fPje Centre lemnrmi
SIIKiKRT A FORSTEH, Editors.
VOL.
fhc (Stntre JPmomit
Term* >L SO P er Annum, in Advance.
5 T SHUCERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editora.
Thursday Morning, January 8, 1880.
fnntre County Democratic Oom-
Cen mitteo— lßßo.
xinm. r. o. <nntir>.
„>!• " William OalbraiUt It-lUfuuU-.
*"! S.' W...W. C. H-lnln 8.-ll*fbt.
Yf NV William Ilarpnr Helleionte.
._, ari Frank K Hilda Mllaabur*.
" if. I' •' MrDonnnll .Vnionvtlte.
K J !'...A J Gardner.. II ward.
I titj uri". c. (1. Ilerlinger .Plilli|*btirg.
L"m ....• II Krlfanjder Villi,elm.
v V " b ; m Ulrlah Stove? ..Belle!.,nte.
j„. A. McClaln MUeal>ur||.
J"*© ""'.'....Wlltlam tlepide Cine Glenn.
r ,| r .' „ David Delong ll,.ward.
, H. I' ttan'l llriebellm... State College
.. p t). M SUeeta... .StoruiatowD.
iiretc L. M. Kndiel Spring Mill..
,oz," tle,,rge Kel.ter Aar„nal.iirg.
Haifa, £><"> Ward Slormatown.
Samuel Ifttili-r Hoal.t-urg,
I „ liar Id TanjnT Howard.
11, i it. '!• O.l'hru.ilater .Martha.
. ! W. It. Gardner lllam hard.
M „ a'""'.'.'.'. di'li" Un>. Jr............Wa1ker.
M,|,< Sain'] K. Faiiat Millhoiin.
li. W. Hiioilutrger Fillmore.
W. F Smith Mlllhelm.
Filer's' I' U. F. I.ua.- .Centre Hall.
'\T JI O. W S(Muigler .... TtlvoM villi,.
William Cnllen ....!'hlli|hnrg.
a. „ Shoe John G Snow Slu.o.
E. C. W.md Belief,,ule.
T,, v |,,r... Samuel Hoover Fowler.
J.S. Frederick* Fleming.
HVW-r Samuel Decker Zlon.
tV.rth 0. R. William". Fort Matilda. :
J. L. SFANtiI.ER, Chairman.
Faavk K. Biatr. Secretary.
YESTERDAY was the day for the I
meeting of the Maine legislature.
THE Jewell City (Kansas) liepubli- ;
ran favors the nomination of Don
Cameron as the Republican candidate
f.r President. Don is a rising young
man. and we trust sufficiently liberal
to make his boom profitable to Broth
er Brown, even if Don himself is
doomed to " tarry at Jericho until his
! beard grows."
lti'MOßa are agaiu rife of au inten
teutiou on the part of Governor Hoyt
to call an extra session of the legis
lative this winter. We trust these
rumors are unfounded, though there
cui he HO. doubt that certain puliti-
I cians of Philadelphia, and perhaps of
Allegheny, through selfish motives,
are doing all they can to persuade the
Governor ngaiust his better judgment
that an extra session is necessary.
Orr. friend Eichboltz, of the North
umberland County Democrat, has as
sociated Will. L. Detfart and George
G. Frysiuger with him in the publica
tion of that excellent newspaper, un
der the firm name of Eichholtz & Co.
We wish the new firm unbounded
success, and know they will deserve it
by hard work. The, Democrat is a
journal that should receive the sup
port of every member of the jiarty in
Northumberland county.
THE news comes from Indiana and
Kansas that the emigrating negroes are
suffering with hunger and are in great
distress. This unfortunate and credu
lous race whose sufferings excite the
comniisseration of all kindly disposed
people may be poor in the South, but
they are infinitely better off than they
are or can be iu the States to which
they have been seduced by the lying
promises of the human brutes who in
veigled them into coming north.
They are now anxious to return to
their old homes, and many are pressing
through trouble and great sufferings
to escape the miserable doom so wan
tonly brought upon them by their
northern advisers.
