The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-28

in all parts Of the country, asking toE tho Abo
/ liion % tire duty on type, have been rcociFcS
( r,,cunily by Congress Type-foundcrs from Al
| part Of The country have presented pciiiion
also AZ Ainst n rcdactiou % the duty.
A large delegation ci wurkmcn from n
Different navy yards of the country held an IN
! tervscu with the pecrutAry 81 the treasury II
regard 90 the enforcement q 'hc cight-houi
law.
The President has nominated John v. Hovt
Of Wisconsin % b governor Of Wyoming Ter,
ritory.
The &C; amending the laws granting pensions
20 tlie soldiers ana Ailurs q the var of Isl.
and Their widows has brcn approved by tbs
) I'rundcns.
Tho director % the min, has inform ttht
Huusc committee on coinage thAt tho cal scity
% the mints would De doubled by the erection
81 two nee rnintE and the rcopeninE nf tho old
mist.Ai Nev Orleans.
senator Morrill,. ~ Vermont, recently called
mp IN the Senate the hin TO provide FOR > com
tMiasion on the sub icct uf the alcoholic liquor
traffic II authorizes the President to appoint,
by and with the advice of the Senate = com
mission VI ave persons who shAil bc sclcC;ei
solely with reference 10 personal fitness and
capacity fur an honest, impartial and thorough
lnyestigation into lho AlcGholir hqnor trafin,
primarily. in ita relations 30 revenue. aud also
20 taxAtioa, aud Rs general ocunomir and
scientific rcspcciE IN caunection with tho puhic
and Fonerl welfare OF the people. Tho CON-
missiOncrs arc 20 serve without salary, but tbs
bil AprrupriAtos sln 600 FOR the necessary and
incidental expenses of the commission. The
bin Wa adopted
Ata recent meeting pf the cabinet tho prin-
cipAl subject uf consideration was the draft Of
3 letter prepared by Secretary EvArts, and 70
he sent TO the governmcuts OF a1 the Latin
uuiou countries. This - in accordance with
the scctinu ot the silver bin, providing for an
international conference 90 determine the rela-
tive values Of the h-metallic standards
The house committee on post-offices and post
roads has under consideration n new scheme
for the Classification of mail matter
The state department has received ofi.oiAl
Intelligence. from Constantinoplo, OF the dis
contuuAnoe OF the blockade on the Black sea.
The House committee on education and labor
has instructed Mr.. Goode, the chairman, 20 re-
port y bll providing that tho net proceeds OF
sAiea OF public lands shall forever bo conso-
Grated and sci apart for the education Of the
people The act is not To have any effoct TO
rppeaL impair or suspend any law authorizing
the prr-oaption OF public lands or the entry OF
public lands for honlostsAds, nor as limiting in
any manner the power Of Congress 10 alter or
extend the right OF homestead upon such
lands, nor shall Il be held 20 limit or abridge
the power of Congress over the public domain
or Interfere with granting bounty lands.
Tho President has nominated William &.
Choute TO bo United States Judge for the
Southern district Of New York,
Foreign Rews.
A dispatch from Trieste saws the Austrian
steamer Sphinx, from Cavallo, with 1900 Cir
cassiAna on board. caught fire aud went ashore
near Cape Ella. Five hundred lives were lost
The KAflirs At Cape Town, Africa, we're de-
festSd by the British in severe engagement
and had many killed.
John Tammore, foreman OF Biorian's pulp
mills. Merri'on, Ontario, was instantly killed
and two others seriously injured by an OK
plosion uf dynamite. .f.....
London dispatch says Trustworthy pri-
yAle advioes from India state that the MohAm-
medAns are greatly excited in consequence OF
the oyrrthrow OF Turkey. Serious trouble is
even Apprphonded unless the government takes
some anti Russian action shortly. Ii is be-
lieved that 20n, 600 MoslGm volunteers 10 serve
against Russia could be raised without diih-
Guilty. .. ....
The surrender Of insurgent Cubsns con-
tinuoa. ...r
About forty miners were killed by an o1plos-
ion in colliory near Bolton, England.
The king OF Greece was entertained by Gen
NEAl tAIAnts RI tullIhtbAit va hNs'N NAAN NtAAhNS
States steamer Nandalia, at Athens.
CasSagnao. tho vol kpown French editor OF
fighting procliyities, hAs fought another duel
Eith BopublIcan deputy, at Paris.
The stororooms In course OF erection at the
woolwieh dockyArd, London, covering an acre
Of ground, suddenly collapsed while the labor
ers were bnriGd in the debris, AllWere quickly
resGgea, but many o. them were Seriosrly in-
jrfred
The Grst batch Of new silver dollars-ten
th9usmd in number was received at the
treasury department and three thousand of
them were paid ont in exchange for gold. Sec.
retary sherman, by whose order silver is only
to be sold for gold, takes the ground that 10
sellit FOR greenbacks would make the latter
payable for customs duties, which, he states,
iscontrary TO law.
Thirty-six persons who were attending fair
at Brest, France, were drowned by the capsiz-
ing OF barge.
Subscriptions for n new issue OF So 900, 900
roubles were opened at st. Petersburg, and the
amount is said to have been immediatly sub
scribed.