* re“ r
—— &
wv
Fredrick Kurtz,
sisi
+ Soichee on the Advance.
C. H. Gutelius,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
who is pormancntly located in Aaronsburg
in the office formetly vecupied by Dr. Neff,
and who has been practicing with entire
success—having the experience of a number
of years iin the profession, he would cordi-
ally invite all who have as yet not given
him a eall, to-do so, and test the truthfulness
of this assertion, Ao Teeth extracted
without pain. may 22 68
HENRY BROCKERHOFPF, J DSHGERT.
. President, Cashier,
(CENTRE COUSTY BANKING CO.
/ (Late Milliken, Hoover & Co.)
RECEIVE DEPOSITS,
And Allow Interest,
Discount Notes,
Buy and Sel
vat Bacurities, Gold and
SO OE Coupons.
F. FORTNEY, Attorney at Law,
o Bellefonte, Pa. Office over Rey-
nold’s bank. may 14’ 69t
“MM MANUS, Attorney at Law,
Bellefonte, promptly attends to all bu-
iness entrusted to him, juls,esef
; FF. M. D., Physician and Sur-
2 NE Centre Hall, Pa, offers his
professional services to the citizens of Pot-
ter and adjoining townships. Dr. Neff has
the experience of 23 years in the retive
practicoof medicine and surgery. apo
H. ¥. M ALLISTER, JAMMS A. BEAVER
M*ALLISTER & BEAVER
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Ballefonte, Centre Co., Penn'a. apf
Chas. H. Hale, a
Attorney at Law, Bellefonte. decd’ sot
TILLERS HOTEJ, Woodward, Pa.
A Stages arrive and depart daily.
now in every Fespest
one of the most pleasant country hotels in
contral Pennsylvania. The traveling com-
munity will always find the best accommo-
dation. Drovers can at all times be accom-
modated with stables and pasture for any
tle or horses, :
m ttt : GEO. MILLER.
This faverite hotel is
BLAIR, H Y STITZER, |
XIR & STITZER,
Autorney= at Law, Bellefonte,
Offic », on the Diamond, next door to Gar-
man's hotel. : Censultations in German or
Engl sh : feb19'69tf
CA LBS, at wholesale and retail, cheap,
CAM IIRWIN & WILSON.
0QTS, large stock, all styles, sines and
Brn for men and boy= just amevec
at Wolf well known old Stand.
EATHER, of all descriptions, fre: ch |
40a fakin, spanish sole leather, moroc-
cos, sheep skins, linings, Everything
in the leather linc warranted to give sulis-
faction, at BURNSIDE & THOM AS.
INE TABLE CUTLERY, including
plated forks, spoons, &e, at
aplOf, « IRWIN & WILSON.
3A ROMETERS and Thermometers, at
AR coe IRWIN & WILSONXNS.
(OFPIN TRIMMINGS, a large nssort-
x Rt at IRWIN & WILSOXNS
"FY AND BELLS and Door Bells, all si-
zes and kinds at :
apl0’ “IrwiIN & WILSONS
ACOB RHONE, Attorney at Law,
Bellefonte, Penn’a, wil Send pron p-
ly to all legal business effrusted to his
ial fee with J. F. Potter, near the
Court House. Consultations in German
or English. 16sep70y
J. B. Kreider, M. D.
Office at Millheim, Cenlre county.
Offers his services to all needing medieal
attendance. Calls promptly attended to.
Early settlement cordially requested, when
a liberal discount will be allowed. Inter-
eat charged on unsettled accounts after six
months. 21jantf
OHN F. POTTER, Attorney it Law.
Collections proa:ptly made ind special
attention given to those having lands or
property for sale. Will draw up and have
acknowledged Deed:, Mortgages, &e. O*
fice in the diamond, north side of the
court house, Bellefonte. oct22' 60tf
CLOTHING—Overcoats, Pants, Vests,
and Dress Coats, cheap, at Wolf's.
R.J. THOMPSON BLACK, Physi-
cian and Surgeon, Potter Mills, Pa.
offers his professional services to the citi-
zens of Potter township. mr26,69, tf
WAL H.
3L
THE BELLEFONTE
Boot & Shoe Store’
Next door to Post Office.
‘We have always on hand.
GENTS CALF AND KIP BOOTS
A larger assortment of Ladies and Chil-
dren’s Shoes than any other place in town.
