The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-07
NEWS SUMMARY.
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A banquet tn the Hon. II u. lMstuw p1s
secretary ut The treasury, wAh " veti ~ liostun
by friends aud admircrs our lW parsons
wuro present, aud addresses y efa dsistred ~
Mr. nrstoW, Hon, Marshal jewell General
Joseph HAwloy Il H. Dana, Jr., Mayor Pierce
aud others,
Tho boot aud shoe arm of Powers, CASTOR
4 Co, ~ New York. failed for s260, 900 and
the frm ~ George l.. Wstrnus Co, hat job
hcrs with liabilities amounting 20 nearly
slO0, GOO. . 'H..'
A thrro-story wooden block Ia Lowell. MAss.,
WAS DESTROYED hy fire, aud damage dome to the
yAtent ~ about eIa 600, ou which there Is a
partial insurance,
A mill Tor The manufacture ~ trade dollars
was found tn full operation Ia Philadelphia by
United States .ecrrt service officers
At jamestown y Y, l.. NJ. nrown, aged
sixty, a respected resident, hanged himself .n
harm.
AZ Shenandoah Pa. a Mr., Allen. dial from
the eifocts of dogs bite several weeks after
ho had hccn blttou.
nvo prisoners escaped from the prison AZ
CharlostoWn, Mass, by boring through the
wall and climbing o the ruOf whence they
descended by ropc 90 an open hoid
rhrvo houses engaged ip the murocco and
guatskiu trade Ia PhlladslphiA have failed, With
total liabilities estimated ag over siol,utu
Tho annual convention of tho New Jersey
editorial association Was held Ia Trenton and
ufticurs were elected According g. tho sccTc-
tAry sFvport fhog6 ara teeuty-uuc dall!cs and
lii iWeoklies in the state.
The failure OF two leather houses in rhilA-
dolphia was followed by that Of uigM others
with total liabilities amounting a. nearly et
500 COO, ~ which sum the hrm Of l.. 4 {.
Stokes who carried paper Tor the other nine
ahonses, 0Wud $500 coo.
Fires The boot and shoe establishment Of
g. bpvd s son, Al MuslRuAh VI, was do
sgupyud, aud lose incurred of sl0O1O to,Sl5,-
o0t, on which there is partial insurance At
poultncy, Ia tho same State, }. h, Randall
store and several buildings adjoining we're
burned, tho total luss being estimated ~ $40
uO1 with partial lusaranov, and a hr5 ~
Ospes0 y. Y, lcstroyod the Ontario Touring
NTH, dong damage % the extent of about go,
600.
AZ Eric, Pa, EDDIE Nosllsy, Sboy, Of seven
teen, Was aeelienlaIly shot h. tho bead and in-
stAntly killed by playmate.
jacob And J. Albert Huntzingor, fAthef aud
son, president aud cashier ef che late AIinufs
Trust Company Of Pottsyine, Pa, who wero
found guilty OF dcfrauding dcpositOr out OF
s2s, GOO, were sentenced 20 two years lmprisou-
nlent, y hue of $500, aud 10 make fall rcsIIth-
uon 20 the prosecutor, With costs.
Al the Church Of the UNITY Springfield,
Mass, memorial services 10 the memory uf the
late Samuel Bowles were held and were Atte d.
ed by the governor of tho State and other gen
uomvn prominent Ia politics and journalism.
Addresses werV delivered by DR.. J, q. Holland.
ChaTlys Francis Adams Jr., aud others and
letters from Secretary Schurk, Senator Dawes,
aud Charles Francis Adams, etc, were read
severe storm Of wind, accompanied by the
coldesi weather OF the winter prevailed along
ths Atlantic coast aud did considerable damage
70 shipping. ..r.. .......r -.H
The cashier of the National state Bank, New
ATk, y. j., has been suspended by the president
Of the institution for Irregularities connected
With bis position.
The COnnecticut assembly has passed rvsolu-
tons opposing tbs bland silver bin and favor
Ing specie resumption.
4 runaway team in Central Park. New York,
dashed into tU0 carriages, dsmoAshiIg them
and severely lnluring seven persons
A commission 10 investigate the Affairs OF
the Providence County Savings BAnk of PAs-
tueke,, r. l., has been appointed by Governor
Van ZAndt.
Western and Southern StAtes,
James b. Grooms was elected 10 the Unitcl
States senate from Maryland 90 succeed George
*. Dennis, Whoso term expires March ~ ie3s.
