por ns a A 3 WA SN A UGGIES! BUGGIES! J. D. Murgay, Centra Hull, Pr. Manufacturer of all kinds of Buggies, would respectfully inform the citizens of Conte equa: that he has on hand *NNEW BUGGIES, with and. without top, and which will be sold at reduced prices for cash, sud & rea- sonable credit given. Twe Horse Wagons, Spring Wagons &e,, madd te order, and warranted to give satise faction im every respeet, All kinds of repairing 0 tiee.. Cull and see his stock of Buggies be for putehnsing elsewhere, ~~ aplUS8tl TEU Beiened on the Advance, Y H GUTELIUS, 1... .. + . Surgeon & Mechanical Dentist, whe is permanently located in Anrons- baeg, in the efiee formerly occupied by Dr. Nef, and who has been practicing with enjire success—having the experience otf a number of yaarsin the profession, he would eordially invite all who have as yet not given him a cali to do so, and test the truthfulness of this assertien. J# Teeth Extracted without pain. may2208 ly J.B. RHUGERT Cushier. ———— a RENRY SNOCKERNOTH, | | President. grr PENT BANKING [6] {ov (UATE MILLIS RX HOOVER & C0.) : - “.« “RECRIVE DEPORITS, And Allow Interest, hs Discount Notes, Buy And Sell Government Securities, Gold and Cou- pond. jo } rE ap lO GR. pe ——— ————— JF. FORTNEY, Attorney af Law « Bellefonte, Pa. Office with Orvis & Alexander. niyl4ém. RP SMITH. offers bis Professions D socvices. Office, Centre Hall, Pa apli8R tf FAS. MeMANTS, J Attornay-at-law, Bellefonte, prompt- ly pass attention to all businoss entrusted te him. ao cee. JUS 68, yD. NEFF, /M.. D.,! Physician and Burgeon, ante Hall Po, a assio rvic the citi he \ Ships. n Dr. Neff has the experience of 21 years ra RED She oihingto tho" aative practice of ‘Medicine and Sul aplO6R1y. oR HW. NM M'ALLISTER. © «JAMES A. BEAVER MALUISTER & BEAVER A TTORNE rs-AdsLA It, Bellefonte, Centre Cc.; Penn’a. | © My £3 1 Chas. H. Hale, = Attorney at Law, Béllefonte, Pa. dec25ly. A ILLERSHTOTEL Wood ward, Centre county, Pa, N.ages arrive and depart daily. This fa wpriie Hotel has bee tig dS n refitted and farnish- ed its new proprietor, and is now in- every respeet one of the most pleasantecun- try Hotels in central Pennsylvania. The traveling community and drovers will al- wavs find the best accommodations. Dro- vers ean atalltimesbe hecommiodated with stables and pasture for any nuniber of cat- tle or pnd GEO. MILLER, julyd68.tf, Proprietor, I> EC'S HOTEL, 812 & 314 Race Street, B a few doors above 3d, Philadeiphis, Asrabie 4 1 eality makes it desirable for all hE Re city on business of for Pleas. urd, ° £3 Al BECK! Proprietar. (formerly of the States Union Hotel, aplO’68.ef. WM. H. BLAIR. WH. Y. STITZER. BLAIR & STITZER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Bellefonte, Pa. Ofce-- On the Diamond, next door to Gar- man's Hotel. Consultations in German or English. ifeh19,'69,tf ; . at whidlesale and retail, cheap SALES, gy IRWIN & WILSON. orde 68. all styles, si« BOOTS, by the thousand, v oys, just ar- es andpgices, for, men and b ived at With whl nown OJ Stand. Y EATHER of all descriptions, french 1 calf skin, spanish sole leather, mo- roceo’s, sheep skins, linings. Everything in the r warranted to.give entise action PETE NSE & THOM AN. 1 ———————— - including NINE TABLE CUTLERY, ! RIABLE Ob Le. at «Tiapl068.. fis end WIN & WILSON. % Aap10'66 '7NRORGE PECK'S EATING HOUSE & OYSTER SALOON, 0 High street, at Bush's Arcade Restaur- as ollefonts. Pa. Thix lexeellent estab- lishment is now open, and good mexls can ta han. 1 ad pra c 1 i i chen, Tut ey) Erp, Pickels, x cid, IQhick Fees, Pies, ¢ akns, emons, &e,, Ka %, Nuts, Oranges, : : Cracke are, Billiard Table @, e bi ili fad I wUstersin : . rl s the dozen and hun- niekgtakyle: alse . yi decd. ly Bot Bsmt Tm LE AND BELLS and ; + pa sizes and kinds at ERS and Thermometers ag IRWIN & WILSOSN. "DOOR BELLS ad, IRWIN & WILSON'X. | \ IN TRIMINGS, a large assort’ # » N fit 4b" Lor rw i WILSON'S. apl0’'68 Rie iid py all kinds, at TOYS of Ei od {ii7 + BURNSIDE &« THOM AS LY RUP; the finest ever made, just, re- eived, cheap at Wolt's old stand—tryit ig 0 — 1 Large Stock of Ladies Furs, Horse A sit ets, and Buffalo Robes at BURNSIDE & THOMAS. J oN F. POTTER. TL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. ‘promptly made and special »ittent on to those having lands or i proj tion be Site “ Will draw up and have 3 Rok cknowledged Deg Dice in Gariman's new’ b ite the Seust-house, Bellefonte, Pa. iow a 0c fot New troting Buggy, for sale at a bargain, at Wolfs @entre-hai. stand. aa Collections . FREY TCLOTHING—Overconts Pants, Vests 7nd Dress