Gum Shoes, every style, make and size.
We ask an examination of our goods,
before purchasing elsewhere.
octltt. GRAHAM & SON.
¥ RKRSE COLBARS, if you don’t wha
I i your krseea shoulders galled and
madesore, 5 oi sie collars at
U ;
NESE & THOMAS.
IE ANVIL STG RE is now receiving
a large and will assorted Stock of
ardware, Stoves, Nl als, Horse Shoes, Sad-
dlery, Glass, Paints. Sheet, Bar and Hoop
Iron also Buggy and Wagon Stock of
every description.—Call and supply your-
gelver atthe lowest possible rates at
aplg’6¢ RWIN & WILSON
‘A Tremendous Stock of Goods
"at Burnside & Thomas.
‘Whitman's celebrated confections,
Whitman's celebrated choeolate,
Buker’s chccolate, Smith’s chocolate,
China Gin ger, English Pickes,
Ameriean Pickles, at
BURNSIDE &« THOMAS’
Chas. H. Held,
Clock, Watchmaker & Jeweles
Millheim, Centre co., Penna.
Respectfully informs his friends and the
public in general, that he has just opened
at his new d@tablishment, above Alexan
der’s Store, and keeps constantly on hand
all kinds of Clocks, Watches and Jewelr:
of the latest styles, as also the Maranville
Patent Calender Clocks, provided with r
complete index of the month, and day o.
the month and week on its face, which is
warranted as a Rerfect time-keeper.
3%. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry re-
paired on short notice and warranted.
: sepll’68;1y
rPOYS of all kinds, at
BURNSIDE & THOMAS
SYRUP, the finest ever made, just re
ceived, cheap at Wolf's old stand—try it.
JNO. H. ORVIS, C. T. ALEXANDER
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
Attorneys-at-law. e inConrad House,
Bellefonte, Pa.
J. P. GEPHART,
with Orvis & Alexander, attends to collec-
tions and piacsice in the Orphan’: Court.
an'70tf 0
/
Editar.
“FIRM
Centre Hall.
J. B.SOLT.
AL L NE W.
New Store.
New Goods.
The undersigned yes
prcttity informs the
citizens of Centre Ha
1 and Potter town-
ship, that he has opened
——
at
) a new store
at the well known stand formerly occupied
bv C. F. Herlacher, where he 13 now
offering :
h w AJ
A Full and Complete Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
cheap as anywhere,
His stock is entirely new, and the publie
are respectfully invited to eall and exame
ine for themselves; Goods will be offered
at the lowest possible prices, and by a gen-
eral system of fair dealing they hope to
merit » ‘air share of public patronage.
Call and Examine our Stock |
NO TROUBLE TOSHOW GOODS,
g@~ Only Give us a Fair Trial.
We have a full and complete assortment
of the latest Styles.
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Queensware,
Gentlemen and Ladies furnishing Goods, |
Ladies Cloaks and Circulars, in Silk and
Cloth, all kinds of Groceries, the finest
Syrups, the best Coffee, Tobacco, Paints,
Pyestufls, Oils, Fish, Salt, Stationery, and
everything else that is to be found in a well |
stocked country store. os
The highest market price paid in
Store Goods for
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Don't forget the New Store, at Centre
Hall. where goods are now offered at a bar-
Call and see us.
J. B. SOL
ap23y
Furniture Rooms!
J. 0. DEININGER,
respecttully informs the citizens of CePre
county, that he hasconstantly on hand, and
makes to order, all kinds ot
BEDSTEADS,
BUREAUS,
SINKS,
WASHSTANDS,
CORNER CUPBOARI'S
TABLES, &e., &c
Home MADE CHAIRS ALWAYS ON HAND
[is s'ock of ready-made Furniture is large
and warranted of good workmanship aud 18
all made under his ownimmediuate supervi
sion, and is offered at rates as cheap aselse-
where. Thankful for past favors, he solic
its a continuance of the same.
Cull and see his stock before purchasing
elsewhere, apd U8, ly.