Is General Grant's trip through
Siuth Carolina he observed, an ex
ehange remarks, the blackened chim
ney of a half burnt house and said:
"That is one of General Sherman's
Jnouuinents." To this pointed rebuke
of the Shermnn method of making
*ar he added: "There was but one pri
vate house burned by my orders dur
ing the war and that was one where
*ater was refused to wounded sol
"liers. Iu all my campaigns around
Richmond there was not a single house
burned except by accident or in viola
lion of orders." This attack on Gen
eral Sherman, the brother of Grant's
Principal rival to the Presidency, has
caused considerable comment in
Washington. In criticizing General
Sherman's course Grant indirectly
called the attention of the Southern
people to the opposite course pursued
by himself.
"KMUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE ok PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OH POLITICAL."-J<ffw,„n
The Unwritten Law of the Re
public.
The extraordinary and sturlliug
action of the Republican State Com
mittee in fixiug an earlier date for the
holding of their State Convention
than was ever before known in the
history of the Republican party,
has at last borne legitimate fruit.
For a little while after the edict
of Donald Caiuerou had been pro
claimed through the happy medium
of the State Committee the whole
organization stood aghast. The par
ty press was paralyzed and silent
from sheer astonishment. Party
leaders held their breath at this new
and unparalleled assumption of au
thority on the part of the heir of the
ruliug family, and faintly wondered
what the next move upon the political
chess-board would lie. But now a
marked and wholesome reaction
has taken place. Protests loud and
deep well up from editorial breasts
and statesmen who were not consulted
at the crucial moment now indulge in
Language which, if not strictly parlia
mentary, has at toast the merit of
frankness. All at once it is discover
ed that the precipitate action of the
State Committee under the spur of the
clau Cameron is hut a thinly dis
guised spurt of the third-termers, and
is intended to open the Hood-gates of
Grantisraall over the country. Penn
sylvania Republicans are to follow
the nodding plume of the highland
chief as he puts his lance at rest,
ready to do battle for the favorite
against the field. Now, it is apparent
for the first time that the nomination
of Gen. Grant for the third time would
he a crime and in direct violation of
the "Unwritten law of the republic."
But where was the ready and powerful
I [ten of M'Pherwon while the conspiracy
j of which he now so bitterly complains
was being consummated under the
very shadow of the I'res* office?
I Where was the saintly, bibulous Lear
: while the machinery of his party was
being prostituted to pander to the ani
| bition of one man ? Why did he not
sound the note of alarm before the
chains were riveted and his denuncia
tion futile? It will not do now for
I these carpct-knights to parade their
| virtue before the world, when they
were passive if not active participants
;in the outrage which they now so
j loudly condemn. It is of no avail for
! them now to go hack to the historic
j traditions of the past and exhume the
patriotic warnings of the fathers of
the republic. The haughty young
leader cares nothing for the prophetic
words of Washington and Jackson.
He will not pause to make himself ac
quainted with "the unwritten law of
the republic." Mcl'herson may rant
and I/'iir may bluster, but the work
so carefully mapped out for the con
vention will be conscientiously and
servilely completed. Thcu for the
sake of "harmony" the discordant ele
ments will be brought iuto subjection.
McPherson will be silenced by being
, made a dclegatc-at-large, and Lear
will he hft to tear his hair amidst the
lawful sclitude and obscurity of his
| Bucks county home. And the heir
apparent, with the Pennsylvania dele
gation in his pocket, and the National
organization UDder his entire control,
can look calmly over the field and
take his choice of positions. By June
it may be possible that the nephew of
his uncle will call in his outposts and
effect a change of base. There are
those who do not hesitate to say that
the Cameron capture of the Republi
can organization in this State is in the
interest of "Uncle John." In that
case "the unwritten law of the repub
lic" will remain inviolate. Be that as
it may, this odious and humiliating
fact stands out boldly and clearly —
that the Republican party of Pennsyl
vania is bound hand and foot and
delivered over to Cameron ism for
years to come.
THE holiday recess of Congress ex
pi red on Tuesday. Now for business.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1880.
An After-Dinnor Speech.
One of John Sherman's last per
formances in the line of speech mak
ing was at the dinner of the Pilgrim
Fathers, in New York city, last month.
