TE CENTRE DEMOCRAT is pub- fahed every Thursday morning, at Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa, TERME ash in advance wi If wot paid in advance A LIYE PAPER whole people. Payments made within three mouths will be con sidered in advance, No paper will be discontinued until arrearages are pa id except at option of publishers, Papers going out of the county must be paid for in advance, Any person procuring us ten cash subscribers will devoted to the interests of the | proper encouragement to be grown to | prosont a copy free of charge. | Our extensive circulation makos this paper An un- usually reliable and profitable medium for sdvertiving. We have the most ample facilities for JOB WORK and are prepared to print all kinds of Books, Tracts, Programmes, Posters, Commercial printing, &c., in the latent style ana at the lowest possible rates, All advertisements for a loss term than threo months 20 cents per line for the first three insertions, and & cents a line for each additional insertion. Special notices one-half more. Editorirl notices 15 centa per line, Local Norioss 10 cents per line. A liberal discount ls od to personsadvertising by the quarter, hall yoar, or yea:, as follows: 48: SPACE OCCUPIED, - - Oue inch (or 12 Hines this tyEs)....oommmnnn $0 Two inches . Three inches.......coooeimmn Quarter column (or § inches Half column (or 10 inches)... Que column (or 20 inches Foreign advertisements must be paid for before in- gertion, except on yearly contracts, when hall-yearly | payments in advance will be required, | Porirical Norioes, 16 cents per line each insertion. Nothing inserted for less than 50 cents, Business Noriows, in the editorial columns, 15 cents | per line, each insertion, Eastern North Carolina. The entire Eastern section of North Carolina consists of a wide plain reaching from the sea coast inland from 100 to 120 | miles. Much of this plain is very level | North and South, but rises from East to West at the almost imperceptible rate of about fifteen inches to the mile, Th, | monotony of the apparent level is, how- ever, broken by slight but frequent udu~ | lations. The western boundary of this section stretches from the west line of Warren through the counties of Frank- lin, Cumberland, Wake, Catbam, Mont gomery, Anson and Moore, the last named an elevation of 500 feet is attained the sea rolled in snd in county Over this whole region a comparatively late geologic period, The soil varies from clay to sand, with all degrees of mixtures of the two, and also inter with the quantity of decomposed shells contain- ed. On the uplands it is chiefly a sandy loam, easly worked aud very productive, Large areas are, however, found covered with white sand, upon which grows the long-leafed pine. When cleared, this eandy soil gives good crops of corn and cotton for a few years, after which it re quires manure, Other extensive Areas possess a soil almost exclusively of clay as for instance the counties on the north side of the Albemarle Sound ; such soils the tant portions of this section are are very fertile. But most impor the al These are usually exten luvial lands. sive, and exceptionally rich and prolific. From the eastern half of Jones county to Cape Fear, a pec ular fertility is £0 imparted to the soil by decayed shells, Another class of land unsurpassed in productive qualities found in this sect is that reclaimed by drainage from the Mattamueskeet andScuppeinong lakes Such lands are practically inexhausti- ble. Those in cultivation for seventy the reclaimed detoriation. Of the from the marshes near tha seashore, five years show no same nature are tracts Jordering on the sea and sounds sre immense tracts called swamps, but which differ widely from what is usually ua- derstood by that term. alluvial por subject to overflow. Por lhey are veither tions of them lie quite low, but this is not at all so of a few. Many of them oc- cupy the divides or watersheds between | the rivers and sounds, and are elevated | many feet above the adjacent rivers of which they are the sources. These latter | are susceptible of drainage, and when reclaimed have every element of the most exhuberant and lasting fertility. Jay river swamp, pelween Pamlico and Neuse rivers, and swamp in Brunswick Columbus counties may be mentioned as examples. The elevation of the latter is forty feet above the sea level. The work of drainage is simple. From the border of the swamp, which is always the highest land, the bottom slopes in every direction gradually, al- most imperceptibly to the centre. A canal cut through this border into the swamp and carried to some neighboring stream, lays bare an extensive