The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30
NEWS SUMMARY,
naate,n ana Middle statea


Louis Bohmke, aged nvo. shot and killed hIs
brother John, aged three, with pistol that ho
found In a bureau. Tho unfortunate AFFAIR
occurred Ia BROOKLYN, n. Y.
The permanent exhibition at Philadelphia,
which has beou closed for zomo time 10 allow
uf a thorough renovation 10 again open senA-
tors Wallace, blaine, nAyATd aud other dis
tingushod visitors iook part In tho opening
ceremonies.
The executive committee Of the National
party % the United States held meeting la
New York for the purpose uf discussing plans
fof a solid organisation of tho party and g.
prepare for tao fall campaign. Dr. u. u
Sturgeon, Of Toledo, Ohio, presided, and rop-
roHunyAliyes Of about thirty stAtoa were
present
SiI mon we're publicly whipped Ia Newcastle
Del, the other day each receiving twenty lAshes
Jason ScTibnef, Who lives on u small farm
noaT Augusta, Me, attempted 10 murder his
whole family With spade, girl Of threo was
struck and Killed, q boy ~ Ave sustained a
fatal frHnturo OF the skull and bahia Of one
year was fatally injured. ScrIbuor's wife aud
son, Albert, boy OF oloYen, succeeded Ia got
ting away unhurt Tie father attempted 10
ouusnlI suicide, but Was arrested before hu
could carry his design into execution.
Catherine 4. Bcochor, sister of Henry Ward
hcucher died Ia ElmirA. y, A., on the l3Ih,
aged seventy eight years.
Rucont dofalcAtions e., Il. Waterman Was
arraignud ia the police court of Lawrence
Mass, charged with sn.beEEling slOO 600 frum
the Pacific mills corporation hu pleaded not
guilty, but was committed for trial Edwin
~ Hall, eI-prosidont Of the Merchants Ma.
uoual BANK of Whitehall, \. y Was arrested
On = charge of oG,boEzllng $lOO, 0OJ, funds of
the institution, aud was brought % Troy aud
held IN SiQ, 900 bail for examination.
Some damage has been done 10 the young
crops and vegetation by tho rcouut unusually
cold weather. Tho northern parts Of Vermont
and New Hampshire were visited with . snow
storm, and beAyy frusts prevailed AL over tho
New England and Middle StAtes
Mathew Mcdonald, a s,orokoeper OF Pgngh-
kecpAc, N. T.. blow his brains out With a
pistol. Probable cause, financial ombAIrAss'
menL
Major General Thomas S. DAkin command
ing the second division. national guard Of Ito
State of New York, died ia Brooklyn ca tho
18th, aged forty seven years. General nAAiu
WAS best known rs 4 member of oNery team
representing America IN the international rhe
matches and last year he Was captain of the
American team At CrsotmOJT.
Ira b. Wright, town treasurer Of South
Hadlcy, Mass, Is discovered 20 have aplro-
prtAtoA Sa6 600 az the town funds He has
.
principal store IA the town. He disclosed his
own guilt and has given up all his property,
which will probably cover one-thlrd of the
towns loss. lie claims 10 have suuk the
money IN business and hoped 20 repay u all.
The second annual bench show OF dogs wAs
opened At Gilmore Garden, New York city,
the other dAy. There we're about one thousand
dogs GA exhibition, comprising every variety of
canine.
The convention OF the Penusylvania Eepub-
leans for the nomination ~ u State ticket was
held Ia Harrisburg. Mayor Stokely, sf fhila-
dell hlA, SAA chosen chairman. The ticket
nominated Was fuT governor General Hcury
VI. HOyt Tor supreme Judge James 7. sIer-
rutl for AeutenAnI-goyornOr, Charles W.
stone for secretary of internal al Alrs, AAi on
X. Dunkul The platform adopted does not
aiiudu % the Administers ion, hut opposes free
lTado and the tArin ball daclAreu that lAbuF
and Anicrieaa commerce should be fOstered by
the national government asserts that the
public lands should be reserved for actual
settlers opposes the payment of " Southern
claims aud unjust freight discrimination
sympathiEos With Southern Republicans, aud
endorses the State "a uinlstrAuon.
The Neu York Legislature has adjourned
Mrs lydia sherman, Who vss serving life
imprisonment Ia tho Couuecucut state prison
for poisoning hor husband and whose escape
and rucAptuFu some months ago Will he runeul-
bvEcd, j. dead After her sentence for Alllng
her husband shc confessed 30 having poisoned
three husbands and four children.
Twenty thousand barrels of oil we're lost q;
bradford. Pa, by the bursting Oi 4. W. Evans
4 Cos oil tank