On that occasion Mr. Sherman was
called upon to respond to a toast in
honor of Mr. Hayes, and did so in a
remarkable speech. With a view to
soften the many hard things that have
been said of Mr. Hayes because of the
manner in which he came into his
present position, the wily Secretary
spoke as follows:
"It in one of the first duties of the av
erage American to vent all his spite and
spleen against the President of the United
States. [Laughter.] It is a very safe
and easy occupation, because the President
could only answer by his dignity and in
silence ; but of late years the press of this
country has greatly improved. No Presi
dent of the United States was ever spoken
of with such bitterness a* Washington,
Adams and Jefi erect), and vet now we re
spect the name of Washington as the first
in war, the ilrst in peace, and the first in
the heart* of his countrymen. [Applause]
Adams and .Jefferson, although arrayed
against each other in early history,"are
now blended, and their names, written on
the Declaration of Independence, are
only remembered to their credit."
No doubt each one of the honored
Presidents of the United States named
in the above extract had in his day to
bear a full share of personal abuse,
but in all the "spite and .spleen" that
was vented against them, no one
could say of them that they did not
honestly come by the great office
which each in his time tilled with so
much honor to himself and benefit to
his country. Neither Washington,
Adams or Jefferson filled a place to
which the people had chosen another,
and therein lies at least one difTereneo
between them and His Fraudulency
of the present time. Time, it is true,
has softened the asperities of the past
towards each of the great men whom
the people in the exercise of (fecir
l right of choice had placed at the
head of their government as their
chief executive, hut Mr. Sherman
must not Hatter himself with the
thought that*time will do the same
for Hayes and the schemers who
cheated the nation in 1870. For
them and their work time bears no
healing halm iu its Hight. To the
latest generations the odium that now
attaches to the groat electoral crime
and its perpetrators will remain the
same. From the man who was "first
in war, first in peace, uud first in the
hearts of his countrymen," to the
man who occupies a stolen office the
difference is too great for comparison,
ami in his next after-dinner speech to
the Pilgrim Fathers may as well be
omitted by Mr. Sherman. A Fraud
he is, and a Fraud he will remnin so
long as printed pages of the history
of our land remain to tell the story to
future ages.
TUB Republican Judges of the Su
preme Court of Maine, to whom Gov
ernor Garcelou submitted certain
questions in relation to the election
laws of the State, and the manner of
computing the returns under them,
have given an opinion over which the
Republicans are disposed to be quite
jubilant. It is claimed that the opin
ion is adverse to the action of the
Governor and bis Council in the mat
ter of the late election returns and
must scat the members of the Legis
lature alleged to have been "counted
out." We do not know how this may
be, nor do we care. The Governor
claimed to have followed strictly the
requirements of the constitution and
the laws of the State, the previous de
cisions of the Court, and also the Re
publican precedents, and concluded
his work. After it was done, we can
not conceive why an after opinion
should have been desired. Of course,
it is not at all astonishing that the
Court should reverse itself. There
never was a Republican tribunal that
failed to reaolve political questions in
favor of the party, and there proba
bly never will be one impartial and
independent enough to do otherwise.
Hence there should be no surprise
over the opinion given by the Court in
Maine. It is just what was to lie ex-
pected. Its effect remains to he seen.
Probably tho whole matter will yet be
referred to the Legislature for final
action.
THE DIBUUISE OFF. Grant is a
candidate uud no longer affects to ob
ject to entering the canvass to scram
ble for success. He is now making
his electioneering tour iu the South.
The Camerons of Pennsylvania,
Coupling of New York, Wnshburnc
and I/ogan of Illinois, nre charged
with the duty of settiug up the pins
in their respective States and requir
ing the obedience of their clans. The
"old commander" having been sent to
Europe to study royalty is now pre--
pared, according to General Bealc,
with "royal incense" to conduct a
"strong government" fur the Ameri
can aristocracy independent of State
laws.
THE recent decision of the Phila
delphia courts that both the chairman
and members of a State committee
are individually liable for debts con
tracted in conducting a political cam
paign, will raise a very interesting
question, apropon of the numerous
substitutions iu the lute Republican
committee. Who is to be responsible
for Greene, Clariou, Tioga and the
other counties that furnished peraouu
tovs? Will it lie Quay, Handy
| Smith, 'Lish Davis, or the regular
members of the committee? Here is
a chance for the fine Italian hand of
Judge BriggsL
We arc glad to know that Mr.