belt slong the entire border. The aggragate terri. tory in the state known as swamp lands is between three and four thousand square miles. When drainage shall be properly carried ont over this great territory—a work which, on sccount of the slight difficulties to be encountered as compared with those which, they en- countered and overcame would be deemed trifling by the labarious North German and the indefatigable Holland. er—hundreds of square miles of land of surpassing fertility will be added to the acres now in cultivation Throughout this entire section, col- ton, corn, oats, sorghum, peas, potatoes, especially sweel potatoes, are the staple crops. Upon the rich alluvionsand the reclaimed lake and swamp lands, corn, with peas planted in the intervals be- tween the corn, forms the exclusive crop, Occasionally, on the broad low-grounds Green | able, profitable in the marshes, attain a peculiar excellence, { able wood of the state. | that they are found in greatest: | since 1 | of the Roanoke, wheat is grown toa con The Centre Democrat, siderable extent. In thecounties on the North of Albemarle sound it is one of the staple crops. On the low-grounds of the lower Cape Fearrice has long been i the staple crop, and during recent yesrs its culture has been extended north ward along the low lying lands of the | rivers and sounds, of rice has been introduced within a few | year: past with success; and it only neeas any extent. This section is everywhers | underlaid with marl—a mixture of osr- bonate of lime and clay formed by the | decomposition of the imbedded shells | —sufficient in quantity, when raised and applied to the surface to bring it to a high pitch of fertility and maintain it 80. In Eastern North Carolina, the nate! ural adaptability of soil and climate to | the grape, and the wonderful luxuriance { of the vine and fruit is indeed remark Wild grapes grow in the greatest { abundance, snd the scuppernong, ca- tawba, Isabella and Lincoln are natives of this region, The wine now made is { held in high and growing esteem, All fruits and berries, except apples, { grow, and cranberries have proved very Melons also Apples are very ordinary. Truck raising for | northern markets has developed into | an important industry, both the soil and means of rapid tronsportation being favorable. The long-leafed pine is the most valu Apart from ils | products—turpentine, tar, rosin and the spirits distilled from the turpentine—its | uses in civil and naval architecture defy enumeration. The timber and its prod ucts were long, and are to-dav, among the chief articles of export from this state, It alone has brought, and now brings, ships from every port of ES I shief ‘onsiderable inroads the world to Wilmington the seaport town of the state, ( have been made upon the foreses con- to railroads and ble Av mains for future use, tiguous DAVIZH streams ast reserve, however, re [he cypress is next in importance. It is found everywhere in the swamps of the eastern part of this section; its tim- 1 ber being smongst the most valuable for the frame and woodwork of he ISPs, for shingles, for fences and water pipes, Beyond the margin of the swamps are immense forests of the trees, scarcely as yet touched by the ax. White cedar and live oak are the next most impor ant growths, and sre moderately abun dant, The e nlor f the Mole | at Dolce und being famous Seines a mile or cast and d ir is wnd sha Fishing is done more arn in by MELE X) pout ds taken at a baul Macker M M . 4 2 el, mullet blue £0, ad, sheejeh i vig-fsh ar AD i gas) Are fishes of all is and Hae abound The numbers o gounds are the resort water fowls, roe and geese; but it is in Curiituck A num! er of small islands dot t! low waters of tle eastern side of t} sound, where the wild celery an! ony | kinds of gra ses flourish in These sre the haunts of the mallard, red-head and canvas-back ducks, Wheo feeding they cover thie part of sound for miles: when they take wi black cloud. Hunting these fowls (which command a bigh price profitable employment to many people This region is the paradise of the ame- | teur sportsman, and clubs of northern gentlemen have lodges there, to which | they regularly repair at the proper sea son for hunting. The with the ocean have shifted very much the country was first Some that were navigable for vessels inlets connecting the sounds pottled: of considerable size have closed ; and those that rema‘n are navigable for ves- The effects of these changes operated formerly as a great restrictions upon the commerce of the northern half of the coast. These obstruction have at length given way before the spirit of enterprise and the of