Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03


Savannah has nlEnting rink, and
thinks II would enjoy n II there Naa any
Ice.
The average cost of each ahDt frsd
into Paris IN estimated at two hundred
dollars.
Why Is the earth hike blackboard !
Because the children Of men multiply
upon the face Of il
Western mercantile houses are gradu-
ally discharging the young men and en-
pl0ying girl clerks In shier stead
A Troy gentleman had " letter CON.
tanning q chacM ON Troy bank dated
Paris. Nov. l8. sent from that city in Q
balloon.
There are at present In Germany up-
yard Of twenty-five thousand wid0ws
aud one hundred and twenty thousand
iatherleas children-
The Prnasian war Office haa given
orders fur the purpose Of nscertaining
low many Of Che French prisoners mre
able 10 read and write.
Miss Anna DiehinsDn'H annual income
from iecturing for the Last seven yearas
has averaged 81. 900. Her profits last
season reached $1,000
A Mt Pleasant. Iowa school girl,
Alice Kaufman. spelled 2,l00 eonsecn-
tive words, resently. and g0t a hne
Bible for her slnaFtneaa.
As many aR twelve Duknm. of thn old
cSt and Fnemt distinguished hnaMRc. nf
France, haze been killed 0r seriously
wounded during the war.
An Iowa man u 70 inhnmnn ns 10
drive tnn-penny nails through an inch
board and hle them sharp. and then
beat his horse oTeF the head with il
Gen. Taylor, ca one occasion, being
besieged Nv oHice-seekerss made the
remark, that " aotRe wnrn doomed 10
appointment, and some to dtRappoint-
ment
The newest thing In stationery fnT
lowers II r0se-colored note paper, with
an imprint Of Cnpid IN gold Gold Is
something Of tempier IN love as vel
as out of IL
In Sacramento, California, band q
bows has Just been broken up, which had
MI the signs, passuufass &r-, nf an or
genized r0bbeF band. and within tw0
wears had committed mauy crimes
King William haa cent tine sword that
Napoleon III. surrendered ~ Sedan 70
be hung beside the one fhni Nnpcle0a L
gave up 20 Blncher a waterloo In the
Prussian Military College At Berlin
" Brethren, said speaker at late
missionary meeting. want YIN 70
turn your backs on TINS Board nf Mis-
sions. vonf grnenbacAH. mean, nnh, ii
Won presume 40 speak no thnm- tnlk in
iver tones.
A young Aiiclligander placed his hand
ON The muzxie of bis gun and his foot
an the hammer. saving q those present,
This is the way Jim Fairbanks shot
his hand 20 pieces. and there was re-
port of O gun. and great hole through
the middle OF his hand.
There N mn improbable story that o
New Jersey hen mialnid an egg, when
another hen sat ON il and Matched nv and
she original ben recognized her chicken
after Il was Matched. The setting hen
claimed :. fowl, but the umpire has
not vet given his decision.
Water is. il many points of view,
singular reflection Of periodical htera-
sure. For instance, il comes ont In
sheetA. and when d sufficient quantity -
iSsned. IL is collected into volumes, hat
how many sheets of water il takes 90
make q volume ii il diffirult 10 say.
A man in Connections has invented
and published . most fngeai0na clcnder,
Good for three hundred years and
printed on paper the size Of visiting
card. II any man, after using Il three
years. isn't satisfied with Il,
the publisher VIII give him another free.
A couple who. united I'm the holy
bonds.n &r4. i'm Newport, R H., lately,
had no particular preference na to which
M the three divines oF the place should
rarforrn the essential knot tying. The ).
names OF the clergynlen we're put in hat,
and Rev. Foster Henrys was drawn he
fixed things up 70 sui4
The latest attempt 10 hurt the feel
fngs editorial il in this current story:
. Are YOU connected with a paper
here " asked m countryman nf Rn inmate
IA the Indiana Insane ASYLUM. "Oh,
no. y was the reply g have been 10 the
insane asyium and been carei; man
never runs a newspaper after he j.
cured
ssYour advice IS man OF the world,
Gus Which OF the two Miss Wilson's
shall I take in 20 supper ?" We'll, II
ron take the handsome one, yonu have
10 flaster her: If von take the other,
she'll fatter Won. TO a man who dosent
want 10 marry, like yourself, should re-
commend the FIRST as by far the less dam
gerous OF the two."
Two California officers taking pair
o. Mexicans. accused Of robbery OF
ballion, TO jail. we're stopped by gang
Of twenty men, who took away the
prisoners and hung them a little at q
time. 10 make them confess where the
bullion was buried. Failing I'm this
thew returned them Co the officers who
safely conducted them TO jail.
A Hospital Romance.