The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-01
Items Of Interest.


cora 10 ARAlne himself.
To uniiaE h,o much IL 70 put Your
lemons inianutiler mans squeozef.
There are IA, ,0O7. .522 school going chill.
lren IN ttg- United States and Terri
iqriqs- @IBra
Man proposes" but there are still
1900 more women than men In Massa.
chusetta.
A man al church fair the other night
cried out: % I've got the oyster. Gimme
the prize %
The art of Irving easily a. 30 money is
30 pitch yonr scale Of living one degree
below your means.
Tite boots, iaya .Iaeh Billings. " is
a luxury, IN that they make q man forget
all his other miserios.
Apples don't keep worth cent thia
winter-especihlly where there are four
boys in the honse.
spioer says he meant to have had bis
sidewalk ashed during the cold spell, but
he Slipped mp on u. r
II IL proposed 10 put roof, composed
of ginaE and iron. over the whole Of the
ruined town Of Pgppeii.
The total production oi beet root
sugar in Europe is now estimated 10 con-
siderably exceed ]. 200, 900 tons.
The season for going TO candy pulls,
and getting into q fight over q freckled
faced girl with blue bow On, has come.
Punch, IN his dictionary. gives the
definition ~ the word conscience -
d" NY rule for another mans conduct"
The young gentlemen who accompanied
his offer u marriage with hundred dol
lar fur jacket has had his hand and seal
accepted.
Florida has a young Lady named Neu-
ralgia Dimple. Her mother found IL on
a medicine bottle and was charmed with
it,
IL was scGrvy that prevented the Eng
liRh expedition from reaching the north
pole. A scurvy excuse il better than
none.
Among the resolves for the new year,
resolve that II You write anything for the
newspapers you viii close when Y0u have
said what You have % say.
Scoop the core out Of a baked apple,
iill the hole with milk and sBear, and SCI
out doors 10 freeze. Then 60 cut afteE
coal, step on the apple. and take q slide
down the step and over three old knots
and two ashpans.
After the sham battle AZ Princeton, y.
j., the troops partook Of an elegant col
lation and had a good time. III the shade
Of any old Continental viewed the pro-
ceelings after the battle he must have
longed 10 come back and re-enlist.
/" A woman. . remarked q Norwich off,
cial, first loves fast man, then a good
man. and finally any man. Then his
wife appeared IN the doorway, and he
went back into the cellar End began 10
split mp kndlings IN an abject mnnner.
Russian var vessels in the Caspian are
hereafter 30 use petroleum instead Il
coal Experiments with the new fuel
have proved ~ satisfactory that within
few weeks the furnaces Of seven vessels
will have been altered 10 suit the ma
teriAl.
Strangers visiting New York city de-
fine il thHsly :. To steal is 70 rob taa
travelling public" Some hotels charge
Eve dollars per day, others don't Two
dollars and a half il an that the best
hotels should charge all over thar price
is downright robbery.
II any good resolutions respecting the
conduct d life during uhe new yeaT have
been floating through any young man's
head, this Is the time "a enter upon the
determination to keep them and % begin
% carry them ont PAT them down On
paper. II that viii strengthen the minds
purpose n regard 20 them
The census takers Of the Young Mems
Christian Association 81 Jersey City re-
port that there are - thirty-five saloons
10 each church in ihAt city. Mhepeupon
the NoTristoVn Hcraid says /" Why
church should have 40 many saloons we
can't understand. We should think ten
would suffice for the largest church in
the city"
II is now ascertained beyond a doubt
that two Young ladies oi R1n1out, y.
", sisters. named Charlotte aud Martha
Smith. who left intending to visit their
uncle nj Bloomington. III. were among
the victims of the Asltabula railroad
disaster. They were the daughters Of a
widow recently reduced from afiiuence to
poverty. aud the blows falls upon her
with crushing weight
A sad example o. the fatal nature ol
diphtheTia has just occurred IN Paris. 4
whole family, consisting of father and
mother and two children. were attsszed
with il. and carried or in r short time.
DIR. Regnault, who attended them,
caught the malady, and IN spite of the
care Of one OF his colleagues. llr. Biset,
died also in twg9ty-four hours. DR..
Biset WAS then attacked in BIS turn, and
be expired
A man and his wife Were found in
their dwelling in San Francisco, both
with ballet wounds, FROM winch they
have probably since died The husband
said. as ms dying testimony, that his
wife shot him, and then accidentally shot
herself. The wife said. as her dying
testimony. that her husband shot her,
and then accidentally shot himself Each
gave jealousy as the inciting cause Of
the others crime. Nobody else saw the
shooting, and the police had no means
Of reaching the truth.