ISHING TACKLES, rods lines, hook
1 flies, sen hair baskets, ete. Rig you
out to cateh trout at
BURNSIDE & THOMAS
APANNED TOILET SETTS, AND
¢) other Japanned ware, at the Anvil Store.
apl0'6s. Irwin & WiLsox,
ANNED FRUITS, peaches, tomatoes
pine apples, and peas in great varie
3JURNSIDE « THOMAS’
ty, at
1 OOKING-GLASS PLATES ofallsizes
4 for sale by Irwin & WiLsox,
apl0'68. a of
| JNION PATENT CHURN, the best
inuseat, - Irwin & WiLsox's.
apl(’ 68,
Philadelphia Store,
In Brockerhoff"s block, Bishop Street,
Bellefonte, where
KELLER & MUSSER,
have just opened the best, cheapest, largest
as well as the best assorted stock of Goods
in Bellefonte.
HERE LADIES,
Is the place to buy your Silks, Mohairs
Mozambiques, Reps, Alpacas, Delains,
Lans, Brilliants, Musling, Calicoes, Tick
ings, Flanels, Opera Flanels, Ladies Coat-
ing, Gents’ Cloths, Ladies Saeques, White
Pekay, Linen Table Cloths, Counterpanes
Crib Counterpanes, White and Colorec
Tarlton, Napkins, Insertings and Edgings,
White Lace Curting, Zephyr & Zephyr Pat-
terns, Tidy Cotton, Shawls, Work Bek to
SUNDOWNS,
Notions of every kind, White Goods of
every description, Perfumery, Ribbons-
Velvet, Taffeta and Bonnet, Cords anc
Braid, Veils, Buttons, Trimmings, Ladies
and Misses Skirts,
HOOP SKIRTS,
-
Thread Hosiery, Fans, Beads, Sewing
LADIES AND MISSES SHOEg
and in fact every thing that canbe thought
of, desired or used in the
FANCY GOODS OR NOTION LINE
FOR GENTLEMEN,
they have black and blue cloths,, black and
fancy eassimeres, sattinetts, tweeds, mel-
orns, silk, satin and common vestings, in
short, every thing imaginable in the line ot
gentlemens wear.
Reedymade Clothing of Every Di -
scription, for Men and Boys.
Boots and Shoos, in endless variety,
Hats and Caps, CARPETS, Oilcloth,
Rugs, Brown Muslins, Bleached Mus-
lins, Drillings, Sheetings, Tablecloths,
&c., cheaper than elsewhere.
Their stock of QUEENSW ARE & GRO
CERIES cannot be exceiled in quality or
price.
Call in at the Philadelphia Store and con-
vince yourselves that KELLER & MUS-
SER have any thing you want, and do bu-
giness on the principle of ‘Quick Sales and
Small Profits:”’ ap30,69
GRAIN AND PRODUCE ARE TAKEN
HA BUANKETS AND SLEIGH
Ewe Ls at low prices, at
OALTS for Buggies and Carriages all
sizes in use; Fire Bolts, ditto, at
plo 6s Inwix & Witsow’
Irwin & WiLson’
——————————
Centr
TER is published weekly ut $1,060 per your
inndvanee: and $200 when not paid in
advance. Reportor, 1 month 16 cents,
Advertisements are inserted at §1,60 per
square (10 lines) for 8 weeks. Advertise
ments for a your, hulf year, or three month
at a less rate,
All Job-work, Cash, and neatly and ex
peditiousiy exceuted, at reasonable chars
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
al}
CENTRE Harr, Pa, NOVEMBER 18th, 1870 |
—
Obituary.
John Crosthwaile was born in Potter
twp, September, 1832; enlisted in the
defence of his country in August 1861; was
a member of company J, 49th Regt, Pa, |
Vol., out the service at |
1864. During
in
mustered of
acted
the capacity of elerk and recruiting oflicer,
as well as private soldier. He received a |
slight wound in the head, at Coal Harbor,
after which he was detailed as clerk in the |
Quarter Masters Department.
Soon after his discharge fromthe service,
|
{
|
1
he engaged in bridge-building, for the
Keystone Bridge Company, and followed
that business until the time of his sudden
death, which occurred on the 27th of Oc-
tober, at Parkersburg, West Virginia, un- |
der the following circumstances: They
the i
Ohio River, and while in the net of remov-
ing a derrick, he stood on a plank which |
proved to be unsafe, it broke under him,
He fell |
135 feet and was instantly killed. is body |
precipitating him into the river.