HsyA conducted himself in u praise
wAfly manner in performing the nr
(l lions duties of host at his New Year's
reception. The Jenkinses of the New
| York ami Philadelphia pYess do full
justice to the toilettes of the Indies
autl the "calm, dignified beating" of
tlue fraudulent President. We won
der Yf JnfltiftiW glitter aud. glare of
tlii# magnificent pageant there never
1 came to mar for a moment the splen
l dor of the scene ami the exultation of
the hour, the picture of a quiet gen-
I lleman serenely passing the first of
the year in his own house at Gramercy
Park. And did it not occur to Hayes
that he was a sort of nu American
Ticbborne.
EX-ATTORNEY GENERAL LEAR, of
Bucks county, is one of the gentle
men of the Republican party who
protest so loudly against the action of
of the State committee in calling the
convention as early a day as the fourth
of February. Too late, Mr. I>nr.
You should have lieen active before
the committee met, if you had any
objections to urge against machine rule
and machjuc tactics.
IT is confidently expected that Hon.
J. Himpson Africa, of Huntingdon
county, will he nppointed Supervisor
of the Census for this district. Mr.
Africa is a gentleman peculiarly fitted
for the position and his appointment
would mean thorough and efficient
work. Wc hope in due time to have
the pleasure of announcing his nomi
nation by the appointing power and
his unnnimons confirmation by the
Senate.
GENERAL HARRY WHITE is re
ported as declaring that the nomina
tion of Grant i* as inevitable as the
rising sun. Perhaps General Harry
White don't know that all the Repub
lican States are not under the imme
diate control and direction of the
Camerons, as in Pennsylvania. They
may not he prepared for the Empire
yet ?
AFTER ALL, it is not probable that
Blaine will find it necessary to hire a
substitute to do his fighting in Maiue.
This is a great pity. Oue of his belli
cose parsons might have been utilized
in that way without a particle of loss
to the cause of Christianity and the
church. '
ANOTHER debt paid. Mr. Hayes
has just nppointed Col. George B.
Corkhill to the United States Attor
neyship of the District of Columbia.
Corkhill is the son-in-law of Judge
Miller, of the Supreme Court and one
of Urn glorious "8" of the electoral
commission. Next.
"Jewis of Nazareth I'asHctli By."
RRTR,— HAITI:A XVIH, VIHHI- TO 4°..
Tin; 'iJlty of I'ulms" lay ImthH in light,
VI liieli fell iipou turret and tower and dotue—
'l wan riot heodod hy all—for the darknt-Ea of night
Hhrouded the eye* of the l>eggar lone,
Whoaat by the waynide, near the gatf;,
Patiantly waiting with ouUtrntchad palm*
Toward the pa-Hera l.y both early and late,
Fr gentle eliarlty'a kindly aim-.
x hat in that ha hear* hi tle diitnfic* there '
I it not tha Nomid of many feet
Now the murmur of voices till the air,
AH nearer they coine Pi the hlhid IIIMIM stl.
On, on they press, thin gathering crowd;
11 op© in his Umorii h©au strangely high ;
The sound of their coming is loud and more loud—
They may help the beggar, as they pass by.
Visions of coins till his snxioun mind,
In sucli a throng most be friendly hearts
That will see him and graciously pity the blind,
K'er they enter the City's busy marts.
He knew not the wondrous, rich gift that lay
In store for him, 'mid the multitude nigh,"
And asked of a traveler, 44 Who routes this way? "
•* Tis Jesus of NaAareth, passes by."
The auswvr fell on liis <|tiirken©<l ear ;
Jetiiis of Ns/aretb—oh. can It be?
Is that great I'liysiriao, he has heard of, near '
PvrcliaiM* lie may help the blind to ae*.
Ills face is o'ei spread with a look of entreaty ,
llis vote© is uplifted with piteous cry :
"Oh, Hon of David, have mercy upon me ;
Jesus of Na/Atretb, pas* me not by." *
The eager crowd hi© cry would have stilled,
And harshly bade him silent lie—
Again come* his voice with anguish filled,
"Thou Am of David, have mercy n me."
Does the haviotir hear his sad, touching plea?
Yea—lie has atisaerod in tones full of might :
"Hither bring him ; a hat wilt thou I do unto tlie©
"Lord," cries the suppliant,' give me my sight."