Gonta, cheup ts, Wolf's Store. R. J. THOMPSON BLACK, Physi- mens of Potter township. t 4 a mr26,3m “AT BURNSIDE & THOMAS. posi — i mE we at TER 1s published weekly, at $1,00 per yond in advance: and $2,00 when not paid in advance, Reporter, 1 month 15 cents. Advertisoments are inserted at $1,50 per square (10 lines) for 8 weeks, Advertise ments for x year, half year, or three month ata less rate, All Job-work, Cash, and neatly and ox- peditiously executed, at reasonable char. oT ————————— —————————— A AT A MA prop - As - wo A UENTRE HALL REPORTER. tel) | ———— Cexrae Have Pa. February 18h 1870, a ——————— ———— i A—— Important Case Decided in the Su: preme Court—Contracts Made Before the War Payable in Gold. he Washington, Feh. 7.—The case of Hepburn ve. Griswold, brought from the Courts of Appeals of Kentucky. in- volving the légal tender; was decided in the United States Supreme Court to- | day. Chief Justice Chase delivered | the opinion of the Court, sustaining the decision of the court'below and hold- ing that a contract made before the legal tender law could not be dischar- ged in the United States. The opinion is very long and discusses at great length the powers of Cotigress. It holds that Congress had no right to make government notes a . légdl tender for pre-existing private debts, It does not touch the queetion of contracts made since the law was passed; This opin: jon was concurred ih by Justices Nel son, Clifford and Field. Mr. Justice Miller delivered the minority opinion, concurred in by Justices Swayne and Davis, holding the law to be entirely constitutional, treating it principally as an incident to the war power. ' By silent construction of the Supreme Court decision to-day the judges prac- tically decide that the legal tender act for contracts since 1862 is constitution. al, but the Court says Congress has no pewer to issue more legal tenders and that nll contract prior to 1862 must be paid in coin. The act was justified by 2 A A 3 AM the minority and the silence of the ma- jority. The judgments of the Supreme Court on the legal tender question thus far retidered, establish these two conclu: sions : Furst, that specific contracts to pay coin are valid, and such debts are recoverable in coin; and Secondly, that all debts contracted before the passage of the act, and not yet paid, are also due in coin. PR —— It is estimated that it will cost 815, 000,000 to collect the internal revenue the current fiscal year. In the days when nien at the head of affairs were honest, the entire expenses of the fed- "eral government didu’t cost the people as much as it now costs them to pay officials for collecting the revenue, in- ternal and otherwice. The amount now annually stolen from the govern- ment, would be sufficient to pay all the expenses of the government if economi- cally administered. Legislative. A bill was read in place to: better protect the citizens of this Common- educated physicians. ., — Petitions for the abolition of the death penalty, are still being kent to the legislature. Also, numerous peti- tions in favor of submitting the ques tion of license or no license to vote. —Petitions have been presented in the legislature, for the erection of a zerne, to be called “Shawnee.” -~Mr. Lowry’s bill for the erection of a new county out of parts of Ve- nango, Warren and Crawford,” has passed the Senate, . '—A bill was introduced to establish the legal rate of interest at 7 per cent., and allowing parties to contract in writing for any rate of interest not ex- ~The committee on Agriculture reported a bill to protect the breeding and culture of fish. There is a bill before the legislature | repealing the law which changed the. time of holding the spring elections to the general election in October, and returning to the time previously fixed for electing township officers. a er ' The first iron building ever seen in The Lost Children of Wynockie, The fate of the three children of Joseph Wyble, near New York City as described by the San is one which will touch every parent's heart : Joseph Wyble's three little children left home at nearly 4 o'clock on the afternoon of New Year's Day. They went > n white wilnat tree’ but little past four. The weather was murky and damp. Probably the children spent an hour in gathering white ‘wal nuts and in peeling off the outer shell. By the time they had filled a bag and a tin pail with nuts it must have been half-past five. The twilight was very short, and darkness rushed upon them ina heavy rap storm. Terrified at his situation, the oldest boy, thinking