reached jher. The
child was removed to the hospital,
where she died in great agony four
hours later.
Big Revenue Increase.
The Mercantile tax law, which was
declared constitutional in the opinion
rendered by the supreme court at Phil
adelphia, will add very materially to
the state revenues, The receipts from
the new law in 1808 were $536,000.55
and in 1800, $518,148, Auditor Gener-
al’s Clerk Glenn estimates that the
new law will rise $1,000,000 annually,
an increase of nearly $600,000 over re-
ceipts under the old law.
, Talian Killed,
An Italian was fatally injured at
Morris’ Armor Gap quarries, near
Bellefonte, on Tuesday morning. He
was removed to the hospital at Lock
Haven, where he died on Tuesday
evening.
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Smith the Photographer,
Will be at Centre Hall on Friday of
this week. Parties wishing to have
plotures, will please come not later
than 5.00 p. m.
Surru, Photographer,
College.
LIST OF JURORS,
Drawn
August 27thth,
GRAND JURORS—1ST WEEK,
H. A. Yearick, laborer, Gregg.
Daniel Wion, farmer, Spring.
W. O. Robinson, laborer, Philipsburg. |
Harry Emery, grocer, Philipsbu
Lewis C. Wetzel, machinist,
fonte.,
H. I. Taylor, moulder, Philipsburg.
Henry Rote, laborer, Spring.
I,. H. Musser, ag ent, Patton,
Miles Morrison, laborer, Philipsburg. |
Peter Smith, farmer, Potter, sees
as, T.
re. |
Belle- |
Lucas, farmer, Boggs.
Ira Howe, machinist, Philipsburg.
Ed. Johnson, farmer, Boggs.
C. M. Muffey, gentleman, Howard,
A. L. BhafYer, farmer, Walker.
John Eisle, painter, Snow Bhoe.
KF. P. Bower, farmer, Haines,
Frank McFarlane, farmer, Harris,
T, J. Ocker, laborer, Miles.
TRAVERSE JURORS ~18T WEEK.
Joseph Peters, miner, Rush.
tobert Smith, gentleman, Gregg.
H. B. Goheen, farmer, Ferguson. i
Jas. B. Btrohm, farmer, Poller. «us
P. I. Miller, laborer, Penn. i
H. J. Krouse, huckster, Millbeim.
John Orendorf, painter, Gregg.
Elias Edmondson, laborer, Rush.
Jas, Kennelly, laborer, Gregg.
Joseph Rooply, laborer, Rush.
C. N. Bhowalter, carpenter, State Col-
lege.
Henry Kling, laborer, Penn,
I. O. Mothersbaugh, farmer; Harris,
D. M. Dunkle, salesman, Walker,
Jas. Fleming, laborer, Bellefonte.
fonte,
I.. H. Wian, farmer, Spring.
Isaac Beck, farmer, Half Moon.
Audy Rote, farmer, Potter. —
P. Gray Murray, laborer, Boggs.
H. B. Miller, farmer, Haines,
E. (i. Jones, clerk, Philipsburg.
laborer, Hus-
ton.
Wm. Hepburn, carpenter, Spring.
(ieo, Garbrick, farmer, Spring.
Wm. Wilson, laborer, Philipsburg.
Ed. Williams, teacher, Unionville.
P. C. Walker, merchant, Snow Shoe. |
Henry Woomer, stonemason, Benner.
Joseph Schenck, carpenter, Howard. |
W. A. Ishler, implement dealer, Belle- |
fonte. i
Wm. Stover, farmer, Penn. |
John Diehl, Jr., buckster, Howard. |
M. D. Garman, farmer, Harris, !
John E. Miles, clerk, Milesburg.
TRAVERSE JURORS DRAWN FOR FIRST |
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
Howard Holzworth, agent,
ville,
Reuben Etters, laborer, Burnside,
Scott Decker, laborer, Gregg.
Jonathan Harter, gentleman, Mill-
heim.
David W. Keller, l1abarer, College.
Joseph Rightnour, gentleman, Belle-
fonte.
H. B. Pontious, agent, Bellefonte.
C. B. Neff, farmer, Potter, _——
Homer Carr, laborer, Milesburg.
Chas. Johnsoubaugh, farmer, Marion.
Peter Shultz, farmer, College.
W. H. Zeigler, laborer, Miles.
J. Clayton Brooks, laborer, Spring.
Thos. (3. Hutchison, laborer, Philips-
burg.
M. O. Stover, farmer, Haines.
J. D. Hicks, farmer, Halfmoon.
John G. Bailey, farmer, Ferguson.
Harvey O. Pletcher, farmer, Liberty.
Wilson Stiver, farmer, Huston.
W. L. Taylor, carpenter, Rush.
Chas. Caldwell, carpet weaver, Boggs.
Samuel Williams, millwright, Haines.
