The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-04

with stones and pietols, when the police TO
turned the fre. Twenty colored mon aud foui
white man were injured Ineptctog Gencru.
Jas A. Handle died ia Washington, An CT
cursion train consisting OF an engine and On,
eosch was thrown from the track near La
fayette, Ind, by broken wheel aud the coach
was demolished after rolling down thirty
/ foot embAnkmopL Half dozen OF the ooou
pants were seriously injured, Amoag then
several newspaper men .,.. The New HAmp
shire Constitutional convention adopted
amendments providing that removals trcu
oiico shall not be made for political reasons
and that public money shan net ho Appyo.
/ priated Tor ssetaEiAn sehSals.
| Tho soy,rnment foTees Of Colombia, South
America, have defeated tho Insurgents after
several desperate battles .... Owing 10 the
/ dallnsss Of work four hundred employees q
/ the government printing bureau Ia Wash,
/ iasson have been discharged, TWo-,hlfds OF
I ghem were women. .-.. Tho schooner Henry
/ Elliott Of Thomss,on. Ne, went ashore near
Sh,nneoock hghL Long Island IN the resent
severe gale and the captain, bis wife and nine,
/ yeAf-sld ehlA were swe overheard and
/ drowned. Two sailors sore drowned while at
/ tempting TO escape frcm ths ship Muntroso.
ashore near MonAak Po.ut Numerous other
/ disasters are recorded oi tho violence " the
a,orra, which prevailed over the entire country.
There Aro grave faars OF = general famine In
the Madris district, India ....,. News from
Msxiso confirms tho Information of tho cap
furg4 af Hrss4fHt,t I svt, Ms raF,-.F fa 49,,
claim the Ires!deuey OF Iglesizs unless he was
20 Do allowed T. name -four members OF the
eabluet which being refused, he proclaimed
himself provisional president The two rivals
viii now contend against each other ,., 1t is
stated On good authority ~ Alexandria that
the khe1iVe Of Egypt is dissatisfied with his
American military officers, and has no.ided
them that their contracts y Il not be renewed
.... Tie Charter Okk Insurance company Of
Hartford, Conn, purchased twenty y-nye build
ings in the business portion OF New York from
Edward Matthews. paying the sum Of s27g7,-
600 therefor ..... r. Il & 4. Knight 4 Co. =
bleaching and kier houses al Pontiac. H. l..
were destroyed by DIRE. Loss from tI50 coo to
$2o0, c0o, ,... George II. Friend & Go. s paper
mills a. CATolrou, Ohio, were burned, iuhiet-
ing ioss Of ESQ, O00 or ss0, coo ..... The trunk
line managers agreed tia. there should bo no
discrimination ia favor OF Baltimore and rhila-
delphiA against New lork eIcep. On fre ghts
designed for local consumption ..... General
Vim. Z. Bartlett died a. Plttsnsld Mass, Acyer
lingering Il hess. Or. Elwin Eiiridge,
the philAnshrop.o gentleman who gave the
handsome park 70 ElmirA, Now York died in
that city of congestion Of the Lungs. Elsyen
baildings, including the United States land
oftioe, were destroyed by are ~ Fargo, Dakota
Territory ..... Il !s believed IN Berlin thai war
IN Eastern Eagope is inoy.tabls. l. may DO
kept Of until spring, but the besS German al.
thogities say il Is sure u come ...... West Ylr-
giniA's official vote gives IiIden Sc 565 Hayes,
a, a96 and Cooper, 1857.
Governor HAmptoa, OF South Carolina, wrote
polite note to Governor Chamberlain, H.
forming the latter that ho (HAmpton) ha1
quAlided as governor, and requested that the
great seal Of State De delivered Governor
Chamberlain politely replied that he ala not
recognize in Gov. Il. any right 10 make such
demand, and he should NOS comply wish the
request. The correspondence was directed %
d. Il. Chamberlain, Esq, and 10 Wade HAmp
ton, Esq. IL is anticipated that the dts. elAsA
or eonfic. between the tao governors will
probably originate with tho county officials Ep-
pointed by the respective governors. The bill
to pEeyeEt aud punish any person or persons
for setting up = government in opposition TO
the Les gtinlA.e government, pA,sol 70 is third
reading in the Republican Honse and vas cent
- the Senate. II sets forth that II any person
or persons shall set up, or attempt 70 ssi up,
or MAINTAIN or attempt 10 maintain govern.
ernmen. for the State Of South Carolina, with
in the limits Of the said State. Ia oppos. ton 10
the legitimate and lawful government thereof,
he or they shall DO deemed guilty Of felony,
and on conviction thereof shAu be punished by
Imprisonment. In the penitenuAry for term
OF not less than ten nor more than forly yeArs
or pay hns Of not less THAI sI0. 600 nUr moro
than 100000, enc OF both, within the di,cre-
ton Of the court
-Four children Of Z. McInnes we're burned 70
death in his house At Second Consession. Gan.
Tho father Vas terribly baraod in .he euieAyor
TO rescue them n......T The ShtlonAl paper com
pany lost their warehouse a. Holyoko, Macs,
BY ars L1ss, s5s,0oJ; insurAnco, $4,000
IA fEightful oollery explosion took place
in the pit Of the south WAlos company ncA-
Newport Seventeen bodies wero recovered
and many miners taken out seriously injured.
The merchants OF Savannah Ca, are
prospecting with good success FOR lue OF
ateamships between that port and Liverpool
..... Elgh. persons were killed aud dfsoeu
wounded by railway collision in Belgium ....
The Legislators Of Denmark are at loggurheads
with the king, and the situation looks serious.
Minister WEshbupe has presented Presi-
dent Grants apologies to the Duke DecazOs,
minister Of foreign tHAirs, for the arrest At
Philadelphia Of Capt. Aufrye, naval Aitacho
to the French legation a. Washingt u, and
delegate French commissioner to the Ctnten-
niAl Exhibition Al Philadelphia at the In
stSnco Of one Of tho Exhibition policemen. ....
Another destructive Ere broke out In the dis
trict left uniuiured from the recent confagra-
ton in Little Rock, Ark, and considerable
property was destroyed. AZ before, the water
supply was limited. So. The governor Of Ala
bams has arranged with the national bank OF
the State OF New York t. pay the January in
terest on the new Alabama bonds issuoi II e1-
change for the old ones In order 10 adjust the
debt.-..-.In the inquest before the Brooklyn
coroner, it transpired that when the thester
was burned within which 70 many liyos were
loatr the fire eItinguiHhing apparatus on tho
stage was covered by heavy scenery .... Gen.
Miles has again defeated Sitting Bull, and two
hundred lodges came in and surrender Cd.
The auction sale OF John Taylor Johnstou's
art collection in New York realized sI3s. 900
the fret night. The highest price paid was
si1,0Oo for MeisHanisr's " Soldiers at Cards"
The collection Eas the fines! in tho country.
Gen. Crooks annual report says that
miners in the Black Hills did not violate the
Sioux treaty until long after the Indians had
ceased to regard IL. Ho seems 10 think that
the government has treated the Sioux nation
with unparalleled liberAlity, which thoy have
repaid by rai@ along tho border Of the roser-
vaiions, limited only by the power OF the en-
durance OF their ponies ... Tho steamer
Montana, running out Of San Francisco 10
ports on the Pacific, was burned to the waters
edge with her valuable cargo. The passengers
aud cres escaped Anarchy reigns in Lower
Californis, and tho new governor has levied
on the people for ga 900 10 pay his govern
ment
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