he was retracing his steps, piloted his brothers in a straight line to the left of the homaward path. The night was so dark that one could not see his hand before his face, and the rain fell in torrents. The frightezed children hurried over the rocks and through the underbrush, but every step took them further from howe, At halfpast four the mother ran from the house into the woods; and called the children. Shs did not go to the walnut tree, because she dil not know its situation, Sha harlly pene. trated the forest because the younger children at home followed her, and alarmed her with their cries. At about soyen o'clock tha father entered the woods with a lantern. The deep and steady full of rain drowned his shouts. It was certainly after seven when he reached the hickory tree on Camel Mount. The children had gone from the trec at least an hour and a half before, and were then, drenched to the skin, straggling throagh the forest three quarters of a mile to the left. The neighbors were not fairly on the search until one o'clock a. m. By that time the little fellows exhauste |, wet, chilled, hungry had probably fal- len asleep at the roots of some large tree, or under the shelter of a rock. Day dawned, but the rain still fell in torrents. The poor children awoke and struggled onward. Their suff:rings may be imagined. Bat one of them wore shoes. The storm did not clear awny until nearly three o'clock on Sunday afteravon. They had then been twenty four hours without food, and for twenty four hours hal suffsced the pitiless beating of ths rain. Wien night was setting in thay had reached the roughest rocks of ths muntain, From where they stood thay could see the lights of sixteon dwalliogs. They shouted for help. Thue air being rarie fied by the rain, their voices were borne to the ears of Mrs. Cough, bhly a mile distant. She testifiel that on that night she distinctly heard children cry- ing on the mountain. They first cried “Hi ee-ee!” A second time she heard their weak voices shout, Papa, papa !” and yet a third tina, Papa, papa, papal” As her husband was deaf, she said nothing, giving as an excuse that ghe did not know that any children were missing. The boys then prepared for their fi nal struggle, Precipices eighty feet high were vear them, and the sido of the mount iin wis covered with huge boul lers. With ‘bleeding feet and shivering bo:lies thay moved in the di reétion of the lights. The night be- came very cold. Hemmel in ‘by the rocks, the children droppel in dispair, nota hundred rods from the mountain road. Little Johnny fell asleep under the cover of un rock. His heroic broth. ers stripped themselves of their soggy coats in a vain effort to keep him warm, Warren clasped the tin pail to his breast, and dropped asleep at his brother's feet, while Anthony, the eld- est brother, climbed the rock, and watched the lights as they faded one by one, until benumbed with cold, he rolled from the rock and died. Such was the fate of the Wynockie children, dying within a hundred yards of the road, within a mile of a comfort- able mansion, and within thirty miles of New York city, A month elapsed before their bodies were discovered. Their parents literally spent their last penny in searching for their lost chil- dren. George Wyble, the brother of Joseph, on Wednesday night had hard- ly » mouthful of bread in his house. He spent over 8 month in searching 1842. *conmith Al— case was truly money. The people of Patterson and Wyuockie have raised less than a hundred dollars for these poor people, That will hardly suffice for the burial of their dead. “A friend of the Afflicted” sends a dollar to the Sun office for their benefit, and wishes that ie was able to make it 8 thousatid. The dollar has been forwarded to Mr. Wyhle.., Shall this be the only re- sponse from the richest city in Amer- ica? deni Pr Central America, Guatemala dates to the 21st Decem- ber state that the revolution there is fast dying out, and has assumed s very slight importance. Nicaragua advices state that the cof fse crop is an entire failure, A rising of Tndians in the interior of Bolivia has taken place. The town ‘of Husicho was captured by them and a government force was about starting for the scene. In a battle which pre: viously occured it was reported that the Indians and the troops each lost one hundred men in killed and woun- ded. tah ——— From the Clearfield papers we learn that the house of David ‘Wilson, of Brady township, Clearfield county, was burned on Monday afternoon, with its entire contents, and one child about 18 months