was promptly and carefully sent home, in
the care of Mr. Hult of Lewistown, from
whom these facts are gathered. —He
the principle suppert of his mother, to
wis
whom he madea monthly remittance, an
honest and true man, greatly beloved by
his fellow laborers, whose happiness he |
strove to promote, and who say his place
will be harc to fill,
His remains reached the residence of his |
aged and deeply afflicted mother, near
Potter's Mills, on Saturday, P. M., 20h
ult.. and were interred on Sabbath, in the |
presence of u large assembly of symputhiz.
ing friends and neighbors.— Republican,
. ow
Negroes and Carpet Ba
The Radieal Ring in South Carolina—
A Brief Account of Some of the Con-
ZZers,
gressmen Llect—Scene in the Senale
€ N 4 es ye TL
' 4 (vend ig Wo .
cA fa STN
Faron > 5
RTy 0
Wi
L
Ao §)
a ys
Ca
HALL
o_o.
iv mnonths since past I
rl rebuke in
huve filed to gee no sin any
out of the State,
the
without fostering a
sould vy wluabile priv -
Radi ul HUW pa pt ti or
The Log islature
State debt by millions,
single improvement,
Suing increased
Hopes or poy onal considerations only ;
compelled equality in the theatres and
acadeniivs, st rooms and ladies’ cars;
demanded i... ¢ pecuniarily for vot.
ing to educate their own children; and
scemed ready, as a fucetious friend said,
“to take a red hot stove, provided they
could obtain iron gloves to lift it with.”
me———— wa i —
It was not, he
said, of old age or urdinary illness he died,
but rather from corroding reflection, which
Lee affected him deeply.
Persons rid themselves of unhappy medi-
tations by mingling freely in the giddy
whirl of society, but Lee was a man apart
from all other men. le permitted no e.-
kept his sorrows to himself and finally
succumbed to the OpPressi ¢ burden.
ne - -
Mr.
General
position twenty
Creswell is the only member of
Grant's cabinet
Mr.
months ago.
the Southern States, He aided in raising
troops for the Confederate army, He was
a blatant secessionist until the tide turned
the other
i a
Letter From Missouri.
Oh
ay
MaryviLLE, Nodaway Co., Oct.
last letter 1 promised the readers of
So you
can see at a glance that our county is
The appearance of
Pl
very
very often the case in soine of the coun
ties east of us. The soil is a dark rich
loam, varying from one to four feet in
depth, and nowhere have I saw all
N
as here. odaway county has about
Chamber— The Forty Thieves.
Charleston, S. C., November 3.
a business man in South Carolina nay be
of interest to your readers and give them
an insight into Radical Republican politi-
cal virtue where that party is dominant.
About midwinter the writer was in Co-
lumbia. 8S. C,
visit the Legislature then in session.
went to the gallery of the House of Rep-
resentatives, just as the Senate was enter-
ing the Chamber to unite with the House
in joint convention to elect a judge. The
Speaker of the House, a Colonel Moses,
(son of the Chief Justice of the State)
in the act of vacating hi: seat to the Presi-
dent of the Senate, the Hon. D. H. Corbin.
A few minutes brought the joint conven-
was
the day was proceeded with, As the elec-
tion was by viva voce it was apparent at the
close of the call ef names that the favorite
of the leading negro members failed to
have a majority ef the entire vote. Just
at the time the presiding officer ro-e to an-
nounce the vote an uproar began that sur-
passed any tumultin the long experience of
the writer, A large burly, good-looking
negro, with a bright red necktie (named
R. B. Elliott, and since elected to Congress)
commenced to eall “Mr, Speaker!” Down
came the gavel. “Mr. Speaker!” he
screamed again, aided by about fifty other
voices; again the gavel fell, and for
eighty-seven times more by actual count
did this occur until the speaker’'sarm seem-
ed tired. During this time a small mulatto
member with a prominent nose (De Large
since elected to Congress) was busily en-
gaged on the floor, passing from member to
member, and at times leaving the Cham-
ber and returning with different parties.
All the Senators and members—four-fifths
of whom were colored—were fordly dis-
cussing terme conditional to changesin the
votes, some receiving what appeared to be
money. I turned to ask an intelligent
looking white m n near me whether the
the delay was simply to give time to bribe
refractory and cxacting members. He re-
plied “Yes.” Pointing down to those near-
ly under our section ofthe gallery, he said,
‘“Kvery man you see there demands his
pay for every vote of importance he gives,
K11i8% and DeLarge are fomenting disor.
der to gain time; they are the intriguers
of the House, and they well understand
that they must arrange to secure, by pur-
chase, enough votes to make a majority.
