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CHAS. R. KURTZ, Pro
Lor,
OUR HISTORIC A
REVIEW
Jesperate Attempt to Defy Mitltlin
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County Courts
ARMED POSSE AT LEWISTOWN
Iried
I'he
\ttor
Surrounded the Court House and
to Seize ti President Judge
Told
Story District
a gu
the repre
lo go ar
their
their
but a enceavor
"nr
p
crying out, march on
him
reins |
your sword ov
seized the
he
brother of the sheriff
the
principal commander
son, Keoq aforesaid,
who was well mounted and well dressed,
with a sword and I think two pistols belt
ed round him, a cocked hat, and one or
two feathers in it. He said he would
not desist, but at all events proceed and
take Judge Bryson off the bench, and
march him the to the
judge's farm, and make him sign a writ
ten paper, that he would never sit there
down Narrows
as a judge again
The mob still crying out, march on, he
drew his sword, and told me he must
burt me, unless [ would let go the reins
The crowd pushed forward, and nearly
pressed me down; one of them, as |
learned afterwards, a nephew of Judge
Beale, presented his pistol at my breast
with a full determination to shoot me. 1
let the reins go, and walked before them
until I arrived at the stairs on the outside
of the when Arm.
said, since nothing
else will do, let us defend We
Hamilton
court house, Judge
strong met me and
the stairs
M1
bar, and many
citizens ; and the rioters, headed by Wm
Wilson, Col. Walker and Col, Holt,
forward, and the general cry was, march
on, damn you, proceed and take him
Judge Armstrong replied, you damn’d
rascals, come on; we will defend the
court and ourselves, and before you shall
take Judge Bryson, you shall kill me and |
instantly ascended, and
and the gentlemen of the
CR
engagement
had
been entered into by his friends that
he should not, gnd on that account only
Ihe
until two o'clock that day, and were pro
!
he was prevented ourt adjourned
ceeding to open it with the sheriff,
wait him and walk
with them ; he said the
judge would not walk or sit with Bryson,
Judge Bryson with
warmth, who replied to it in a becoming
manner. The sheriff struck at him, and
kicked Judge Armstrong seized
the sheriff, and commanded the peace,
and took the sheriff's rod from him
to
on request him to
returned and
and addressed
also
the
coroner took his place, and the sheriff
before the
was brought up
might be committed to gaol,
and his mitimus wrote and signed, and
the court ordered
court i
moved he
the coroner a gaoler to
take him, and he submitted. The court
After night the drum beat,
lected
adjourned
Holt «
who repeatedly huzza'd
and about seventy men,
crying out *‘iib
erty or death,” and be ordered to rescue
the sheriff, but the
Al ten o0'¢
heriff refused
lock at night | was informed
the
the
expresses were sent dow Narrows,
to collect men to re sheriff, and
Major
sorry for hi
Edmiston ned me he was
conduct, and offered to be ¥
the court's pardon, and to enter into
this to
the Judges Brown and Armstrong, and
requested they would write to the gaoler
recognizance. [| communicated
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BELLEFONTE
VARIETY OF |
COUNTY NEWS
[tems of Interest Gathe
All Sections
SHORT AND TO THE POINI
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What Transpired Worth
Past Weel
Over the Cou
n
A New D
tion
ne
fy
Terry
Mi
ATE DOW res
and her
n the
named
train, to oi rest
above piace ve
see them leave, having
The
town
heen
f ¢ » 1%
Of persons
short of
Good wishes of all
sidents here ramber
leaving our in a space
time has been large
RO with Jerry and family
The shower last Thursday again put
out the mountain fires. This is the third
Providence put out
the forest fires by sending rains. Many
of bad men
running the
out
time this spring that
of these fires are the work
The
tram roads daily, no
lumber dinkies over
throw
sparks that cause some of the mountain
dour
fires, but this destructive work is oftener
the work of bad men. Thirty years ago
there were no tram roads in the
dinkies on,
moun
tains that were used to run
yet the mountain the
same, and as frequently as in these days,
fires occurred all
and were always charged to incendiary
characters who should have been
in
state's prison
IN
There is
ADJOINING COUNTD
no similarity between a wire
puller and a plano tuner
Lock great
Loudon circus Wednesday, May 220d
Haven is to have lee's
Clearfield court, tn session last
bad a criminal list of 85 cases to contend
with,
Dr. 8. 8. Koser, the Willlamsport
physician who sued for divorce from his
| Wife has lost his case.
week,
with
house
Wreck in Sugar Valley
Early Thursday moring 9, a wreck ox
curred on the Vinton narrow gauge rail
road at the east end of Sugar Valley
The particulars of the accident in the
Journal are as follows: The engine at.
tached to 3 trucks, loaded with prop tim.
ber running down a heavy grade jumped
the track at a curye and landed on its side
in the rocky brook below Arch Beck
the engineer, Alex lehman, foreman of
the axe
crew, and
John Taylor, the
brakeman, saw danger ahead and jamp
ed off in their The
pieces and the
time to save ives
trucks were smashed to
engine badly crippled
.
Each Received a Penny
The Rev. W
dist minister at
he
every one attending his
Emerson Karns
Metho
a "
jer who adver
ey Shore
f 4
tised that would distribute
money to
charch Sunday
The
To
each PETITION was given an envelope con
taining one cent. The clergyman preach
ed his sermon from the Parable of Tal
ents, and said be expected every person
to whom be had given a penny to invest
{ it and turn in the proceeds on September
1, to help pay the church dein.
evening ast, kept his promise
church was packed to the doors
pe
ENCOURAGES
RRUPTION
id
Lt)
on dy
EIS NECESSARY
AWA
other
Hail and Snow
During the thunder storm Saturday
evening there was a heavy fall of hail in
the vic1 y of Rosecrans, Clinton county
The hail was not large but there was a
there
The
| thick and fast for a few moments
A
great deal of it. Sunday evening
WAS A snow squall in Sugar Valley
snow fe
but melted as fast as it fell shower
of rain followed the snow
Four Men Killed
By the explosion of a locomotive boiler
on the Huntingdon and Broad Top Rall
road at M1
traiomen met instant death
A
Edwards
Dallas Friday moming four
The dead
are Berkstresser, engineer D.S
Holl
brakeman
fireman ; C. A ingshead
ductor
and R.C. }
ause of the explosion is not know
Bath Kills a Tramp
An unknown tramp, who applied for
i , Alms
admission 10 the Uniontown. "a
Friday, suddenly
when subjected to a bath. Whether the
waler was too cold, or the rubbing too
| severe, or the change too sudden, may
[be a fine point for a Coroner's jury to
determine,
house, on expired
A)
rade of Ca
ies, at $100
h. Moore
Bellefonte, Pa
“er
Exchange
Big Fire at Lock Haven
Rich Bro's
wer forty hands
woolen mill, employing
was destroyed by fire
The mill
and has been con.
trolled by the Rich family through three
generations
on Tuesday Loss $25, 000
was erected in 18
ED ——
Large Meteor
A meteor fell near Hyndman, Bedford
county, and exploded when within
feet of the ground
per part of the town
the explosion
bat 4
Windows in the up
were rattled and
beard
up the heavens, and
Hoblitze!l
was for several
miles. It lighted
was seen distinctly at some
mies away
New Water Works
The citizen's water company of Philips
burg have commenced work on the erec
that The
loed, a ime.
ton of a new plant at piace
pipe is porcelain modern
provement that ensures a greater degree
of purity in the water supply than is pos.
| sible under other conditions. The main
{ supply pipe will be 15 Inches and will
| draw its supply from a large dam that
will be constructed om Cold Stream,
above Mooley dam.