or two years of age. The pa- reots were absent and had left two shall childrop—the eldest but three years old—at home alone, and it is thought that the fire was occasioned by their playing with fire or matches. This is another of those distressing ac- cidents resulting from the careless hab- it of leaving small children alove, and should be a warning to parents. per rast An Ohio Innocent. We copy the following from ‘the Cincinnati Commercial : ‘While the trial of the ejectment suit of Taylor's heirs vs. Hornbeck and others, was progressing in Newport, Kentucky, a singular transaction was disclosed by the evidence, which crea- ted not a little surprise and merriment in the court room. The defendnnts called a witness by the name of Isaac Yelton for the purpose of impeaching | the testimony of & witness named \V, Ovcut on the plaintiffs. On cross ex- amination the following was elicited : Attorney —Are you and Oreut on good terms ? Witness—Yes, sir: Attorney-—Did you never have any quarrel or difficuity ? Witness—No, sir, we never did. Attorney—Did you not take Orcut’s wife away from him and run away with her ; and did you not have a difficulty with him about that ? Witness—I never took his wife away from him, Attorney—Did not you and a man named Gosney take his wife away ? Witness— His wife went away with mo and Gosney, but we did not take her away from Oreut, There was no difficulty at all about; it was all satis- factory. I traded him a horse for his wife, but I found that I had been im- posed on, and [ returned her, to him and it was all right. There was no difficulty about it. Attorney —How were you imposed upon, Witness—I traded the horse for his wife, but he put: on me besides two children and a dog; so I returned her to him. Ido not mean that he cheated me in the trade, for the transaction was all fair; but he imposed on me—he got the best of the bargain. I had no use for the tvo children and the dog. The testimony was given with the utmost coolness, and in a manner which indicated that the witness regarded the transaction as entirely legitimate and proper. There having been a demand for co- pies of the Reporter, containing the report of the chief-engineer of a survey for a railroad route. between Milroy and Bellefonte, we have been induced to re-publish the same. The follow- ing is the Report: Pottstown, January, 6th, 1869. Mr. T. Milliken, Esq., Pres't. B. & L. R. R. Sir :=—Allow me to submit the following report, with the maps, profile and estimate of the Bellefonte and Lewistown Rail Road. Twe months were spent in making an experimental survey, and about six ‘weeks in making the maps, profile and estimate, The estimate was made —— a pe Som ol —— : from a paper location, with the excep tion of the first four miles fromj Milroy, and one wile near Potter's Mills. The location is marked with a red line on the maps, and commences at Milroy, the presert terminus of the Mifflin & Centre County Rail Road. | You will see on the map that the line from Milroy to the foot, of the first mountain, is a long straight line: with the exception of a slight curve in leaving the Mifflin and Centre Co, RR. LT The maximum curvature is 14 de- grees, and the maximum grade from Milroy to Foust's summit is 126 feet per mile. The maximum grade does does not commence until after the line turns into Cox's Valley. To avoid tunnel and heavy rock cutting in the narrows of the. second mountain, the line crosses to the right bank of Laurel ran, just before enter. ing ‘the narrows; and crosses. back to, the left bank after passing through. the narrows. After the first crossing of the Bellefonte and Lewistown turn- pike, the true loention should follow the right bank of Laurel run, to a point ner the old narrows. There it should cross back to the left bank. The slopes being flatter on the right bank of Laurel run than on the left bank—a cheaper and better line can be had. | A continuous grade of 126 feet per mile cannot be used from Milroy to Foust’s summit, as the stream does not fall regularly; rear the summit the stream falls nt the rate of 100 feet per mile ; through the “‘old narrows” at 200 feet per mile; where the line cross ses the east branch of Laurel run, to the turnpike, at 132 feet per mile, and from ‘the first mountain to Milroy, about 100 feet per mile. In the par- rows of the third mountain, the line stes near an uncxhaustable view of iron ore, There is no very expensive work af ter turning into Cox’s valley, until the line pusses through the narrows of the south mountain and across Triester’s valley to