connects the waters of Albemarle sound with Chesapeake bay, and steamers ply to every point fromNewbern to Norfolk. This region, though once locked up, is sels of slight burden only. progress invention, A canal now now fully laid open to commerce, In adddition to the line of steamers nam- ed, there is another by the Chowan and Blackwater rivers, connecting with the Seaboard & Norfolk railroad, Lastly a line of railway has been constructed within the past year from Edenton to Norfolk, Whales, which used Lo come to the shores of the state in great numbers still appear occasionally, and are suc- cessfully harpooned. The climate rain<fall, health and other natural conditions, such as water, pure air, etc, are unsurpassed any- The upland variety | at [| leo of vast | hiy ducky | sound | ler, | esl al} profusic mi, { I+ ha!f sn hour | came back and put the | ing | they present the appearance of a vast | gives i where in the Union, The rate of taxes is very low, being as small as § of 1 per cent, or 50 cents on the £100. Schools |are provided of good character, and churches, chiefly Protestants, are num ©erous, ~~ A Mysterious Affair THE MUTILATED BODY OF A WOMAN IN A BACK, New York, May 20 —At 3 o'clock this morning a Frenchman who proved to be Louis Francis, of No, 307 Tenth avenue, was arrested while on his way to the North river, bearing on his back a bag containing the mutilated corpse lof a woman who had been murdered | The policeman was attracted by Francis’ | weighted by his ghastly burden, and | stopped and asked what the bag con- The give any explanation, and atthmped to | tained, Frenchman refused move on, but the officer insisted upon | being informed as to the contents of | the sack, anbtook Francis into custody | The policeman then seized him by the arm, whereupon he dropped the bag the sound to {and its contents sidewalk. the flags, and the officer, upon openirg the upon {It fell with a “swashing" end of the sack, found, to his surprise { and horror, that it contained the muti | lated corpse of a woman, The body was doubled and dition, in an almost nude con I'he policeman upon making a inmistakable the 14 y had been murdered, There were ghast! closer examination, found evidence of the fact that woman wounds sbout the head and also on the neck, from wich the blood had flowed freely, and had congulated on the corpse, Francis was asked for an explanation of the mysterious affair, recovering from his confusion he declared the corpse was vd died a that of his wife, and that she h death Ie without me to defi vi conceived natursl ng ANS of the i CCPREAT iy Lhe expenses the A OF ing the corpse to the police & atl placed under arrest and steps skeen to investig the supposed Francis i+ abou years of age, and made no attempt to explain the affair when closely questioned, other than to lied snd he 1 the f repest the story that his wife had on Tenth aver OT pas r on account of bis inal ity to give their home was simply depositing the « rive Christian burial, Louis Francis tells the following story Yesterday | found a valuable | We, which ny wife afterwards lost, | repr pr i 4 : ny wife for losing him and she ne, At half seven o'clock past ght she sent me out for beer | came back | found a man named Wil ym Welsh in the room with her orks in the same shop with me | IE it on my lap and kissed me 1@ and th Then Welsh and | k, and then I left When | ve was lying on the # ie threw a glass at 1 en a Can, 12 then went oul, slked out half a ble tw to come home, came back or dead. | wait- | an hour, thinking she would revive we did not. | den't know what was the She told me bef but 10 liked tue man who put up the wine use of her death. we 10 died she did not care for me, r her, He is Leopole Swconville, and s lives with Mis. Lynch, on Broadway. fier | found my wife dead, I took 16 mts and went out and got a drink yor in the bag to throw her into the ver, vere bh rought to the station house this morning, the Sergeant in charge im- On the wrrival of that official he made a super of | The face of the victim was much dis- chest was nol lacking to nediately sent for the Coroner, | ficial exammination the remains, colored, wna s]a y thie | Lach, | show that the woman bad been chocked that wan was not Francis’ wife, but his para- «aid ab As nd stom and evidence to death, It is now sad the wo {mour., Her name, he Ne | Fehot, She years of age, and kas a son who resides Ihe prise his says the wowan was born in Pisfield, Mass, of whore she was married to a man named wav ina was ut thirty-eight in Boston ner in story French-Canadian parents, Francois Oliver, and that she left him came to Now York with him (Francis) “I