So notorious is the fact that part of the
House is known as “The Forty Thieves,””’
In the sume bedy I saw ‘“‘Rainey,” a
bright handsome mulatto, since elected to
Congress from the Georgetown district.
He seemed fully aware of the corruption,
but took no part in it. Ransier was also
there, since elected lieutenant-governor,
and busily helping Elliott and DeLarge.
My gallery informant said, ‘each of those
men, DeLarge, Elliott, Moses, ete., came
here poor; their pay is $6 per day; they
now own and drive teams alone that cost
double their pay for an entire session, and
their living is consistently extravagant,
Some stylish women (colored) were on the
floor. Who are they? I asked, ‘‘Noted
and influential courtezans and lobby mem-
bers,” was his reply.” “Their political fa-
vor must be bought to secure the passage
of any important bill.” This was the Legis
lature of a proud old commonwealth (with
only five or six exeeptions) entirely of
Republicans. The corruption was unblush-
ing, indecent, acknowledged and undenia-
one acre of timber to every ten
prairie land, yet so evenly is this divi-
sufficient for fuel,
rivers running through our county,
Platte and Nodaway rivers, and sever
al smaller streams. On each of these
streams are heavy
elm and cottonwood, and in connection
eral conl mines in the county, and all
we want to make them a success
now call
to work them. I will
beautifully located on
about two thousand, and is at present
the terminus of the Missouri Valley
railroad, the destination of the road
being Des Moines, Iowa. I will ‘now
enumerate the various
trade and business carried on in Mary-
ville. First comes the stores; 5 dry
good stores, 2 clothing stores, 1 boot
and shoe store, 8 groceries, 3 furniture
stores, 3 hardware stores, 2 book stores,
2 drug stores, 1 tobacco store, 2 con
fectionaries, 1 restaurant, 3 bakeries,
3 hotels, 5 churches, 1 extensive school
house, 1 merchant tailoring establish-
ment, 1 steam flouring mill, 2 photo-
graph cars, 2 lumber yards, § carpen-
ter shops, 4 blacksmith shops, 2 wagon
maker shops, 2 harness shops, 4 shoe-
maker shops, 2 breweries, and 5 sa
loons. A word to the ladies right
here, to such as may chance to ‘read
this, do not give up the idea of coming
west because your line of trade is not
enumerated in this; to all such I will
say that we have three millinery stores
in full blast, where you can get any-
thing from a silk dress down to a ten
pound waterfall. Journalism is also
well represented here, there being no
less than three newspapers. First
comes the Maryville Journal, radical
in politics; next comes the Maryville
Republican, as its name indicates it is
of the more liberal party, and last but
not .east comes the Nodaway Demo-
crat, a live and wide awake Democrat-
ic paper, fully awake to the best inter-
ests of the demoeratic party of north-
west Missouri, and*as this is the first
paper of the kind in the county it is
doing a great good although it is in
the first year of its existence, Long
may it wave, More anon, Gn
re ep
The Hon. Horace Greeley runs be-
hind his ticket in the Tenth Congres.
sional district of New York. The pol-
icy of protection which he so ably de~
fends has few supporters in the metrop
olis.
0 rnd rssm—
A Detroit editor describes a rat of
that city who was vigorous and plueky
enough to fight one hour and a quarter
for his life, and get away with it at
that. He first vanquished a terrier,
dog. His final trial was to escape
blows aimed at him with a broomstick
in the hands of the owner of the de~
feated animals. These bloas he dodged
and made his escape.
#*
no
NITRO-CLYCERINE
N1ON,
XPLO
port Cll —=towr Men Blunwen Liter
ally to Atowms—T ritble Effects of U,
Frplosivan
Their Foundations and Nearly De.
molishe ol . Wineows Brook it
Miles Distunt.
a
The most appalling accident that
Lever ocenrred in Northern Ohio, = Lys
wus the explosion of eight tons of
nitro elveerine, il Fairport, on Tues
day evening,
THE EXPLOSION,
Suddenly, at a quarter before five
o'clock, the people in that vicinity,
| were startled by a fearful report, as if
| a score of cannon had been discharged
simultaneously, and, at the same in
i fell to pieces,
(everbody in Fairport knew what it
was and the terrified people rushed
from their houses into the streets ap
palled with fear,
Immediately following the explo-
sion an immense mass of sand and the
| debris of jars, cans and magazines as-
| cended in the air to the hight of two
lor three hundred feet, accompanied
by a dense cloud of smoke, burning
glycerine, presenting the appearance
cof a bright orange color, Witnesses
| say that the sight was fearfully grand.
