The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-01-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
naatoin and Middle Btntea

. tA1t NhNlNn NRiA p AhotoNN AhifANAf tAfuf
66s colorcd, 90, l2l of the foreign element
5l7, 917 cAmc from ireland 167 ,Sbi from Cor
mAuy and lin, ,0O from England The total
number 81 voters la the State reaches l, ,iil.-
462, of whom 7i7, $50 are natives aud 3si ,lS2
/ foreign born
/ Tho committee Of New York aldermen APP
pointed 10 investigate thu ring frauds have
made thclf report after taking vast amount
of testimony, including that of Tweed, The
report SAYS that the evidence brought 90 light
the fact that frauds had bcun committed upon
the city TO tho amount uf thirty millions Of
dollATs of which enormous sum uniy ts1G, 900
had been recovered, Tho report says the
. evidence shows that officials and representa-
tt,es - all politics. parties we're engaged la
these gigantic robheri6s and tho committee
/ are 0t opinion that they have brought suf-
hcont evidence 10 light 10 enable the city
. successfully 10 defend actions pcnding against
/ IL for ~, 0OO. COO
. AZ meeting Of tho New York board Of alder
I men a resolution 20 recommend the attorney
general aud corporation conncn 10 release
Wm. NJ, Tweed from Imprisonment after secur-
ing his property for the city and taking proper
means 90 obtain his future testimony. was car
fiud by vote Of thirteen 10 seven.
The disasters along the Atlantic coast during
the recent heavy storn were numerous. A
large number OF vessels we're driven ASHORE.
b The steamer Old Colony running between New
York and Fall River was disabled by accident
. to her machinery And drifted for elsysn hours
! ~ the marcy ~ high sea, but Was eventually
toWed into Newport hArbor by wrecAng com
panys steamer
The bank commissioner Of Connecticut has
restrained the Ihomps0nyille Savings bank
nom doing further business until an eIaminA-
ton into its condition can be mAds.
large iiro broke out in a mine At summit
Hill, Pa, and burned herooly for long time,
causing loss of over ESQ, 900 and the do
struetion Of breaker Al Shenandoah. Pa, be-
longing 10 the Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany. caused loss Of sl00 900
Mayor Ely, Of New laak, aaserts. iu his
animal message 20 the common council, that
/ the city government is too complex A%d the
police department 10 expensive
A lire broke out in tho drying room Of the
publishing house o; Houghton 4 Co. Cam
bridge, Mass, and destroyed an Immense
amount II printed material, including 10000
sheets Of portions Of Webster dictionary
a large part Of the February number OF the
-ikafsir N0faL.ly, anl = large quantity OF sheets
belonging 70 other works. The total loss is
AbOHt si0 lOo0.
Ia compliance with = resolution Of the board
OF diroetos Of the Pottsyilio pa. hank that
institution was closed 10 depositora
Eta HaEeltine and sadie sharp, aged respeo-
lively afteen and eleven. broke through the
ice on pond near HyAnnis. Mass. and were
drowned.
Dennis Donneliy Was sentenced 10 be hanged
at Pottsyille, Pa, for the murder Of Thomas
Sanger. He Is the sixteenth Molly Magulre
condemned 20 death.
The prieys at the annual sale OF pews ia Ply
mouth Church we're lower this year than IN
pyuNioas yeArs, The sum paid TOT hrsI choice
WAs ESQ.
The New Jersey Legislature met al Trenton
wUA gFaNUlWFN 1 FNl.sHx ~. "A
president % the senate and John Egan speaker
OF the House, and GuN eFnor Bcdlr's message
was received and read.
AZ an election Of the New York Bar AssociA-
ton. Secretary Of State William NJ RvArts vas
chosen president and Ex-Governor samuel J.
hldon onr Of the ytco-pFesidents on the same
ticket.
The RspublicAns OF New Hampshire met in
state convention At Concord and nominated B.
f D. Prescott FOR Governor and David T. Willard
for railroad commissioner. The platform
adopted sAys IN regard 10 PrcadSut Hayes and
his policy While we admit honest differ
uuous ~ opinion IN respect 70 past Ar .. NO vel
come and approve has SINCERE Efforts o. keep faith
With the people, and secure 90 the "a, ole cUun-
try the blessings OF just. efficient, aud honest
HcpublicAn national administration. Other
plAnks IN the platform favor speedy rcsump-
uon OF specie payments, denounoo any at
temp's 20 TcpudlAto the public debt, declare
e
approve % the efforts 90 extend commerce,
aud oppose further land grants.