never lived happily with her,” said. Francis is a tall, thin Frenchman, He showed no feeling. He wasarraigned iu the Jefferson Market manded until to-morrow, Court and re As the body of Selina Fehot lay in the police station this morning, it hac the appearance of once having been that of a pretty woman, Even the traces of dissipation could not destroy this im pression, She of delicate com- plexion, with large, expressive blue eyes, thick, wavy, light brown hair, and petite in figure, probably about 100 pound, Was weighing On the corp e wera scrupulously clean underwear, a black skirt, and an embroidered night.dress About the neck was a twisted silk hand. korchief and about the throat lines of discoloration and marks of finger vais It was evident the woman had been strangled to death by twisting the hand. kereh ef about the throat, SEWED | mysterious manner ss he moved along | to | When Franei« and his ghastly burden be | Franz Bobert is about 17 years old, | this | | country about six weeks ago and bas | Terrible Double Tragedy. FRANZ BODERT SHOOTS A CHILD ANE THEN COMMITS BUICIDE, Pirrssunc, May 22, 1885 Franz Bobert, a young tailor, bonrd ing at No, 69 Webster avenue, shot and | killed Lizzie Leppig, a four year child about noon yesterday, and imme - diately after committed saicide by shoot the The double tragedy, ling himself through heart, circumstances of this the latest of the numerous gory events | which have transpired in the city with- in a short time are peculiarly horrify- ing and distressing. ide the front room of the house eating Mra, was in the kitchen adjoining attending to the of the The voung man pulled out a revolver and a Bobert was sitting at a table in Ce cream with the child, Leppig duties household, momunt later fired one shot, It struck the little girl, who was scarcely the neck. blood Her slayer then turn “ yard from him, d rectly in fell | from the wound, forward and the spurted ed the weapon upon his own person, He walked upon an enclosed porch, a few feet from { firing two more shots, out where they had been sitting, snd then fell down, Mrs. {she was rushing in to learn the cause Leppig heard the shots and es she was met by her eight-year-old son, who was bringing to her in his arms the body of his dying sister. ened mother hastened ts thinkiog the child had only but discovering the bleeding comprehended the nature of her injur screams of Fhe the neighborhood, Mrs. Leppig aroused and the residents rushed I'he tenderly placed in a crac to the scene of the tragedy bleeding form of lle win where she received which the ing within pouring perforat 51a m had Was the ro 3 rt was ly bloed The yn his han fatal wea; fre | ] | ian ilay between his legs, he er blood that flowed from his the imaon breast contrasted f 1 {air of his with snd fac strangely hands his f featnre Lin e. expression of Was 8 hard to belie and innocent that it was that hie was the chief in the rible tragedy. Drs Warne; their arris lumburg and wer but before summon ort was d and tl died Ve Innocer shortly + house was an ex We lsh A hen | John Leppig Lhe 0 Lizzi A consia m in a buggy and dre es, Is . vv 1 employed At Kine & bakery bie went we across which sodark a When nim Lo his home, entered he He picked which cloud had falls he the room where the child lay, lost all control of his emotions. her up from the erib 1n tender hands had placed her and esressed the that Wan lifeless body villing to believe his dead, He finally convineed thal such was the aw- ys UD child was a« tually frienzied* Bob- ert’s body was pointed out to him lying ful fact, and then he became he asked where her slaver eas, on the porch, | with exclamation in German, commenc- ed kicking it about the floor, apparent. | ly not realizing that he was dead in his | frenzy. The detectives restrained him that Bobert {in his rage, and told him was already dead, “What, 1s he shot too?" said Leppig {stepping back. *Is my wife killed too?" He was told that been Mrs, she had not injured, and he became calmer. Leppig was so overcome with grief that | (she had to be removed to the room in the second story. Her senses were so { distracted by the horrible circumsiances | first | clear account of how it really happen { ed, Bobert had { that she could not at give She at first said that | fired at her before shooting himself, but | that | | afterward could not be positive { such was the case, He came to and is a Bohemian. | been boarding with the Leppig's most | of the time, ' He was fsmall in stature | and lightly built, and he had a boyish | Recently he obtained a | | Appearance, | situstion as tailor with Peter Weilsbach | whose place of