el)p Centre Democrat.
NIUGKRT A FORSTKIt, Kdilon.
VOL. I.
Slit tfnitrt Ji cm octal
Term* SI.SO per Annum, In Advance.
S. r. SHUQERT and R. M. FORBTCR, Editor..
Thursday Morning, July 17, 1879.
PBTKU HEROIC, of Williamsport,
was among the money-doctors at the
Greenback State Convention at Al
-
BEWARE of sunstrokes! Political
conventions are growing more numer
ous; men's blood is hoiliug at fever
heal; three conventions in a single
State, inside of one week, is more
than agonized nature can endure, and
therefore we need not wonder at the
sun waxing hotter every day. There
fore, beware of sunstrokes.
"TRAMC, tramp, tramp, the boys are
inarching"—the assessment agents of
the Republican campaign committee,
we mean—through all the departments
of the government,at Washington, and
every poor clerk is expected to come
down with two per ccut. of his salary
as a "voluntary contribution" to the
Republican corruption fund for use in
the coming fall elections.
SHERMAN'S cause lias grown so un
mistakably weak that lie is now mak
ing wonderful efforts to bolster it up.
He is traveling around through all
this hot weather making sjweches,
smoking cigars and perspiring. He
can sing but one song and is endeav
oring to make the most of that —it is,
" Resumption." But everybody ha*
heard him sing it so often that they
are weary, and he must give them
some variety to awaken enthusiasm at
this time of year.
TIIE Hon. William McClelland, of
Pittsburg, who was last year Chairman
of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, was appointed by Judge Mc-
Kennan, of the I'nited States Circuit
Court, Commissioner under the new
law to select jurors for that court.
The law requires that representative
men of the party politically opposed
to the elerk of the court shall he a|e
pointed. Both parties concur in the
opinion that the appointment in this
ca*e was an eminently judicious one,
and a fitting compliment to an honest
nnd upright gentleman.
IT is said that Kx-Gov. Tom Young,
of Ohio, is the man whose persuasive
powers have satisfied the tender con
science of Mr. Hayes that civil ser
vice reform and "voluntary contribu
tions" by the clerks of the departments
for |s)litical purposes are not in the
least inconsistent with each other.
The announcement thnt Mr. Hayes
has at last yielded his convictions to
the eloquence of the immaculate Tom
is no sooner made than two per cent,
of all salaries is the first voluntary (?)
offering demanded by the campaign
managers. Of course, Mr. Hayes will
not give up civil service reform. He
promised that to the country, and he
never breaks his promisee—that is,
hardly ever.
IF it is not in the power of the Re
publican leaders and officials to dis
prove-the damaging facts presented to
the public in the recently published re
port of the Glover investigating com
mittee they shoulij be smart enough
to maintain a discreet and masterly
silence. Foolish ridicule nnd mali
cious abuse of Mr. Glover arc no an
swer to his astounding charges of
thefts, peculations, and abuses of pow
er in the public of the govern
ment. They call for different treat
ment, and until shown to lie untrue
hy conclusive evidence a side issue of
slander uj#>n those engaged in the in
vestigation will not suit the present
temper of the people. Keep quiet,
gentlemen, or give us something more
satisfactory than personal slander.
Remember your party is not so pure
that it is above suspicion.
"Kql'AL ANI) EXACT JCHTII K TO ALL MKN, CIV WIIATEVH.II STATE OH t'KIUM'AMOX, HKLK'IOVk OH POLITICAL. J>irer*n.
A Grant Organ.
