The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-01-03

nasteIn and Middle Atatea.

naateIu aud Middle Btatca
lro in the dye house OF tho York ManufAc-
turing Company h Biddofol,i, Me, caused
damage amounting 10 $4,000 fully insured.
Two oolorod men, named Samuel Chambers
and deorge Collins, weru found guilty OF
AssAultng y white woman, nc Middleton, Dol,
and we're sentenced To be hangrd.
Miss Berthz Won Hillyrn walked 1860 miles Ia
ifty consecutive hours al Philadelphia
now telegraph compSny, with capital OF
$1,000 600, has been formed in New York city
The New York State superintendent Of banks
has requested the attorney general 10 institute
proceedings towards closing mp the Oriental
Savings hank, Of Now YORK city.
John kmtEler and his wife, both Of them
over seventy wears of age, were murdered ia
thinly ly-l'upulatrd part of Snider county, Pa,
where they lived 10 al old log house. Thar
occupation WAS telling fortunes, aud on tho
night of the tragedy some Of the neighbors
heard shots, and soon after observed the house
GA nre On investigation the bodies Of tho
tso we're found. burned almost 10 crisp
while several circumstances Ted 60 the belief
that they had brrn shot before the house Was
AIRED.
An indictment vas found agains, sherman
Bruadwsn late president OF ,hs broken Clair
mont Savings Bank or New York, and he was
arrested The charge against him is perjury
on swearing 20 the banks condition.
At whitphayen, Ia, tWanty-thrre prr@ans
we're dangeruusly poisoned by eating liver pud-
ding that had been boiled ia a copper kettle.
A native of Ireland, named Edward Nc
Govern. died ia New York At tho patFlArchial
age Of 100 Years.
Three business blacks ia I.AcOniA, ~ H..
were destroyed by hfe, causing a loss Of about
SlO 600, on which thorv is - con insurance
and the Pores. House, OF the principal
hotels IA Scranton, Pa, Was he soyne u an eN-
citing lire, many ~ TIE guests having narrow
escape from suffocauml.
A colOrud baby show Was opened ln Cd
murc's Garden, New York. Seventy nine babies
were on exhibition and competed for the vaTi-
Gus price.
A coal OIL cAr ou the track ot the Erie railroad
At Paterson, \. j.. caught tiir, and the burn
ing liquid raa into the streets communicative
tho danes 10 several buildings, some Of them
half mile away. number Of houses, barns
and stables were destroyed
Eight men we're convicted in wilkrsbarre,
Fa-, Of rloilng last September, during a strike,
and were sentenced 20 various terms " I'M
prlsonnlcn; and 20 pay fines more OF less large.
The SEVENTEEN hirthdNy of Whittier, the
poet, vas cnnmemurAted by q gathering Of
prominent literary men AZ = dinner Ia Boston.
Tigruo men and b0y were driving 70
droyersdale, Mass, from Dudley, where they
had been cATUusing, when they ran into OBJ
structlous on the roadside and smashed their
wagon. Henry Nlckersou Was killed instantly,
and man named WAbble received fatal in
juries. and the boy MAS badly hnrt-
A meeting Of the National Reform cUnyvn-
tion to advocate the express acknowledgement
OF God IA the constitution ~ the Initod States,
MAS held Ia Rochester y. Y, sbOut two hun
dred delegates being present. Resolutions IA
conformity with tbs principles of the oouVen-
ton were adopted.
Thomas RoOneys house IN West PuElt y. T..
caught hrc during his absence. and his two
children, aged three and I've years respectively,
were burned 20 death.
A John Cronin, child two years old. Was
coming down the staircase Of his fathers
house Ia Boston, lad named Henry Ackvrs,
aged about thirteen. pulled out revolver aud
hrcd 81 the little fellow who lived but an hour.
The story Of the shooting. as given, was told
by Mary Cronln, aged siN. the victims sister,
who was present At the Tune
4 Dire occurred In the immense structure
occupied by the American Desk Mandatory
IN NoW York-One o' the largest establish
mruts OF is kind IN the couutry and before
the flames could bc subdUcd damage 10 the
amount OF Abou, slo0, 900 had bocn done.
Mrs. Catherine Ryan. her four children. and
girl related 90 Mrs. Ryan we're suffOcAtrd Ia
Boston by coal gAs.
shortly after ave O'Clock in the afternoon
boiler ~ the cellar OF the large wholesale
candy factory Of Greenfield A Sons, IS Barclay
street, New York, exploded with = loud report,
and Immediately thereafter flames were seen %
issue from the building aud the iron. wall top
pied in. At the time OF the explosion there
were over $50 persons in the bull ling aud Of
these about twenty-five were iAkUn 10 the
hospitals, suffering from burns and bruises,
while > number received fatal INJURIES. Many
of the employees, ia thri. desperate effort to
escApa. leared frorr aAc burning buiiing, and
u la believed ihAt large number OF persons
were bu-ied underneath the falling walls, one
corpse having been recovered bat /; viii take
some time 20 remove the ruins and ascertain
the exSd nnn1her OF victims. Rfue tho hre
was subducd Nos 6l S. 65 c. aud 90 Barclay
street we're DESTROYED, and many other build
ngs IN the neighborhOod ~rre more or less
damaged, involving an aggregate estimated
loss o. Abont 100000, which ls nearly all
covered by Insurance. When the explosion
occurred the proprietor ~ the candy mAnufAc-
tory and his two wesns w-rc IN the ofica and
several persons we're In the showroom making
purchases. Upon these people the disaster
CAME without the slightest warning, aud thoy
wore surrounded with fire aud escaping steam
in an Instant and barely escaped With their
lives. Many persons rushed 20 the Grc-c@cApc
and got ont in that way, while others tn the
upper stores escaped by means OF lAddcra-
Intense excitement prevailed in the vicinity Of
the disaSter and thousands OF persons on their
way home from work focked 10 the scene