The Connect cut Legislature opened ita ses-
sion and Governor Hubbells message was read.
Tho failure Of Edward u. Dunning. Jr..
prominent Wall street broker has taken place.
HE liabilities reach nearly s60d 900 aud among
his creditors are number o. banks.
John L. PinkhAm, employed BY Mrs Marian
Berry. otSeu Durham n, H., widow Of sHiy-.
i've, had dispute with the old lady IA regard
10 The payment for some work done. Prucur-
ing gun be entered Mrs. BcFry's Houso and
shot her dead Then he seat, down the road
half mile aud cut his throat
lsrge meeting Of representative Of tho
& leading banks. insurance and trust companies
oi Ncw York, Boston and other cities wnH held
ia the former place, 90 protest against the pas.
sage by Congress Of the BlAbd silver bill. A
committee reported that the - passage OF that
bin would operate uafAvurAbly against specie
resumption in 1879 = the return 20 business on
gold basis was urged. aud COMMITTEES WAS
appointed % momoriAlize Congress AZ Aiasi tho
passage % the Bland bill.
Theodore Wcsmore, late yice-prcsideng OF
the dcfunct Security Life Insurance Company
Of New York, found guilty Of assisting Mr.
Case, the late president Of the company. (Who
Was recently ED fug term ot years. in
making miHstatenouts o. iis condition, was
sentenced 60 one wears Imprisonment AZ hard
labor and to pay q One Of s250, .. IL.
The Great Barrngtos AAss.l Savings Bank
hAa suspended payment pending an investigA-
ton by the State bank commissioners. TIE
deposits are es05, 900 and the total liabilities
s&i{.000. And the stock holders Of the Rock
land National Bank. of SyAck. y. Y. have re-
solved that that institution should 20 into vol
uhtAry liquidation.
Az the annual meeting OF the Plymouth
Church Mr.. Bccchor sent letter proposing
reduction Of une-fourth Of bic salary. aud the
Offer wAE accepted.
A resolution introduced Ia the New Yori
Assembly, protesting against the passage OF the
Bland silver bill by Congress was passed by
vote OF lo5 10 II.
New York retired vArnish dealer named
Francis - Wynloop has failed for s2S2. 900.
G. p. Mills, OF williams oolrge won the
ilrst prize AZ the annual intercollegiate orator
icsl contest In New York.
The paying teller Of the Rochester N. "
savings bank, Eugene A. Shoppcrdson, has
proven n defAultor for o., 600, the cause of his
ruin being fast horses aud stock speculation
Western and Southern States. 81.
The .wholsale grocery Arm Of Samuel Bliss
a Co. Chicago has faihxl. tie liabilities being
slsO 0O0 Joseph Bowfeld ChicAgo's corpor-
ation counsel, has become BANKRUPT, his I'M
secured debts amounting 20 S220.Oo In
RenDor A Co, candy manufacturers, and Jacob
Bennlngcr, pork packer have failed recently,
with liabilities aggregAting several hundred
thousand dollars.
The newly discovered uil wells In the Black
Hills are beginning TO attract attention, and
many parties are locating olAims.
Hon. Richard NJ Pibrson. chief justice OF
the supreme court Of North Carolina, died at
Winston, aged seyonty-threc.
Murray A Nelson's drug mandatory in
Chicago was burned. LOss, e20, 600 insur-
ance about $4,000.
Fires Kellogg's block At Ripon. Wis. WAS
burned, cAusing loss OF $50. 600: insurance,
$4,000. At Lagrange, Ind, Browns business
block succumbcd TO the flames, entailing loss
OF $50 600, on which there Is partial in
surance.
Tho Ohio and Wisconsin Legislatures have
begun their sessions. tRt
Hon. Montgomery BlAir presented a me
mortal in the Maryland Legislature, praying
that Congress make q judicial investigation
into the title Of President Hayes.
/ The anniversary Of the battle Of New Orleans
was celebrated in that city by 8 general mill
tary parade.
! At Cleveland, Ohio, the thirteenth annual
] convention of the American Diarymen's Asso-
ciation was Held, diArymen from the different
States and Canada being present. IL was
stated that butter and cheese were now bring-
4 ing relatively higher prices than ever before.
The exports OF cheese last year 10 Great
Britain -ourtchiof custoumer-were liz, 200
4 pounds. worth $4,000, 600. Butter had Also
been exported 20 the amount Of 100000
pOundR.