There have been a groat many ilif- ,
foront influence* at work to make the j
Cirant movement attain it* present j
prominence. There have been many
strange stories flashed across the inys- ,
tic wire that connects this glorious ,
Republic with the effete despotisms of
the old world. In flowing sentences
and with rhythmic cadence has come |
the wonderful story of the Hi lent Man's ! ,
visitations in countries celebrated in ,
story and in song. Forty-five millions ,
of free people have been called into a (
listening attitude while the tempestu- |
ous Atlantic unbosomed itself of the ,
marvelous talc that was hidden in its j
coral depths. We were told how |
Kings and l'rinccs, Municipalities |
and Slates, the high and the low, the ,
peasant and the noble, the rich and |
the poor had vied with each other in i
doing homage to the first citizen of ,
America. National pride took the
place of political rancor, nnd without ,
regard to section or party, forgetting ,
a past that had in it more of shame ,
than of honor, the American people
were ready to forget Grant's crimes
and blunders in the new liorn tributes
that came to him in the name of his
country. Rut in the light of recent
history it becomes evident that the
wanderings of our illustrious ex-Prt-i- !
dent were guided by the master hand
of the |M>]itical manager. There seems
to have been all the necessary prepar
ations made, on the part of a select
few of his friends, to make this journey
as 4 sort of prelude to his final candi
dacy for the Republican nomination
for President. Almost one of the fir.-t
papers in the country to Hound the 1
alarm and to call attention to the
evident purpose of the Buries', the
Chi Ids' and the respectable people
who arc counted as Grant's particular
friends, as well as to the other ami
rather disreputable element who keep
Boric and fluids company as they
tune their instruments to third term
music, was the Philadelphia Timet.
The Times is confessedly one of the
ablest as well as one of the most in
fluential daily newspapers in the coun
try. Col. McClure, its editor-in-chief,
is so well known that it is scarcely
necessary to mention him or his work.
He was called to the editorial direc
tion of Philadelphia* only real daily
pa|cr, because he possessed in an emi
nent degree that rare knowledge of
the world ami its history, that only
comes as the offering of a life spout in
its acquisition. He was one of that
bright galaxy of Republican leaders
who came within sight of the Demo
cratic tenets in 1#72. He gave direc
tion and purjMse to what there was of
the liberal Republican element in
Pennsylvania, nnd in public uttor
nnires that had in them the ring of
true metal gave indication of his con
version to sound principles of public
polity. He was one of the few men
in that historic campaign who burned
the bridges behind him, and unreserv
edly announced his hostility to Grant
ism, with all tin; name implies. Yet
the paper he directs and editorially
controls has done more to further the
movement to foist the Galena states
man ujKin the people of this country
than his own rsjieeial organ —the St.
Ixniis Globe-Democrat. Day after day,
with a persistence that can scarcely
be explained, the Times has rung the
changes upon Grant nnd his candida
cy for a third term. It has dished up
third-term chowder in every conceiv
able style. One day we hear that
Senator Morgan has been making a
third-term speech at the unveiling of
a monument at Winchester. Another
day, the rehabilitated ghost of Jeff.
Davis is flaunted in the fares of the
readers of the Times, and we are told
that he hnn I wen making a third-term
speech before an association of Missis
sippi editors. Just as we are recover
ing from this deluge of third-tcrmism
we are confronted with the astounding
statement that the Democratic major
ity in Cough** are conducting Grant's
RKI.I/KFONTK, PA., THURSDAY, .1111,Y 17. |K7!I.
campaign for a third nomination.
The ]M-rpetual reiteration of this nau
seous idea has justly brought the Times
into prominence a.* the organ of Grant
in Pennsylvania. It has great weight.
It is influential, because it reaches a
class of readers who eousidcr life too
short to read such journals us the
Pittsburg Com titer ireil- (laze tie and the
New York Tribune, and hy its pease,
less agitation of this third-term busi
ness ami its laudatory mention of the
great traveler, it has done more to
make Grant a p<>--il>!c candidate than
tlio-e papers which are subsidized in
his intere.-t. Other jwople outside of
the Timet sanctum have idea- of what
is proper and right, and the undigni
fied criticism of this "independent"
newspaper U|K>n the public acts ami
sentiments of men who are front and
foremost among the lenders of a party
that boosts of a half million majority
of the whole people of thi* countrv, i
unju.-t ami almost imjx rtini nt. To
suit the Timet party lin< - must lie
obliterated nnd all men rise to the
sublime height of " independence"
froui which Col. MeClun- calmly sur
veys passing events. It i* not too
much to say that the attitude of the
Philadelphia Time" now illy comports
with the enviable position it occupied
in 187 d.
