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

during the year
THE Kansas penitentiary does not
contain woman.
Two hundred tons, of silver ore per
week pass through Salt Lake City.
THr wife OF President JuareE Of Mex
leo. is dead, after terrible suiferings,
The city is overcast with gloom, ~ she
was universally liked,
THR Democrats of the Second Con-
graSsional District Of New-Hamp-
shire have nominated y. Bell, OF
Manchester, for Congress.
A SPECIAL despatch from Lincoln,
Nebraska. announces the election Of L.
w. Hitchcock 90 succeed John NJ. Thay-
er, as United States Senator from Ne
braSka.
THE total amount Of logs secured at
/ 81, Anthonys Falls and points above on
the Mississippi River, is lSS, ,000, 900 feet,
az which 6.0lO, 0l0 feet were manufac-
tuned into lumber This is an increase
OF $4,000, 900 feet over tho year 1862
Tux police of Washington made an ex-
tended raid on the principal gambling
houses in that city and arr0Sted large
number of persons, spectators rs we'll
rs principals. They were all lodged in
jail, bat were subsequently released on
bait
THg MlaiieRr ds Paris AYERS that out
| of the rs Generals who were in the
! French army at the beginning of the
wslr. hut Is are still in active service
the remainder are prisoners of war, have
been killed, or are suffering from in
curable wounds
Two children have died in Monroe
Country n. y, from poison contained in
/ the viras used IN their vaccinations, and
many others are seriously i'll. A few
cases of smallpox hal occurred, and the
citizens becoming alarmed, had their
! children inoculatel, with this alarming
resalt.
1 THE RIGHT OF STATES 10 tax insurance
/ companies Incorporated in other States
I at higher rates than local companies, has
been affirmed by the United States Su-
preme Court in recent case. A simi-
lar question, but involving the right 10
I tax all companies Incorporated in other
countries, is now under argument III the
same court.
/ A PROMISING young l,urnal OF Gin
cinnaa makes the sounding statement
that when Sir Walter Scott denied the
authorship OF the Waverly novels, Dr.
Johnson, the most rigid Stickler for truth
Of all the English morahsts, forgave the
miss satement upon the ground that an
impertinent question was not entitled TO
truthful reply.
You cAN FORM no idea, says cores
pondent, of the tranquility which now
prevails in Paris. II ought 10 be thought
very small country town Of 5000 souls,
and az s pm, not a sound is heard, un-
less that % the cannon, which, with its
harsh voice, reminds us that we are sur
rounded by enemies. | think without
cannon We should entirely forget that
we arc besiegel. people get so easily
accustomed to everything here.
The Losses Of the Saxon troops be-
fore Paris amounted, up 10 the 2d
ultimo, 10 ., 1874 killed, wounded and
missing. On that day alone the Schut-
zen regiment lost 56T men, or about
4 third OF It's effective force. sin COM
mon with the whole country, say let
ter from Dresden. " our King has been
afresh painfully affected by the largeneSs
OF these losses" The writer adds that
the entire Saxon fortress artillery has
been dispatched to Paris.
4 TERRIBLE accident occurred lately
at the Rolhn Mil in Thalgan, Austria.
Fifteen workmen were employed in
cleaning away the SCOT which had ac-
cumulated over the great furnace, when
the boiler burst, and threw the hot water
over them In m attempt % get away,
one of them jostled the man In front OF
him, on the narrow scaffolding OF planks,
and five Of them were Immediately pre-
cipitaied into the forge below, where, In
a second, they were reduced to cinders.
Is REFERENCE to the orange crop, a
Florida paper says that the damage done
by the cold weather has not been sufi-
cient TO prevent full crop next year.
The old trees viii shed their leaves, but
no further damage has been done, more
than it may be the loss OF q part of the
present orange crop. The young groves
have been TO some extent injured, and
those lately budded are killed. The
bananas are killed. but as they grow up
rapidly, the new shoots viii come out,
and bear fruit by the coming Fall.
Ar KLASABUEa, a small town near
Vienna, young couple had Just return
ed from church where they had been
married and were receiving the ccrlgratu-
latlons Of their friends, when the bride
groom suddenly fell dead from apoplexy
at the feet Of the bride. She gave an
awful shrek. tore the bridal vail from
her head, and with il in her hand rushed
t. her own room, and, locked herself in,
knOtting it securely around her throat
and hanged herself. so effectually, that
life was extinct before the door could be
forced open.
A TABLE COMPILED from the last census
shows that there are in the United States
sixty seven cities of over 10000 inhab-
itants. New York, Philadelphia and
Brooklyn stand first, in the order named.
st. Louis and Chicago have passed Bal
timore. Boston, New Orleans, and Gin
cinnati, aud stand fourth and fifth on
the list. while Baltimore, which stood
fourth IN 1860, now stands sixth. In the
matter Of per centage OF gain, Kansas
City, No, is far in the lead while New
Bedford in the North and Savannah in
the South are the only cities which show
any actual decrease.
LIE EBoURoET is, or rather was. village
which the Prussians found il necessary to
storm house by house. At length dwell
ling was reached, on the outside of which,
in prominent position, was scrawled with
charcoal and in German, 1.-The Prussians
are dogs and cowards We shall kill them
allr' Then German ferocity showed itself
Scorning 10 fire single shot at the en- amy
intrenched behind this barricade, the
German soldiers broke open the doors and
windows amid the FIRE from within, and
killed every Frenchman there found with
the butt ends OF their rifles.
Cheer Story OF a Miser.