The explosion of the second mag
first, was so nearly simultaneous that
many persons aver there was but one
report. Others are positive they
| heard two distinet reports, with but a
| second or two intervening.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
It was known that four men were at
work near the magazines, and the
| thought of thems sent a thrill of horror
through every breast. Anxious eyes
| peered eagerly through the smoke and
| dust, as they were gradually dispelled,
vainly trying to catch a glimpse of
the men, Not the slightest sign of
them was discernable. In a short
fime, when the terror of the citizens
had somewhat abated, the small boats
were filled with people and rowed
| rapidly across the river, to the scene
| of the disaster, With cautious steps
‘as if fearing another upheaval, they
| searched for traces of the dead. Here
and there were found small fragments
| of flesh and bones, scarred and black-
| ened, and these only were left to tell
| the fearful tale of death.
The effcot upon these men was one
| expiosion, They where not merely
killed, they were literally blown to
| atoms! g
' ness but a mere handful of these frag.
ments could be found the largest be-
ing a piece of rib, three or four inches
Lin length. \
the search was renewed, and within a
| radius of five hundred feet from the
haps, to a half bushel measure, and
this was all that was left of those four
men. It is rare, indeed, that such
utter and complete annihilation of hu-
an eye, occurs,
During Wednesday these remains
| lay in three or four liftle heaps, as
they were collected—a spectacle that
made the flesh creep with sickening
horror. Most of them were shapeless
bits of flesh or bone, it being impossis
ble to even tell to what part of the
body they originally belonged.
There were a few pieces of scalps with
most of the hair burned off, and the
fragment of a chin, with gray whisk.
ers attached The latter alone, was
identified as being a part of the elder
Malone. There was the joint of what
seemed to be a knee, with a shattered
bone a few inches in length, and ghast-
ly shreds of flesh clinging thereto;
and the complete sole of a foot, even
to toes, all except the thick skin upon
the bottom being absent. The largest
piece found at all was what was sup-
posed to be part of a thigh, weighing
eight or ten pounds, which was picked
up on the opposite side of the river,
fully one thousand feet from the mag
azines,
It would seem as if the remaining
portions of the bodies must have been
instantly burned up and destroyed in
that fierce flame, or else they were
blown into such minute fragments that
they mingled with the sand and debris,
and could not be found, It is suppos-
ed that many fragments were blown
into the river, which is quite probably
the case. Scarcely a vestage of the
clothing worn by the men could he
foond. A few half-burned shreds and
crisped remnants of boots were picked
up, but nothing as large even as a
man’s hand.
The elder Malone had been in the
employ of the company but a few
days. His son Nelson Malone, leaves
a wife and six children in very desti
tute circumstances. Scribner had re
cently returned from the west, where
his wife died, and leaves four orphan
children. Duncan was a young man,
recently married. All the families
live in Fairport; and there is sad wail-
ing for the dead.
EFFECT OF THE EXPLOSION.
" The effect’ upon the magazine was
wonderful. Of the frame structures
only a handful of splinters were any-
where to be seen. It seems if the
wood must have been eonsumed, or
the pieces blown so far that no one has
yet tound them. The force of the ex-
| plosion penetrated deep into the earth,
| heaving out immense quantities of
A Ti, i
I'lie hole, which must
have been blown out to the depth of
| fifiy or sixty feet soon filled with wa.