Eugenie s Son
How great is the sorrow which weigh*
down the beautiful and unfortunate
es-Kmpreaa of France, who for years
was the admiration of the world not
only because of her brilliant position
but for her lovable and loving qualities
of mind ami heart, and who is just now
i bowed down as no other woman with
the great sorrow that has destroyed her
hopes and deprived her of a son that
she idolized. In |<cruing tho article
that eon corn Kugenie at the present
time the question of politics will scarce
ly cast its shadow upon the mind of a
sympathetic universe:
Ihe fortitude and endurance with
winch she bore up at the time of her
husband's death ha* deserted Kugenie
now. Why *hould she not give way to
her grief and die, for what ha* she to
live lor? Her throne, her husband and
her son all gone, and *he an exile!
I.ifa hold* out no inducement* and
death offer* her everything. l'oor wom
an ! Cnhappy Kmpres*! The humblest
mother in the land, as she clasp* her
children to her heart, pities you and
would not take your place. And this
lonely, sorrowing woman, lying on her
stately couch at Chiaelhurat. is the same
who so often held her baby in her arm*
at a window of the Tuillerie* while hi*
Kmperor father threw kisse* to him as
he reviewed hi* troop* in the court yard
below. How bright and gay life was
then. How dark and gloomy it i* now,
I'luji if umnur, plus 11(4 rotci I
Home they Isfi.QfM mt wam r
thej brought hint Uin with
The above tender linen, copied from
an nrticle entitle "Eifgenie" which n|e
pearcd several week* ago in the New-
York Herald, beautifully deserilic Re
present unfortunate condition of the
stricken ex-Emprtw. On Saturday
the last sad scenes connected with the
funeral of the Prince Imperial of
France took place. The body rests
now in the little Church of St. Mary
nt Chiaelhurat, by the aide of the dust
of III. A day of mourn
ing and of woe it ha* been, not only
in the pretty little Kentish village of
Chiaelhurat, but in the wholo of Eng
land. Queen Victoria mourned with
the bereaved Empress, ami the large
number of distinguished visitor* made
the funcrni a royal one indeed. The
Empress waited nt her lonely home
while the funeral cortege bringing lu-r
dead hoy wcmlcd its way over the hills
beyond Woolwich.
Eugenie remnined with the dead
liody of her Hon most of the time lie
fore the funeral took place, which
was pompous ami magnificent. Queen
Victoria wo* there together with n
large number of the notables of Great
Rritian, and relatives of tho Prince.
The ceremony was very brief, and for
long hours a procession formed of
those who desired a final look at the
dead face passed through the aisles.
Thus end the earthly hope* of Eu
genie. We hope her dead hoy has hut
changed his uncertain hopes of Em
pire here on earth for a more lasting
and more princely crown in another
world.
Tho Ohio Campaign.
11 the people of Ohio were allowed
to goto the polls next October and
vote without outside interference, and !
it the usual modern appliances for
running elections wi re not brought to
hoar, the result would la: the tri
umphant cleetinii of Kwingand Rice, i
But already there comes the fir.-t
faint tramp of the party manager on I
hi- way to the Huck-cyc State to run
things. (ieneiali--ihio Sherman i- di
reeling nlliiii - from Washington with
a view ti> making < ..-wmli-Miiio Sher
man a candidal. for President in the
near I'utuir. The qtie-tionahlc tin ti -
of this new National leader will make
the result in Ohio depend upon the
pureha-alde vote. No -one knowing
John Sherman'- method- will doubt
tor a moment that the whole power
and patronage of the adinini-trution
and the tremendous tuaehiuerv of the
Treasury Department will be brought
to hear upon the result. All the Rev
enue oflieers and -peeial agent- will*
have a holiday from their onorou*
dutie- and will Is- expected to devote
their time and great abilities to neu
tralizing the will >d' the p<-oplc of
Ohio hy practicing tho-e little art- so
well known to the autocrat of the
Treasury.