Those IIJ.B, * reathed with mercy to them that believe,
VV ere parted—end woiidarful words forth do roll;
®lliy sight, oh, thou weary man receive,
Ti* thy faitli that hath mad© the© whole," *
The ey#n that rlns* sealed had forever been
Were •ip©nr<l and looked on tb<- radiant iky ;
Words of glory ©scp<s| him, tliat lie had l©*u seen*
By Jesus of Naaareth passing by.
Tellme. 0)1 tell, are we not all blind ?
Has not siii liouud tight in its iron clasp
The In-aiU that are hard to find
The pleasures they vainly strive to grasp?
How they fade and fall from the trembling hands—
Oh! sinner upturn thy downcast eye ;
Near thee, lie that can give endaring life stands.
Lu, M J©sus of Nsaareth passes by."
Ye who are weary aud worn ami sad.
Whose beads are beHpriiikled with silvery hair,
I©*ok to this Jeu—l>elieve and be glad.
None who liave faith iu Him e'er need de*|wir.
Th* guy and the gloomy, all those who grieve,
Look, for th© intwrnate Uewier is nigh!
~ Fly K> the refuge—U> hold and believe
Wblle "Jesus of Hi/swth pku by " FA. ft.
l'iir Iron.
From the American Manufacturer.
Price* of jtig iron are bounding up
ward again, and some of the more
thoughtful ironmnker* are feeling un
easy. They fear that value* are going
to reach a point from which they will
drop with a thud one of the*e days.
It was thought some time ago that the
Knglish market would regulate ours,
hut this is proving a delusion, as prices
there are bounding upward to as giddy
a height as they are here. In other
words, instead of the Knglish market
controlling ours, the reverse in the case.
The cause ol the whole trouble is a
scarcity of ore. If all the American
furnaces were in blast they could meet
the enormous demand ; but many of
them cannot blow in for want of ore—
and we notice by our late Knglish ex
change* that the same is true with re
-pect to many furnaces in Wales. Now,
if ever, is the lime for the develop
ment of ore properties.
How Nails are Counted.
Persons who have visited the exten
sive nail works in and around our city,
says the llarrisburg Patriot , have per
haps never iuquired why the form
•'four," "six," "eight" and "ten-penny"
is used in designating the size of nails.
"Four-penny" means four pounds to
(he thousand naili, or "aix-penny"
means six pounds to the thousand, and
<ll on. It is an old English term, and
meant at first "ten pound', nails (the
thousand being understood), but the
old Knglish clipped it to "tennun," and
from that it degenerated until "penny"
was substituted for pounds." When a
thousand nails weigh less than a pound
they are designated tacks, brads, etc.,
and are reckoned by ounces.
The National Hanks of the city of
New York at date of their laat report
to the Comptroller of Currency, Decem
ber 12th, 1879, held $49,(V1A,389 of spe
cie. The amount of specie held by
these banks on December Ath, 1878,
was $1(1.286,479, shwoing an increase of
$33,359,910. The amount of legal ten
der notes held on December 12th, 1879.
was $9,964,877, of which $2,310,000 were
United States certificates. The amount
held on December 6th, 1878, was $33,-
703,177, of which $20,080,000 were Unit
ed Stales certificates, showing a decrease
in United States certificates of more
than $17,000,006 during the year, and
a total decrease of legal tender notes
and certificates of $23,<38,240.
The New Orleans grand jury in their
laat rej>ort give up the task of suppress
ing gambling, ana recommend that the
calling be legitimatised and made to
contribute to the ptiblio treasury. The
{rand jury propose*, therefore, a tax of
5,000 per annum on each establish
ment. She grand jury also reoommends
the Legislature to adopt such measures
as will make depositors in savings In
stitutions secure under all contingen
cies, and hedge the deposit by ample
penalties, both civil and criminal.
TERMS: #1.50 per Aiiinim, in Advance.
Imperialism T*. flic People.
rrom flu* X'-w Vrk Htur ru.)
The year 187'J has been one of the
, most prosperous in our history. Prodigal
• nature hus made up for the deficiencies
of man. Crops never before equaled, a
: vast increase of exportation* over itn
i portations, enforced idleness made hap
by re-employment—these are some of
i the blessings which we have to be
thankful for as a people.
The politicians of the Republican par
ity are striving to turn to their own ae
l count these lavish favors of Providence.