Amos Mullen, policeman, Bellefonte.
Joseph Bechdol, farmer, Liberty.
Fergus Potter, farmer, Harris,
Wesley Shamp, laborer, Marion.
Augus Ewings, laborer, College.
J. W. Lucas, laborer, Bnow Shoe.
John Hoy, Jr., farmer, Walker.
H. A. Garner, farmer, Ferguson.
John Woods, farmer, Spring.
Henry Houlz, farmer, College.
Cyrus Zeigler, farmer, Miles,
Vinton Beckwith, justice, Taylor.
D. G. Stuart, farmer, Burnside.
Wm. Chandler, laborer, Huston.
Harry Stuart, merchant, Rush
John D. Keen, farmer, Penn,
Joseph Lowry, laborer, Spring.
James N. Williams, carpenter Belle
fonte.
AAAI fT ATSB,
The Reporter always has the news.
Union-
NO. 28
LOCAL ITEMS,
from Everywhere.
One Good Way.
Whistle away, my merry boy,
With happy, face and heart of joy ;
If it will help you to be strong,
Whistle a tune when things go wrong.
And whistling lightens it for you,
If ¢'er your talk is hard to do.
Whether it be sowing the seeds,
Hoeing the corn or pulling weeds,
Gathering frait or raking hay,
Or driving cows—whistle away.
Whistle a tune, if you can’t
And that should seem the ne
ng,
xt best
thing
That you can do ; perhaps "twill cheer
The hearts of some who chance Lo
hear,
etter to whistle than to pout,
And scold and fret, no one can doubt;
80 keep a merry heart, my lad,
And thus make other people glad ;
Do all the good you can each day,
And as you toll, whistle away.
- Toronto Tru
#i
th
va,
Monday and Tuesday were exceed-
£1
Hay is selling here at $1
of the field.
Ephraim Erhart, of Miles, died Jul
i
3, aged 73 years.
0 per ton out
Harry Dinges keeps the town sup-
plied with berries,
Catherine Martin, of Milesburg, was
granted a pension, $8.
Ezra A. Kent, of Linden
granted a pension, §12.
Hall, was
Wm. C. Patterson, of Btate College,
was granted a pension, $5.
Found, a burr from a vehicle and
left at the Reporter office.
Wednesday there was a break in the
heat, caused by showers in some paris.
Farmers are asking $12al4 for a two-
horse load of choice hay in Bellefonte.
Mrs. Rachael Corman, one of Miles
rs, is
ie
township's oldest dames, 56 yea
seriously ill
'
George Homan and Ellis Shafler are
a lumber tract Dear
Spring Mills.
Bellefonte is as lively over the com-
ing Centennial as a fellow fall of fleas,
and is bent on success.
Hay and wheat crop harvested and
short in this county to about the ex-
tent heretofore reported.
The various Centennial Commitiees
have the duties assigned them under
successiul completion,
The hot days this week, the ther-
mometer in
Ho
registered here the
shade on 16th, and #4 on 17th.
A Lock company
and one of its hose companies will be
Haven military
in Wednesday's parade at Bellefonte.
this week con-
structing the great Arch of Honor
across the west side of the Diamond.
Mechanics are busy
The walk business stirred up the an-
mals, and the motto, Treat all fairly
and alike, devoid of spite, came into
play.
Kubscribers whose labels are not up
made by forwarding required amount,
Please don’t neglect this.
This morning the sky is clouded all
around with indications for rain which
is sorely needed to freshen up the corn
and potatoes and drooping vegetation
generally.
We are indebted to some kind friend
in one of the Departments at Harris-
bound copy of Bmull’s
Hand Book, 1900,
Rev. Rearick informs us that he will
return from Eaglesmere by the 22d,
and preach on that Sabbath. He
writes, “We are having a fine Bible
Conference here.”
Legislative
Weather not interfering the crowds
at Bellefonte, on Wednesday anfl
Tuesday 26, will be immense. Our
County Centennial is attracting atten-
tion all over Lhe state,
Charles Emory Smith, Posi-Master
General, will be the main Centennial
orator next week. Major General
Miles will positively be present, unless
the late disturbing news from China
demand his presence at Washington.
The Millheim band treated the town
to a number of well played selections
th is morning before the boys started
for the Sunday school picnic. The
band has lost none of its old-time pres-
tige, and is rated the best in the coun-
ty.
Thunder gust passed around this sec«
tion Tuesday night but we gol none
of the rain. Corn, all through the
county and the potatoes need rain bad-
ly, and unless copious showers come
soon there will be a shortage in both
these crops.
A rosy report is given of the Union
county crop; we think this slightly
overdrawn : The wheat crop in Ruf
falo valley is turning out much better
, A nomber of fields
been threshed have yielded
On
25,
than
that have
has fallen below 20. The straw is not
very heavy, but the heads are large
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