Extending the Jurisdiction of Jus
lire*.
The following act to extend the
jurisdiction of Justice* of the IVace
wa. passed by the Is-gi.-lature, ha*
1m <n approved hy the Governor ami
i- now a law :
Storm* I. 'I imt the aldermen, magis
trates and jotice* of the JM-SCO ;n tin*
Commonwealth shad have concurrent
jurisdiction with tho court* of common
please of nil action* arising frotn con
tract. either ex pre** or implied, arid of
all action* of tres-pa** and of trover
and conversion wherein the sunt •!<■
nianded <!•• not exceed three hundred
dollars, except in ojim* of real contract
where the title to land* or tenements
may in question or action upon promise
of marriage.
f-u. 2. In Hit actions brought before
any justice of the peace, magistrate or
alderman, on any contract for the pay
ment of money, either expressed or im
plied, if the plaintiff shall file at any
time la-fore the issuing of the summons
in any such cA*e an affidavit stating the
amount lie verily believes to he due
from the defenda nt together with a copy
of the book entries or instrument of
miting upon whu b the a< lion is brought
or where the claims is not evidenced by
writing, if the plaintiff shall fib- a
aforesaid setting fortli a full and <!<•
tailed statement of the same, it shall l<e
the duty of the justice, alderman or
magistrate to make a copy of such nffi
davit, duly certify the same and deliver
it to the constable to whom the sum
mons is iucd, which certified copy 1
shall l-e servi-d at the time and in the
manner that service is made of the
sonitnotii in the e*o. and the justice,
magistrate or alderman shall render
judgment in favor of the plaintiff for
the amount of hi* claim unless the de
fondant at or before the time at which
the summons i* made returnable, shall
have filed with the justice, magistrate
or Alderman, nn affidavit of defense
setting forth fully the nature and char
acter of the same : /Vwn/ef, That the
affidavit required by thi* section may
lie made by the agent of the j arty
where *uch agent i- cognizant of the
facta constituting the cause of action or
defense or either matter* *ci forth .-
Am! provuted further, That nothing con
tained ill tins act shall l-e construed to
alter, impair or abridge the right n( any
person to appeal irotn the judgment of
the justice of the |>eaco. magistrate, or
to certiorari tho proceedings to the
court of common plea* ol the proper
county as in other case* : Ami provu/rj
further, That the fees allowed to Con
suhles under this act on all sales made
he as follows: For all sales amounting
to le* than filty dollars three per cent.;
for all sales amounting to less than one
hundred dollars, two per cent. ; for all
sale* above one hundred dollars, one
per cent.
SEC. 3. Afl acts or parts of acts incdn
sistent herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed.
AT the State convention of the
Grecnbackcr* nt Altoona, on Tuesday,
after nominating Henry Carey Baird, j
of Philadelphia, for State Treasurer,
and receiving hi* refusal of the honor,
the second choice fell on Peter Sutton,
a wealthy fanner of Indiana county.
E. S. Wataou, of William sport, was
selected n.s chairman of the State
committee.
NEWPORT is now entertaining the
Duke of Argyll and I.ndioa Klizabctb
and Mary Campbell.
EVERY man is tho architect of his
own fortuue.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Written f >>r tin* Cikm KM .
llarvoHt Duys, 1879.