Fler ap to the level of the lake,
I, 1 is es
blue (ill.
tae top, and seen like the crater of
extinet voleanoes, Two or three sye
| more trees which stood near the mag
zine were scattered and rent, limbs
were wrenched off, wud all eoveres
| with sand and blackened as
by un fis ry tornado
i
Lex plosion,
td
tl
A lmast
16 place Wis
window in
utterly demolished, even
we ssh in NHLY CHses being broken
an 1 shattered. Doors were blown off
their hinges, chimneys were thrown
down, and houses were shinken as if by
the hand ofa gitnt. Several roofs were
crashed and tumbled in, plastering
every
dropped from walle and ceilings, and
articles of @rockery were hurled from
shelves to the floog
I'he effect of the explosion extended
a very great distance, although, singu.
lar to relate, almost exclusively in the
| southerly and easterly directicns. A
was experience at
| preceptible shock
Buflalo, one hundred and sixty miles
distant. It was supposed there to be
an earthquake, and six minutes after
the exposion a telegram was reecived
at Painsville, from Buitulo, asking if
the shock was in the vicinity. At
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| all places in that direction, the shock
quake. Whether the shock of the ex-
| plosion did extend so far or whather
they had a genuine *
| there it is of course impossible to de-
| cide, but there is certainly strong reas-
Lon for the belief that wmitro glycerine
| was responsible for the whole. At
| less remote points, such as Geneva,
Madison, Leroy, ete, bfildings were
shaken, in some cases windows were
broken, and the peace of mind of the
| people generally greatly disturbed.
|" The cause of the explosion will
doubtless never be known, as
| know'edge upon this point perished
| with the unfortunate victims. It is
thought by some that it may have been
caused by the accidental striking to-
gether of two of the stone jars which
the men were engaged in handling.
What ever it may have been, the oc-
currence affords a fearful illustration
of the tremendous power of this sub-
stance.
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Standing Treat.
The Chicago Post says: No Ameri-
can custom causes more genuine sur-
prise and amusement among traveling
our szloons as “treating,” consisting in
the entertainment of two or more with
refreshments for which one volunteers
topay. It is a pure Americanism;
| and all over the republic it is as com-
| mon as in Farope it is unknown.
| There is probably no minute in any
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| zling something stronger than water at
| somebody else’s expense,
| The casual meeting of two men who
| have never exchanged a word together
Lis a signal for both to instantly ex
| elaim, “Come, let's have something!”
and for both to dive down into the
nearest subterranean cavity below the
sidewalk. The one who spoke first
usually insists upon “paying the shot,”
the word “shot” being a metaphorical
reference to the dendly character of
the contents usually taken into the
stomach, If two old friends meet, the
| regular thing to say first is, “Let's
drink to old times;”’ and the resident
must invariably treat the stranger. IF
a man be well acquainted, it is consid-
ered the generous and princely thing
often as possible, take them to a saloon
and give them a complicated stand up
drink at the bar.
If there is anything more absurd
than this habit, we are unable to put
our finger upon it. Men do notalways
“treat” one another to car tickets be-
-ause they happen to meet on the same
seat. We never saw a man take out
his pocket book, on encountering am
acquaintance, and say, “Ah, George!
Delighted to see you! Do takea few
postage stamps! Its my treat!” Do
men have a mania for paying each
other's board bills! And is drinking
together more “social” than eating to-
gether or sleeping together?
A traveler may go all over the con
tinent of Europe, of Asia, and Africa
without seeing any man, except a Yan-
kee, offer to “treat ;” and the Frenech-
men are quite sociable enough, but
when they turn into a cafe to sip their
wine or brandied coffee together, each
wan pays for his own. When two
Germans, long separated, meet, they
will be very likely to embrace, and
then turn into an adjacent beer cellar,
sit down and drink lager and eat pres-
' zels and chat, bet when they part agin
each mn settles his own score indes
cy» 1 nm
pendently. So inltaly. I'he Italians
are proverbially merry and generous,
hut every man pays for his own wine,
maearoni, and cigars. They never
into each other's pocket books on t
the sacred name of friendship. They
would as soom think of transferring
to cach other their washerwoman's
bills,
| The preposterous fashion of treating
is responsible for the terrible drunken-
ness in America. There would be as
little need of temperance socicties and
as little work for Good Templars as
there is in Germany, France and Italy,
if this pernicious and insidious habit
was abelished. It is, take itm all, the
laid its fyrannios
al hands on civilized hanan being?
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The Fiji ¢annibals.
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War and Man FE. ting— Great assacre
Mutiny and Murder by a crew.