The four members Of the Louisiana return
,ng board have been Arraigur1 in the superior
opurt Il New Orleans ON the charge of forging
AAAc AN%AA - A+Ns-4 hN4 AANtA4 l-+AhAAs
Al . large meeting in the capitol At Atlanta.
Ga. presided over by Mayor Auglcr, the repeal
Of the resumption act, and the rvmoneuEAtiun
Of silver Was demanded.
Resolutions have been passed hy the chamber
OF commerce OF Chariestoi, 5. G., fAvoriag lhs
resumption Of slveie payments and opp0sed %
the reconciliation Of silver.
The Ohio senate has adopted a resolution
tAvoring ths HAnd ElyvF ball. rs
Az Plymouth, ~ O. Arden Nelson (col-
orcdl wSs hanged fur the murder OF John y.
Webb.
A boly OF InsRaus made raid into Mason
county, TuxRs, killed several persons and car
rled of large quantity Of live stock. United
States tEoops and Texan rangers were sent IN
pursuit.
Z Among resent assignments and suspensions
are named the BuchsnAn Bank, 81 Joseph
Mo, and tEr wholesale uAint, glass Ii.I oil
tiTm of Page 4 SprAgue, Chicago, whose l.Abll.-
;irs amount 10 Sl93O0o.
Daring dre Al Carrollton, IL, which de-
/ s.roytd i've tusincss houses a wAA fell in
more or less severely iniuring eleven frcmcn.
The State supreme court Of South Carolina
has decided that circuit judges must be elected
by bAlat instead of rfnG uocy. This decision
GaseAtS every circuit judge in the state except
two.
dyJ. Jones. a wealthy farmer and stock raiser
of western Missouri, has made an assignment,
his liabilities being s50DOd and he Assets less
than one-thiTd " that slrIn and fla,t. Hab-
'%bclf 4 Co., the largest mercantile Arm Of Mon
s tiseilo, u, have failed for ss6, Ooo.
Az Carriage oonlAinine fout pcr.ons was
--AAhout 20 cross s Railroad track In Milwaukee.
, Wis, IL was struck by freight tran, and Miss
Helen Jaeobs and Franz Falk, IT., were in
stAntly Killed. white q Eisrsr OF The lAdy wAs
severely injured. The two kIled were engaged
TO 10 married TO each other
Just before the opening OF a matinee per
h, fortnanoc at the Holiday street heatcr, BAlii-
moro temPorfry panic was creAtyd by the ef-
LplUsion OF gas receiver for calcium light
n Several employees Of the theAter were injured,
but tprtlnAtely the excitement among the
audience was allAyed before any harm had
been done.
recent dispatch from General Miles, dated
Fort keogh, Dakota, says that Sitting Bull IL
now cAmpcd on Frenchmau'a creek with over a
thousand lodges, inclndine tho escaped NcE
PerCes and ihe deserters from the agencies
runbsring $50 lodges, with 500 Warriors. sit
ting Bulls own camp numbers 2, 500 warriors
and 8, 900 women and children. They are
splendidly mounted and armed. Sitting Balls
immediate command is equally well aimed and
equipped All the principal hostile chiefs arc
with them. Tho chiof lied Bear deserted his
agency with 200 lodges shorily after his visi,
% Washington. Generl Miles states that his
available force is only 500 men.
From Washington.
Th. House committee on appropriations las q
fixed the pay Of letter carriers al $500 and
$1,000 per annum for first and second class
salaries, the latter 10 apply 10 cities containing
over 5000. . ... .- ..r. .. .
Al cabinet meeting the President an
nouuoed his intention 10 send 10 Congress n
message on the subject of Chinese immigra-
grafton .s.--s-s ss-..-s .. -a...a.ss.f. ,-s'--
During a discussion in the House regarding
q bill fer the relief Of W. II. Newman for pro-
pertv destroyed AZ AleXAndna, Va, in the war,
Mr. Jones, OF Ohio. sent mp to the clerk desk
and had Samuel ]. Tlldens letter Of accept
Gnoe OF the presidential nomination read Tho
discussion that followed was wound mp by
Representative Mills. OF Texas, who said that
Mr.. Tlldea would never again be the Demo!
cratic candidate for President
meeting Of prominent business mon from
all parts of the United States will be held IN
Washington soon for tho purpose of dtscussing
the question OF how 10 restore American com
merce and 10 urge Congress % tAko steps lead