The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-16

Eaatorn and Middle ststor

/ city Tho visiting party ounuiHtod 81 senators
! Gordon. ~ Georgia, Morgan, uf Alabama, and
1 Jones, uf Florida Representatives Carlisle, Of
I Kentucky Elita Of Georgia NuAteu. of North
/ Carolina Mhitthorhs and Young, Of TannoH-
/ 600; 0uudu. uf Virginia Hooker aud Mooney,
of Mississippi, aud Clara, Of Missouri
/ An aged couple named August and Hannah
/ GriHhCf, Who lived near luunguvillu. y, T.,
were found horribly mutilAtcd and dead Ia
f. their huuso They had lived apart Tor some
time, aud u is thought ho killed bet by cutting
hur throat and then rhot himself
The creditors Of Nathan Matthews. Of Bos-
ton. who Ia 1870 NAs worth ffOm o.. 600 900 10
s7, 900, 600 have potltionod him into bankrupt
1 oy. He failure is principally dns to the enoF-
nous shTlnkAgo in value Of real estate, IN which
ho had invested heavily.
Thomas hughes was instantly ALLIED and
William Davis seriously wounded by the pre-
mature explosion ~ blast Ia the last Mines.
near H. Clair ps.
| Among recent heavy bAnkfupts In New York
ARC Hon. Benjamin Wood. publisher of the
/ kocrsl'.g Nr,rs, With liabilities amounting b
/ t3Ad, 600 and assets placed Al about one. half
that sum on State senator Michael Norton,
with liabilities of about ESQ 600 aud hardly any
assets, aud David ). Kennedy, builder. whose
liabilities are s540, ,000 with small assets
Considerable conjecture Was aroused by the
I mysterious movements of tho steamship Gin
briA, which arrived IN Southwest HArbor Me-.
from hussiA The vessel had been chartered
by the hussiAn government, and proceeding
20 lAltic Port, Russia, she took on board
nearly TOO men, starting % cruise OstenEibiy GA
The Chineae and Japanese coasts. After her
arrival on tie Maine coast u Was discovered
that she lad on board y regularly organized
I ships company Of sixty officers and GOO seAmen
OF the Russian imperial nAVy, A. well as \ large
amount % stores, although 40 arms OF Ammu-
muon we're Visible Her commander sent
long dispatch la cipher 20 Admiral Lessorsky
At ~. IotcrHburg, and the officers were very ru-
uovnt shout the object OF their visit, which,
however Was believed 90 have some o0nnectlun
With an anticipated war between England and
husslA
Rapid transit IA New Yurk is an Aooomplshe
fact The frSi train on the Gilbert Elevated
Railroad, the building uf which MAS begun last
winter, made = trip from the down. .towu ter
minus over the completed portion uf the road
I 10 Fifty ninth street As the train Of cars sped
through the busy streets II attracted mnch at
tentAon aud many OF the houses Sera gAily
decorated with aAgs Ia honor Of the event
The trip Was made Ia c1Astly sixteen minutes,
about one-third the time in which the same
distance is made by the horse cars. The New
. York Elevated Railroad. on the east side Of the
city, Ii also being pushed rapidly forward 10
completion.
y. \. PAUL., a wealthy and hitherto respected
citizen of Scranton, Pa, convicted Ia January
tAsk OF trGErftt Mhh sentenced 10 Two NUhrr
lmpnsonmcnt Ia the county jail. The alleged
forgery consisted uf Al interlineAtion Of a
lease. whereby PAUL WAS enabled % remove
the pofches from bullding.
John Morrisssv. New York State Senator,
died At Saratoga, y. Y, on the let, after n
long sickness. lie had recently returned from
= trip 90 Florida. where he lad gone FOR the
benefit Of HE health. but without gaining Any
relief Mr.. MuTTlssey VAS born in Ireland m
1881. and came 10 this country thrco years later.
In bis early DAYS he NAs prlEe-nghicr and gam
bier. lie became member % Congress from
New luTk district Ia lo66. and WAs re-olectod Ia
ls6s. In 1878 he was elected % the State Sen
ate, and al the election lAst fall be ran again
for ~cuEtur Ia the strongest district and against
one OF the best known candidates Of his politl-
cal opponents The canvass ww one OF the
hYullost aud most exciting ever known IN the
history Of New YORK politics and MorTiEsey,
although successful, wAs % prostTaiod BY his
efforts for victory that his strong constitution
Vas undermined. aud be never took The seat %
shich ho had been elected
The Soutowu Banking COMPANY Of New
town, Pa, has suspended and the Citizens
Savings hAnk, uf WOunEnckct H. L. has been
temporarily onjo.nei from doing further busi-
ucss.