, They have had as much to do with
| them as with the discovery of the plan
et Georgium Sidus. If a party whose.
! cornerstone is sectional hate can work
out any beneficent popular result®, all
these lessons of history have been mis
understood, and must be learned over
i again. The people know that they are
j prosperous in spite of sectional agita-
I tors.
Rut we cannot always count on the
I bounty of nature. Men must deserve
good fortune if they would enjoy it as a
| meritorious reward. The year opened
i to-day will, before it is gone, test the
I fidelity of the American people in a
t manner which' every citizen in the land
will understand, and the test will be
rone which no freeman will avade or put
' away from casuistry or plausible pretexts
| for self-deception. Imperialism looms
| up out of the dead year as the ominous
j and gaunt figure which threatens the
j future of the country. We have faith
( in the people that they will exorcise
I this spectre. The example of Washing
ton, .Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
•Jackson, the unwritten but sacred law
of the republic against a third presiden
tial term for any citizen, cannot and
will not, we are persuaded, be violated.
Rut the formidable intrigue to violate
; this law has been hatched. The people
alone can crush the intrigue and scat
j ler the Imperialist* to the winds.
The death is announced at his home
. in Kouth b'range, New Jersey, of Chas.
I Coudert, a survivor of the battle of
! l.eipsic and sometime a lieutenant in
| the Guard of Honor of the First Xa
! |>oleon. Rorn in Rordeaux, December
27, 1795, when seventeen years old he
joined the corps named—a part of the
Young Guard—and during the last
year of the first empire, as well as dur
ing the Hundred Days fought gallantly
for Napoleon. Ry the bridge of Leip
sic he received a wound in his arm, the
scar whereof he proudly carried until
hi* dying day. After the Restoration
he was stationed at the cavalry school
of Saurnur; was arrested for complicity
in a plot to place the Duke of Reich
-tadi upon the throne; was tried and
condemned .to be shot. Fortunately be
succeeded in escaping in disguise, and.
after a short stay in England came to
America, where he has since lived.
A fire broke out Monday morning in
the basement of Turner Hall, East
Fourth street, New York City, occupied
by William Winkle as a ball room, and
when the flames were extinguished,
William Geib, 10 years old; Louis
Schmidt, HO; Henry Gehweilen, 25, and
Terpssa Erhardt, 25, were found on the
top floor dead. Winkle and his wife
were badly burned and sent to the hos
pital. Annie Raur received internal
injuries by jumping from the fourth
story window, and was badly burned
about the hands and face. An unknown
woman had both legs broken by jump
ing front the top door. The damage
lo the building and stock is $12,000.
Rishop Gilbert Haven, who died Sat
urday, was born in Roston, in 1821, and
graduated at Wesley an University, in
1840. In 1851 he joined the New Eng
land conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church. He was the first com
missioned chaplain after the breaking
out of the civil war, being appointed
chaplain of the Eighth Massachusetts
Regiment in ISfil. He was elected
Rishop in 1872, and given the charge
of the churches in the extreme South.
A strong advocate of Protestant missions
in Italy, and among the Span.sb-apeak
ing people he in 1872-3 visited Mexico
in the interests of this cause.
Senator Chandler was believed to
have died intestate, but after the defth
of Postmaster Edmunds, of Washington,
his will was found among that gentle
man's papers, dated March 31, 18f>5.
It is a very brief document, and devisee
all his estate, real and personal, to his
wife and daughter, to be equally divided
between them
During the past year there were filed
in the office, of the Philadelphia register
of wills inventories of the personal es
tate* of eitisens who died leaving per
sonalities valued at between SIOO,OOO
and $200,000 each. There were also
twenty-one personal estates of over
$200,000 each, aggregating $18,000,000.
Sinoe the burning of the railroad de
pot at Tyrone the different offices are
transferred to the Ward Houss. A
new depot, it is said, will be erected on
the site of the old one.
At Waco, Texas, Miss Florence Davis,
aged 17, a daughter of the llou. J. F.
Davis, while carelessly handling a pistol,
shot herself through the heart, causing
instant death.
Specimens of California quarts rock
have been found In Woodward town
ship, Lycoming county, which old Cali
fornia minets claim contain gold or
silver. _
The schools are being closed in More
land township, Lycoming county, be
cause of the prevalence or dipt hem.
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