Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

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A REEn barrel exploded and killed
boy in Boston the other day.
THREE men were killed by ON accident
on the Belvidere Del. Railroad.
The cholera epidemic in the Baltic
provinces of Prussia begins 20 abate.
BmIous fever is prevailing TO an un.
precedented extent along the upper
Potomac.
THE Republican State ticket has been
elected in California, together with two
congressman,
THr total assessed valuation of real
personal property in New York State is
-, ,052, 81, SOS.
An affair between Catholics aud Prot
eStants occurred al Portadown Ireland,
No lives were lost
THERE were l,67S cases Of foot and
mouth disease in the County Of Norfolk,
England, last week.
TnE Northwestern Women'S Suffrage
Convention is 30 meet in Indianapolis,
November IL and l6.
Ar the close ot the year 1870 there
were nine hundred and eight agrieultu-
raj societies in Prussia.
THERE are Ave farms az Strathan, y.
H.. which have never passed out OF the
original settlers names.
GEN. RosSRL has been sentenced 10
military degradation and death by the
Versailles Court. martial.
The workingmen of Maine have de-
cided 10 run an independent ticket for
Governor and County officers.
CHRrsrIANA EDNuNps, the Brighton
EngliSh) poiSoner. has been committed
ON the charge OF wilful murder.
THE boiler of hour-mill at New
Haven, Indiana, exploded, killing three
persons, and iniaring three Others seri'
ously.
A CONSPIRACY has been discovered in
Toulon, the object 0f which was To burn
the arsenal aud allow the prisoners to
escape.
THR death rate in Paris previous 10
the siege was 900 week. During the
the siege il ran TO 1900, and now il
is only 700.
THE State Of Ohio has six hundred and
five Presbyterian churches, Two-thiris
OF these belonged formerly TO the old
School branch.
A WABASH IndianA) woman murdered
her three children by cutting the throats
OF two, and beating out the brains of the
third with a stone.
TaE Internal Revenue Department is
now issuing all denominations Of the
new adhesive stamps, and will exchange
these for any Of the old ones.
In the struggle with the Commune OF
Paris, the French army lost So killed
and 4S0 wounded officers, and 794 killed,
&, 024 wounded, and lS3 missing men,
ACCORDING to the report OF the Budget
Committee 10 the French Assembly the
estimated cost Of running the govern
ment for the fiscal year viii be 4, 296, 900
francs.
The last OF the Lower California colo
nists arrived at San Francisco from
Magdalena Bay. The number OF colo
nists landed there was 325, OF whom 80
have died from heat, thirst, and disease.
A SINGULAR epidemic has lately ragged
in Chicago. It is of the nature Of bill
ious fever, is not fatal in its effect, last
ing only four days, and has attacked a
large number of the residents of that
city.
THE total of the forces available for
war purposes In Europe taking the Eng
hsh disposable force Mt 470, ,779 men and
356 guns), is 5.l64, 800 men, 5l2. .364
horses, 1924 guns, and about 500 mi
trailleuses.
THERE is considerable excitement
among the Wisconsin hop growers.
Fifty cents per pound have been offered
for new hops, and twenty cents for last
years growth. The estimated crop is
only 5000 bales.
A LARGE party of Philadelphians who
went on q steamboat excursion down
the bay last week We're mystcriously
poisoned on the trip. No one is dead,
but all are suffering. One physician had
forty patients under his care.
TIE reclaimed marsh lands in Califor.
mia are proving to be the best in the
State, not only for the production of all
kinds Of market vegetables, but also for
grain raising. From an acre Of such
ground a crop of wheat was recently
harvested yielding rs bushels.
The steamer Leader, from Dantzic for
Amsterdam port, has been lost n. sea,
and so far il is not ascertained that a
single person has survived. The number
of persons on board is not accurately
known, but it is feared the loss OF life is
heavy. The officers and crew, all OF
whom must have persisted, numbered
about % men.