the narrows of the seventh and lust mountain, The grade from the narrows af the sixth to the narrows of the seventh mountain, on the present location, is 1 foot. per 100 feet; this must not be, as it requires the maximum grade § per 100 feet to he used from Foust’s sum- mit to Bear Meadow creek to get down, The line from Potter's Mills follows throngh a lime stone ridge with a cut of 30 feet ut the deepest point. The material from this cut can be used in mnking the fills on either side. ereek, the grade is level for a short distance, then ascends at 2 feet per 100 feet to the summit which divides the waters of Sinking creek and Spring creek. Tussey Mountain flattening off at this point into Penn's valley, forms this summit, The maximum grade from the sum- mit to Bellefonte 18 0.8 per 100 feet, which gives about 20 miles of a line not exceeding 42 feet per mile, : It was thought by many persons, that a line. could be had by the way of Galbraith’s gap and the Bear Mea- dows to Milroy on a better grade than by ihe way of Potter's Mills, but upon examining this route, I found that it would require an ascending grade of at least 100 feet per mile, to reach the Bear Meadows from Boalshurg; and te descend the mountains passing thro a gap of Long mountain, south of Foust’s, and making Milroy a point, would require a gs of 250 feet per mile, The line up Cedar ereek is shorter than the Boalsburg route, but will be more expensive, besides requiring a heavier grade—having the summit to cross at the end of Tussey mountain, The line up Cedar creek could not possibly be more than a 1000 feet shorter, using the maximum grade at 0.8 per 100 feet, The alignment could be improved from Milroy to Bellefonte, but would add much to the first cost of the road. The maximum grade and carvature is not higher than used on other roads in this state carrying from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 tons per year. For the cost of each mile you will refer to the profile. Below is the to- tal cost of grading, masonry and bridge superstructure, also for iron, ties, and laying track for 36.8 miles, aud other expenses : Graduation, masonry, and bridge su- perstructure, $332,000 Tren, ties, and laying track, 427,000 Depot and other buildings, ¢ Damages, 30,000 Engingering, 20,000 Total cost, $839,000 In making the surveys for the Belle- fonte and owistowa RR., 1 endea vored to do it with as little delay and expense as possible. To have made an instrumental examination of all the routes proposed, would have taken at least four months, and as the means are limited, I decided to survey the route I have reported. Ido not hesi- tate to say that it is the cheapest and best that can be had, with same grade and curvature, between Bellefonte and ee adh et nem mn a Tos 4 wes ws dont child's head into & noose, threw the her about half an hour, and left her in: by the neighbors, and was found to so weak that she could scarcely stand. | UDITOR'S REPORT. Anthony C. Geary, Treasurer, In account with the Oawmonwealth of Pennsylvania: i) % i R Sh January 8, 1870. | January 8, 1870. | To amount of state tax outstanding at Audis A "he tor's set, January 4th ‘fF nil 1809 $2, To amount assessed for FEEBAERSB R Anna tS russe CR. By balance State Taxus es Outstanding for 1868 & previous y'ra $087.8 By outstanding for 18069 1,162.40 Deduct overpaid since Inst settlement By exonerations allow- ed Collectors .. By percentage allowed C llectops .............. . By State Treasurer ro- ceipts of Decembor Oth, 1560 By amount transferred to PAY au lhecnennbses By treasurer's commis- ion ili itrntnnns 147,30 1,167.81 87.07 i | : n $4,084.43 January 4th, 1870, Janaary #th, 1870. To amount § mill Tax guistanding January ersahsane © $5%7,05 ————— frRsRans Bren snnnriann To ainount assessed for the year 1869 ...... By balance of 3 mill tax outstanding for 1868 and previous v's To balanceoutstanding for 1809 ........ vidraend $274,32 208,67 £572.89 $22,99 14,75 19,52 813,86 30,68 — $678,82 $1,048.72 Deduct over paid since last settiement......... By Per centage paid Collector.....iiuumens By exonarations allow- ed Colleciors By State Treasury Re. copia By treasurer's commis» sion Anthony C. Geary, in account with the County of Centre. January 3, 1870, z January 8, 1870. . To amount County ta x outstunding for 1568 & previous years... $34,081.60 ment for 1869... . 83,668,12 To overpaid since set- “tlement 105,70 account 198,00 To balance due state account from other sources... 21,242.52 To balance. ....civnv suis. S469 08 CR. } for 1868 und previous FORTE