Wl. • til# •tiniTitef tun villi!' a !j' t##|
And ft- >( with |(old<-fi iff riii,
Tlim tli aiiilutif f*rm< r kuowfili
Tfint Ms wfk w not In yrDi ;
Ah I It* Willi amtiaU' tiuft,
I? illy touting iu tit** air,
f grain, w)hm f ija iiing liar ttot
* *<n In* iiiduaUy will
Mill in- kfi-'to* lie tak Itrf'ffp liim
Ki !• has th# In-1 in ,
Ac I 1 I i 1 r iU*rt "f in ruing,
Hf Iftctl Uh'T to Irt-tfln.
Km.li it - i-tjtrW, Uli I • ■ I lII* ftrt I'lfxl
' 1T..!, ' it!, it* J.I iiing lay
If. . tt lf 11 jrrain gfutoa tA!l<-t,
t . U pln lit- .jay.
Tin rln to rk toith i,
< iHit. grain toitli ail Us uiighl ;
NiY.rf cfMiog toUU the <ly st.r
t# ? (rtl ,ta , I J.i, fight.
Ilut i 1 Is* J.i .. liiOg irtt • g
U Wft t/, T 11, 'toftll If* til.tiff*
II ft, I • 1 will. •11
At the j r -rt' * I.' )a* ui-i ie
VI th*- toll, 1 f f*ity in ruing
ht-ael th# t .j. ,f to at , ran, .
All lit* tat-uhel f r. th. kl-~
Uultfrto .tray aUlka r#mir,.
Oil |||< I r-n'l f)e| J (pi, w re Ulidilig (
L(k W"le aiiellt MMitifiel#,
Kli' 4to f glßin tohnh tin Fright at'rj
It! R sjih lidl'i l.t v. st tejja.
Ail i/f ns Rre >l* Jy a-'Miag—
I.*, h otn wtii i liarrvt ***|
W i. i it U- ■ fj .* .ziivt j, la-'itn sw.
Or t w that tuake u* -#•).
Afe tl|p a* *la ae're %pf mil* ,jg
Selrv-tMI toith je-toiotaa <r< *
If • then the # Dtmng harvest
V% ill I* tohtoat toith'-ut kt*>r
A* the Wind* • 1 life Id wr ftef ely
Off the hruMl KU ! gl wing ft, 14
In hMw- humin arts Uwn a
W ll there I* a g MsJly yield f
W hrf, at lost the gia.n ia i|et,n|
At. d tK-ath a •' kia lata it I w—-
When the tlirnbr t■ ■.j. t galhee,
VV 111 there I— grama t • alenv I
A* evwl a' j. rat* stalk !**• ailent
Ktjr*| to Ik* toanbing I.x#
W 1.. I toith ai hi, oftftug had' -fit,
W HI it# truth UiJ value- try.
If it to wets th# s|j i n*J u,<* in
ll' will tak* it in If,a hat. 1.
At* 1 a jeariad ah. f f jsnr
It*"at allhlu the "|*r rnkae-J UrM,'*
The Social.
Thera traa a hail at tin- Bush llxru*e,
H' W !**t TttoeUy Light .
"T** l atteml#'l hy tkirt,i Av ' .ujh#.
W ho ail hal grat delight
The lal"- ail tor# ftcb drraast,
-me toith f sau,rr la*e,
W'Hh i I'* jarklinc -UatoKftods
VI hi h i h l Inn h t*. th*it gra" .
Tl!' gOt)emrn a)a toff feat if#
Av.i In then df .s sntta arrayed ;
Arl as t -y vhirlol through the dame
Many * tail *>*! *f# dhj lti**4.
Th mos, m Iniifl.t fr ir. hk limn
And toas |T - ut>'#>l #*iwt,
A the guetoda !<• It# ravtrhitig etrams
M " I the.r oiro' le feet
At IB# hut i f midnight
fjs< h gnewt aat dnvm t - j.artake
Of ■•! dPtMptto hs (|'m
And every kind of ik*,
At lofty t e htt)e taU'-a,
In the dining rmn j.lae<-.l .