T. Remington A Sons, the woll-known manu-
facturcrs u rides, AZ ili0n y. 4, have become
financially embarrassed, and have submitted
tLr4T nUA4fH 10 AICt NINaAat1Er. 4lFI AAA4AlL4rn
amount 90 sl. coo, 600. and the assets arc esti-
mated AZ four times that amount, but arc not
immediately available.
Thomas L. LAAd. prominent business man
q LsoonlA y. II. disappeared after commit
ting q number of forrericr and Hagning large
number Of notes that be cannot pay.
Wostorn and Southern States.
The two four-story brick buildings oocupied
by the Frsy Press III Detroit. Mich, were de-
siruycd by a IRE which originated in an eI-
plusian % a gas main. The Pror EArcss had
luss purchased several thousand dollars worth
ot typc for neW drcss, which was destroyed.
The damage - estimated AZ ESQ 600. besides a
considerable loss Of personal property ~ the
editors.
Along With the many heavy business failures
Throughout, the West recently come reports Of
heavy dcfAioata0ns by bank officials who were
trusted and unsupported James BayncH,
cashier Of the Salem lind National BAnk. hed
from home and relatives AFTER stealing $4,000
q the banks funds. but the lose made
good by his bondsmAn. aud tho bank. which
bad temporarily suspended, resumed business.
Matthew Weaver, cashier Of the Citizens Ma
tuuAl Bank At IrbAnA, Ohio, FpcculAtcd Ia
grain a., Chicago. and losing heavily he covered
hia losses by taking the funds o. the bank.
Tho dodcicnry Was discovered when be re-
signoi bis place and went 30 Chicago. The
hAnk Iorcs ESQ. 900 by HE knAvcry, while other
parties who hAd Uustcd MN nave ALSO betil
viciimizcd % an extent that val increase The
dcfAlcs ton 20 $4,000.
Al Kansas City. No. Theodore HA;tenbach
aud wife we're found murdered In their home,
which had been sct on Gre, while their little
girl was discovered out Of doors with fatal in
jurios No clue 20 the murderer was found.
Matthew Weaver. the dcfAul,ing cashier Of
tho UrhAnA (Ohio) bank has been arrested In
Chicago.
There we're 2G5 petitions in bankruptcy hled
in Chicago during April, with total debts Of
over els, 100000.
Three men we're killed and twelve Others
moro or less, seriously injured by al explosion
OF the boiler IA the toWboAt Warner on the
Mississippi river, al Memphis.
VS. OBrien, ono Of the California bonanza
kings b. dead. He leaves a fortune vay1outly
estimated a. from fiftecn 10 twenty miliionS
AZ seven O'Clock p. ~, as the night hands
in the immense WAshhurn Touring mil At
Minneapolis, Mimi, were abcni 20 relieve the
dAy hands = sudden and appalling explosion
took place which shook t1e cttv As by An earth
quake and crumbled th4 mill like egg-shel.
The Washburn mill is ,he largest OF it class In
America and employed from forty 20 sixty
men. The hrst crash Was followed by othe-
explosions in surrounding mills, eight Of which
were destroyed by the roaring flames From
Gttenn % twenty men IN the WAKhburn mill
met a terrible death in the falling ruins, while
the pccuniAry damage Is estimated AZ over
-l 600 600 The explosion is attributed 10 gas
generated in the patent middling purifier.
From washington.
The commissioner Of pensions has already
received applications from 5000 persons who
claim &c be entitled 30 = stipend under the pro-
visions OF the act granting pensions 70 all the
surviving soldiers and sailors who served IN the
war Of lsl2 New claims are constantly being
presented.
The President has signed the act TO prevent
the introduction OF contagious or infections
diseases into the United States
Tho secrSt service officers Of the treasury
have discovered new counterfeit $50 note on
the National Bank. Of New York city.
Tho subcommittee OF the House committee
ON education and labor has agreed on bill i'm
posing a tax OF sl00 apiece on Chinese imnli-
grants.
The public debt statement for April shows a
decrease in the debt for the month Of SS.0l5,-
sos 80 and the following balance iB the treas
urv: Currency, 81, ,i6S l40.6s; special fund for
redemption OF fractional currency, 10, 100000;
speciai deposit OF legal tenders for redemption
OF certificates OF deposit, s2s, $4,000: coin
fipcluding coin and silver certificates $685.
ia. .5OO), SI56. .097 236. SIS outstanding legal
tenders, s946, 6si ole: the total exports for
March were S72,S47,o00, and the imports.
s37. $50, ,63s.
Two treasury employees have been tempor-
Arilv suspended by the President Mr.. Glover,
I OF The House committee on expenditures I'm
the treasury department. having stated 20 him
in writing that they had been guilty Of miscon-
duct The matter viii bc investigated.