The Fifi times of July 23d this de-
scribes the outbreak of waé on the
northwest coast, which was attended
Particulars of
also given
We have jost heard fearfol news
from Ba, on the northwest éoast of Ti-
ti Leven, For some time past the Ba
people have been at war with the
mountaineers, and a few have been
killed on both sides, bit a Jeffer justin
from the native minister informs us of
a fearful massuere. The mountaineers
from Nuvesa came down to Nalotu,
an inland district hitherto subject to
Ba, and the advanced foy{ress of Bri-
ni-mua of the Ba people, They put
| np a war fence, and then Wawabalavu,
the Navosa called out and said : “You
“Nalotn people, I am Wawabalava., I
it was who ate Mr. Baker, and the
Bauman. De you trust to the Lasa-
kau people? Don’t; their trade is fish-
ing. You offer peace offering or make
submission that you may live.” The
Nalotu people were: filied with fear
and presented peace offerings. The
movntaineers then entered their towns
and remained for a few days in ap
parent friendliness, but their number
| was being continually increased by new
arrivals from the hills. They then
turned round suddenly apon the Na-
| lotu people and slaughtered three hun-
hundred and seventy of them. That
so many have been killed is
beyond doubt. Silas, the »ative
minister, who lives at Ba, writes: “The
Navnuiviisi town, 171 killed ; Dranta-
ui, 114; Korikewsn, 58; Nasaga, 26—
altogether 3%0. That this number
was clubbed is clear, but there are
many stif} missing who are hiding in
the jungle or have been taken prison-
ers of war to Navosa. Perhaps they
are killed, but their bodies have not
et been found. Only one hundred
and four have escaped alive to Ba.”
The heathens say that the next town
they will attack will be Sagunu, the
chief town of the Ba distriet. Itis
thought thats Nabeka, a noted cannibal
Ba chief, who ® snvivas of Tai Ba, is
one with Wawabalava in this treach-
ery. The same tribe and from the
same town, murdered the unfortunate
missionary, Mr. Baker, iw 1867, in his
attempt to pass through their country
on an exploring tour. The Ba coast
has no white settlers upon i*, but at-
tention was being drawn to the Ba riv-
er, and land was being bought upon it
for cotton-growinmg when the writer was
in Fiji three months ago.
Captain Field, of the Mary Ann
Ch: istina, informs us that en board
the Colleen Bawn, at Tanna, he met
with Jimmy Lasulasw, who has long
since been reckoned with the dead.
| Our readers will remember that a boat
which left Levuka for Nasavusavu
abous twelve months ago, with sevens
teen New Hebrides laborers, their em-
ployer, Mr. Norman, late of Sandhurst,
near Melbourne, and the aforesaid
J imme, never reached.
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The Trap Gun Case.
In reference to the recent case of
the killing of’ a burglar by means of a
gun so arranged to discharge its
contents into the person of the
thief, the New York Herald remarks
as follows on the pro 4 before
the Records. The coroner’s jury had
censured the chief keeper who had ar-
ranged the gan that did the fatal
work, but the Recorder takes a differ-
ent view of the matter, and throws all
the blame on the unfortamate barglar
himself ;—
“The Recorder’s decision has put
this case in its proper light. In ignor-
ing the verdiet of the curoner’s jury
which censured Mr. Agostino, and
thereby releasing that gentleman from
custody, Recorder Hackett pronounc-
ed the law in the case, which, we
sume, every sensible citizen will adn
to be correct, to be that & man has «
richt to protect his pre against
f-lonious attacks, whether be deed it
by the use of a gun in his own hands
if’ he happens to be on the premises
when the burglar attempts to force an
entramce, or whether he places an in-
strument of destruction in such a 14an-
ner that it shall aet, in his absence, as
a guardian to bis premises The faets
in this case show that this latter was
the mode adopted. That i
a fatal effect is, as the Recorder
properly says, the result of the burg-
Irr's felonious act. He meant to rob
the gunsmith’s shop—that is evident ;
: but he met his death in the felonious
intent Fhe Recorder's judgement,
therefore, must be sustained. It is
wise and just. It is only to be
ted that more such traps are not lai
for burglars. There is nothing so ter
rifying to a cowardly eriminal—and
all burglars are cowards —as a myste-
rious and unseen danger. The ecir-
camstance of the sudden death of this
burglar will probably have more effect
in deterring that dangerous fraternity
from the practice of their profession
‘than all the viglanee of the police.
Seott Miles, of Port Matilda, Centre
county, met with a sad accident on
Tuesday, which resulted in mangling
one of his legs in a horrible manner,
The accident was caused by a board
pile falling upon him.
satin adit
most ridiculous, and the most pestilent
Yale €ollegé has entered its one.