111 tohi h Mir II re 1 ll j j-*
lM|.lajd rr, #1 eir-ellrnt taate
Tas th re-# 1 <*k in tin tMortiitig
'lt fe live axial wa* <1 -ne,
VI hen all the gn.-wts i|p]klt<*l,
Tin it aid#* faitly shaking aith fun.
—Hemp flrt cante into use in the cord
sge. ,\ttr i'. rk AVwi. And wind initrti
m.-nt* in tlio band-ace.— lf.me Sentinel.
And arithmetic in the ad-age. Salem Sun
heetm. And money in the rofn-age.— H*o-
Irrto" ft'orrrer. And cradle* in the crib
pe. If,me Sentinel. And ilavew in the
bond age.- U hifehnll Timet. And leave*
in tlie foii-agt-. Albany .1 ryu*. And dog*
in **U*-*gc. — llnrntburg Telegraph. And
girl* in the marri-age.— Chambrnhurg
Opinion. And the trunk-*ma*her in the
bagg-age. Hellefonfr Republican. And
cole *law in the cabb-age.
—The congregation of Mt. John', Catho
lic church are preparing to bold a grand
pic-nic sometime during next month. The
young l*din*of the church are around after
•übrcriplion*, and the one who collect* the
mot will receive a gold watch. If they
all do a* well a* a certain fair lady who*e
*ub*criplion book we *aw, they are collect
ing oon*iderable.
—-loot week we gave all the particular*
regarding the opening of the Ironworker*'
building at Valentino*' Forge. All the
fresh information that can be given U that
the clergymen Invited have signified their
acceptance and intention to l>e prwent. If
the day U pleasant there will be a large
„ttend*nco.
—Two accidents of a *eritia nature are
reported by the Millheim Journal a* occur
ring on the Fourth of July. Mr. John
Kwing, of Centre Mill*, fell from a cherry
tree, Inducing concussion of the brain.
Mr. William Weiaer, while helping to
make hay on Mr. Wert * farm, injured bU
neck severely by leaping from a load of
hay, which was In danger of upsetting. He
landed on hi* head between the horses.
Both tho unfortunates are recovering.
TKKMS: *l.">o jh-i- Annum, in Advance.
GENERAL NEWS.
The yellow fever is said to be sub
aiding.
The steamship Oily of Cheater, with
lfanlan, the o#rman, on board, ha* ar
rived in New York.
New mineral springs have l>een dis
covered a! Warren, sixty-, ix miles List
of Erie, in Warren county.
Hon. William Allen, ex Governor of
Ohio, died suddenly at his home near
'.'hillicothe, Oiiio, Friday morning.
Ihe women haw hall player, are not
meeting with excellent success. They
were atoned by a mob at New Haven,
' <inn., f>n Monday.
| .fudge Taddock'* .on Henry, aged 12
y. ;r, \MI drowned while bathing Mon
day tn'irnirig at Malfue, N. Y. Fred,
another .on, we severely injure<J a few
day. ago hy falling from a tree.
Masonic IxxJge, No. 4. of Frederick *-
I ttrg, \ a., iti which < ieorg'e Washington
wa* entered, rais <1 and passed. will
lake | , t in the dedicatory ceremony
'if the Washington monument.
W m. J. I.ew i., a ]>rominent merchant
and banker of St. lxjui*. ari'l largely in
let. -te 1 in the Rigmuddy coal mines in
"•"Ulhern Illinoi., wiu overcome by heat
tit 1 arondelet, Moti lay morning, aud
died in twenty minute.,
'I he torm which wan *o .eyre hero
'in I 11-lay la-l al/> prevailed with great
fury it i tily I ,ty, at Mifflin. -liifiiat*
county, ari-l at Ix wi.town, Milllin coun
tv. Ihe amount of property destroyed
at Milllin, .luniata county, in estimated
at fh.'i CJOO.