business is on Fountain | street, near Seventh avenue, With his ver, Just how the shooting eame about cannot be exactly determined, as the principal in the awful affair is silent in death, Whether it was accidental or intentional is left to speculation. When Mrs, Leppig became calm enough to talk she said to a representative of the Tux Post that she and her husband be- lieved it to be accidental, vid ideal Khe! The fright- | the hydrant, fainted, | wound | zie Le Ppig was i Leppig rushed to it, and | io the rooms adjoining any | ad ‘ ’ ! * | coosisting of Castors, Butter Dies, first weeks wages he bought the revol- | < Neat in Design. We think we have th cages, bird seed, grave i, cut REE] W'S PHA CECE TT "PILI UI MO'f money ever Lr We 4d mans, st RMAC ught to Jers, a tows ke | Bush House Block represents BS. A. MARBLE SHOP, the lowest a werkman in STOVER’S where you can buy at prices, the VERY BEST kind of Marble or Granite Monuments, Head-Stones and Burial Vaults. Hundreds of the latest and finest Designs constantly on hand to select from. Tu- bular Galvinized Iron Railing, and wrought iron Mantles, Hearths, etc. Satisfaction guaranteed in every respect, or we ask no remittance. Give us a call before buying elsewhere. CHINA HALL | REMOVAL. W.H. WILKINSON, Joli Wanamaker ment of China, Granite, 6, 6. Yollow-ware, and Table Glass, AT LOWEST City Prices. NOVELTY STORE. | have just recently opened a store Harper& (lo. | store on Spring street, Bellefonte, Pa. A full line of Novelties and Fancy Goods] Consisting of almost everything in the line of TOYS, FANCY ARTICLES, VASES, ALBUMS, SILVERWARE, ete. Glass and Chiva Ware, | Clocks, Jewelry, Handsome Steel Engraviogs, Panel Pictures, Paintings and Picture Frames OF ALL STYLES AND SIZES, Come in and and examine the articles on our FIVE-CENT COUNTER, People are cordially invited to eall and examine my stock, which I trust will warrant a share of your patron. age. Respectfully, inset Alpha Corman. more money than at anything sles by tak ing an agency for the beet selling book ont Beginners snooend fran Nome fail Terms Haruer Boor Oo, Portland Maine free «ae two horse Wagon, two Dexter Queen top buggies, our Elleptio spring top buggy, two platform & ring wagons, all new and first class, for sale at low prices and on reasonable terms by 14-4 Jar, Hannm, | Covered chamber | Tumblers, each, «For neat and attractive sale bills oall at the Desocrar office, [Extraordinary s ALN N IRON-STONE CHINA AND TABLE GLASSWARE. WH. WILKINSON, ae CHINA. GLASS, i Queensware, ALLEGHANY STREET, Bellefonte, Pa. ALL KINDS of Crockery and Table Glarsware at LOWER prices than Bellefonte, as the w Is seiling over known in following t well she Lina: warrant. inner 1 | ‘ 1 ize—per doz ner | medium i Tea Plates Tureens—round o Stic ha ales r oval i or « Sauce Turcens—4 nieces Sauce boats : Cups and saucers- do do Fruit ssucers—per doz Chamber sets —10 pieces Pitcher and Basin e dishes Gut vale handled —12 pieces unt andled do 300 100 OMe . O6e Fruit Bowls . . 25¢ Cake stands Glass Sets, 4 pieces Full Stock of Decorated and Chamber Sets, Jest English ware. Tea Sets, Decorated in Blue, Black, Brown or Claret, 56 pieces $5.00-—regular price $7.00. Full assortment in Majolica and Fancy Goods, &e, : Majolica Pitchers, 200; Bohemisn Vases height 10 inches, £1.00, and every. thing else just us cheap in proportion. pa¥~1 desire 10 say to every reader of this advertisement : 7 want your custom, and in reaching out for it I am fully pre pared to gixe you the Greatest value for your money once yet obtsined, Call and examine the goods and the price. If I do not fulfill strictly ali I claim as to prices being LOWER than ever be. fore heard, 1 do not ask your patronage. The greater amount of goods 1 can sel) the lower prices can and wiLy sx MADE, TABLE GLASSWARE Goblets, 35¢ . 3h Tea, Dinner Respectfully, W. H, WILKINSON, Agen for working people. Send 10 cents post. age, and we will mall you free, a royal, valuable sample box of goods that will pat you in the way of making more mossy in a few Any than you ever thought possible at any basinom, Capital not required. Yom oan Hive at home and work in spare time only, or all the time, All of both sexes of all sages, grandly sucomssful 50 cents to $5 onl earned every evening. That ail who want work Tot the Vasdnows, wo make this unparalleled offer © Teall who are wot well patiafied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing we, Full particulars, directions, sto, sent free, Tmmense pas; slwolubely wnre for all who start stones. Don't delyy Addies Frrxson & Os, Portland, Maine, in A -
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