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uOUic idq laej wou;usearching through the bureau for it they unfortunately got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid, which lay wrapped in a bunch of paper, for use in destroying vermin, and thinking it was their whisky bottle,they drank about two ot. of the dead.y stuff. The effects were almost instantaneous. WaUon, in his agony went down stairs and drank a large quantity of water to quench the terrible burnings of the acid in his stomach, and then went to the stable where he was found about 15 minutes afterwards dead. Id going to the bed-chamber Rankin was found on the floor and dead too ; all this occurred perhaps in less than half an hour’s time. A post-mortem examination was held by several of the physicians of Bellefonte, and the terrible effects of the poison the unfortunate men had drank in a mistake were shown upon the stomachs and brains of the corpse*.Rankin b%s a wife and two children inSnowshoe. Watson was a widower and tha father of several children. What another terrible warniDg of the fearful consequences that result from becomiDg addicted to strong drink 1 No such latal mistake would have been the lot of thesetwo men, had they been of sober habits. Sechler’s still occupy the top rungon the ladder for cheap groceries and keep the most complete and best conducted grocery in the central part of the state. You are never deceived in any goods youbuy there.Grand Ctnon, in Colorado, has perpendicular walls 2,000 feet in height. The face of the rock has narrow shelves, one of which has been enlarged, so as to make a path, by laborers on the railroad that runs through the canon. A party was going along this dixxy path, when the borve rid-will be a candidate for the nomination of Protbonotarv.A FIRST CLASS BUSINESSCHANCE- — UiRDWAKK. TINWARE ANDstoti stork FOR SAL*.—Located at Spring Mills. Centre county, Pa., the terminus ot the Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek railroad. Is now a very good stand, and will be one of the best in the State this year and in the future. The tio-sbop alone will and does pay well, as there are nena nearer than Millheim and Centre Hail, both about 6 miles off. We can convince any partips wishing to buy that it is a good business point. Will•ell store room and contents at first cost. Our reason for selling is that one of us expects le be away a greater part of Ibis summer in the water and sieam gover* oor business, in which we have lately become largely interested, and our businessin the Bellefonte store requirmgour whole attention. This il«a goed chance for any one desiring this line of business. For particulars, inquire of the below mentioned firm at their place of business in Belle-fente. Thomas A. Hick* A Brno.PETTENGILL'8 NEWSPAPER DI-RECTORY FOR 1878.Pettengill’s Xeicipapcr Directory for1878 is not a mere egglomerative list of newspapers thrown iato shape accordingto the ordinary alphabetical process : it is what it seU eut to be—a Directory—an Advertiser’s Hand book. It is the most complete book oftho kind ever pubiiibed It is full of arrangement looking to the ac commodatien of all kinds of business men who desire to reach the public through newspapers. Even the most general list ferms a careful selection of papers, according to natural geographical division. The advertiser is enabled to make bis own selections from the New England Section, the Middle Section, the Western Section, the Pacific Section, the Southern Section,
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Centre Hall Reporter
Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 30, 1878
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