"ur announcement la*t week of tho
discovery of ('barley How. in (Quebec
proved to be a hoax ; hut a man baa
i-eeri unearthed in Philadelphia who
knows all altout him and can re
turn him in twenty-four hour., ao our
reader* can again await developments.
By a tabular .tatement it i. shown
that the value of the envelope, and
tal card, i—tied thin year i. r2V.53H050,
in increase of t'.'TI.MM. over the valuo
of thoe of last year. There i* a de
crease in the value and number of
newspaper and periodical stamps and
-trri|>e(J envelopes and wrappers.
1 lie different State department* at
Harri.hurg were closed on Saturday out
of resjiect to the memory of the lain
John A. Srnull, Resident ("Jerk of the
House of Representative*. The services
took place in the Pine street l'reshyte
i nan church, and were conducted hy tbo
itev. W . (*. t'attell. 1t.1t., of hasten, who
also delivered the funeral address. Tho
prooe.-ion to the grave consisted of tho
i Pilgrim < -ommandery Knights Templar,
headed hy at.and and followed by a
long line of carriages. The u*ual Ma
j sonic ceremonies were observed at tha
grave.
At an early hour Monday morning
three convict.. Charles (>ilon. Alonxo
Harnhrighl an<l Charles <ioodman.es
j capefl from the county prison at Lan
: -taster. Pa. 7 hey secured their freedom
by sawing through iron plates from
their cell which was on the first floor,
to the cellar, whence they crawled
through the draught chamler* of tha
furnace to the flue, and ascending to
the top of the wall, they let themselves
I down on the outside into c 'range street.
A reward o( fl.'iO has been ottered for
jtiie arrest and return of the criminal*
or f-'Ki for either of tlietn.
Information Ranted.
Whereas, Samuel Covert, private of
Company C. let Regiment Pennsylvania
Rifles, war of lgCil. Ac., was taken prison
er at tho battle of North Anna Rivers,
Y„ and while in prison at Anderson
ville. Georgia, he in company with threo
other comrades of his. namely. John
(letting*, ('baric* l>aughenbugh and J.
11. Reynolds were engaged in digging a
well lor water in the summer ot lKt'.l.
They made a rope out of strip* cut out
of old boot legs, and while Covert was
l>eing lei down the well, the rope broke
and he fell, striking his back and aide
on a stick of wood or timber tn the
liottom of the well, and injuring hi*
back or spine so that he was not Able to
get out without help, and to this day ho
i* disabled by reason of aaid fall.
.Said Covert ha* applied to govern*
ment for an invalid jienaion,, and un
fortunately for him two of hi* comrades,
i Getting, and Ibuighenhaugh, died in
; prison, and he never knew what be
came of Reynolds, nor where he belong
ed. Therefore, is unable to prove up
j by corroborating testimony the facts of
how he received hi* injury. Any person
' having any knowledge of said accident
will confer a great favor on hi* family,
; and will tie handsomely rewarded by
communicating to Sbth Wissnss.
Rose Valley, Lycoming Co., Pa.
♦ ■
From a Clear Sky.
From iKe Uorturfw ltrtH|MKr.
tn Saturday afternoon while the sun
was shining btightly aboltof electricity
entered the telegrsph office at yuarry
vifle on the line of the Atlantic and Pa
cific. The battery was almost ruined,
the key board had all the points melted
off'. the plug broken to piecss and the
key of tue battery blown off. The bat
tery had also all the wrapping around
the wire* burnod-off and the wire* melt
ed. The key of the Reading battery
was opened by the *hock and Nr. F. T.
Sellers, who was sitting nesr by, was
badly shocked and slightly burned, lie
says there seemed to be a ball of fire as
large as a teacup, and for a considerable
time the office was prevailed with a
smell of a peculiar natures The near
est point at which there was any sign of
a thunder gust was six miles from ' juar*
ry ville, in au eastern direction.
NO. 20.