The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-21

OOU, for the purposo Of finishing the bridge.
This additional amount sil make just slO,-
/ 600 900 that will have been raised 10 build tie
structure.
spring elections IA a number Of cities and
towns ~ New York have been held. James
benton the Workingmons candidate, Was
elected mayor Of Utica, defeating both tho
pomocTAtlc aud Republican candidates IA
Elmira Granville u. Parsons Grocnback and
I.Abur Reform candidate, vas elected mayor
over the Republican aud Democrats nominees
hy igt majority, aud the same party elected
dVo Of the seven aldermen chosen in ossegO,
Thomas Persou. the GTernbAck and Working
mems candidate, NAs elccted mayor by about
500 ma jurity ia Auburn. the combined DeElo-
( Gratis and NAtJnAlists elected Martin L. VALLEY
mayor by ala majority. while the regular
Republican nominees for mayor were elected
+ ia Rochester aud NcNburg, and the Democratic
candidate for that Office was chosen lu Troy,
The Irohibitioulst party - Ehode Island, ia
convention 81 Providence nominated the pres
eat state offorrs for reelection.
A bill for the protection II sA,ilgs bank de-
posit1rs has been passed by 'Ac New York
state senate.
( The New Hampshire Grr-ubAck party held a
convention 81 Portsmouth aud nominated
Samuel Flint, Of LYME, for governor.
iro Ia SpArtzusburg. Pa, DESTROYED nearly
every business house IN tho toRn. Twenty
families were made homeless. aud iAe damage
done reaches siUU,o1O.
The shlp Bertha uf Portland. wa, sighted
by the steamship Bolivia, in mid-OccAn. with
the American ensign. union GuNu. The mate
OF the Bertha stAici that u4 tho previous dAy
Captain Hlll and thivv ueaturu lad been WAshoi
. overheard. A uANlEhtoa aud Tao ueSn.cn from
the Bolivia were cent aboard IA, ship,
SporiAl Bank Examiner William j. Best, Who
has bevh engaged for long time IA examining
the Affairs uf the Union Dime Savings Bank
ono ~ the largest institutions of ils Kind IN
New Iork city Las prepared a supplementary
report stating that the concern is Ia a safe
condition. and charging that the troubles %
the uAnA were due Iu a conspiracy Of several
members of the banks board OF trustees 90 IN
Jurr u.
Henry schmidt Of New York. while ia a
drunken rage at his wife. who refused 20 gave
up hoT earnings 10 satisfy his craving for
liquor. poisoned her, his daughter, and
mother in-lAw hy putting Arseuic IA their
coffee, aud then hcd. The mother and dAugh-
ter we're rescued from death. but the old lady
WAS loft IA critical condition schmidt
captured and locked up.
Western and Southern States.
The IowA State Senate has restored capital
punishment, by vote OF - 20 -.
At Kansas CITY, Mo, Edward McFArrea was
Aung for the murder of \ deputy marshal ia
7 February, is7T 81 WArrcnbuTg Mo, John
Daniel, farmer, wAs hung for the murder %
quArTuled And Al Marion, Ala, Albert Young,
Robert Jones, SllAs Wright and Lucius Porter
all colorcd. were hung for the murder Of Isaac
d. Moore.
/ The death Of benjamin +. Wade, ex-senator
- the United States, TOOK place az his home in
4 jefferson. Ohio. ON the "a, after lln ering
sickness. Mr.. Wade Was born in West spring
hcld, Mass, October n. lso0. Az the age %
: eighteen he went 20 Ohio. working for while
A. farm lAburrr and AfiorWard A. school
teacher. Al tlH age % twenty-siI he began 10
-.udy law. aud IA sS5 was elected prosecuting
attorney Of AshtsbulA county, Ohio. In 1897
. be MAS appointed presiding lndgc % the third
f Judicial district % Ohio and in 1881 be hc-
came Unitcd States SenAtur, which once ho
held until 1859. When Andrew johnson -
came President IN 1865. senator Wade
elected president prO I'm oi the Senate. His
ln=t appearance IN public At tho national
EopubAcAn convention held in Cincinnati IN
. lsT6.
/ Al Fshkill Landing. on the Mississippi
I riycr nftecn miles south Of Waterloo, Ill. the
I house OF Moritz Kaiser was burned, and him
/ SELF wife and aI children pCTtshod in The
I dAmcs.
/ The Miami Savings Bank Of Cincinnati, Ohio,
( has failed Is liabilities are $4,000 As-cts .
/ si52.uOo.
A terrific tornado 800 yArds in width. swept
Z through Casey county, Nv, Killing Vincent .
I Wesley, his wife, two grown daughter.
!
/ was stopvlng ~ his house near lich Hill. Ia y
lhc vicinity Of Mount Olive. Mrs. Morgan WAS
killed. and dwellings were completely swept .
away. foncos we're blown down. trees uprootod.
4 and nearly all the cattle and poultry IN the .
/ path Of the whirlwind were killed.
The resent destructive Goods IN CAlifoguiA
have done al immense amount OF damage.
The country for ig9 miles on the Sacramento .
. rlycr looked Ike hinge inland sea Or. Glenn. .
farmer OF Colusa county, lost 1900 sheep /
and 6 600 acres Of wheat The ioss between .
, Sacramento and Monrocvillc un lcvccA. bnild- .
ings cattle and crops will reach ssoN. 600.
/ The carnival season ia New Orleans opened .
1 with the arrival OF King Carnival, the sur .
render Of the keys OF the city by the mayor. .
and the occupation OF the city by the King Of
Misrulo over twenty thousand persons WIT
ncsscd the ceremonies.
Hot Springs. Ark the famous watering place. .
hss been partially laid in ashes A Ere broke .
ont in a rhAnty, And before Il could be subducd .
I the flames had DESTROYED go buildings, to- .
gethcr with immense amount OF goods. .
Among the buildings burned are three hotels, .
two banks. poE-otticc, daily newspaper office, 4
Western Union telegraph Office. and various
bath and business houses The loss Is cstimAt- 4
ed a. s2OO, 600 and over.
Ciucinnatfs board Of education has aVpro- 7
! prlAtcd a. 0OO 20 prepare full showing OF the .
citv publc school system and students work. 4
At the Paris Exposition.
| A hard money league has been formed in the 4
! West. with headquarters At Chicago. George !
I W. Allen. Of Milwaukee. has been electo d 4
president.
! Tho Afth annual convention OF the National I
Butttr Cheese and Egg Association met In 4
! Chicago. and was called to order by President /
Henry Shriver, Of Baltimore. About fifty /
members OF the Boston Produce Exchange ar .
rived in the morning. Many hundred delegates /
from all parts Of the country we're in attend I
Ancc.
The trestle platform used in building now |
iron bridge across the Potomac river near 4
/ WilliAmzport Md. gave way while thirteen /
men were az work upon Il, throwing them into /
the water Three Of the men we're fatally IN /
urcd and three others seriously hurt
The steamer City Of Chester caught Gre At |
4 Memphis. Tenn. and many OF those on board /
were compelled 90 jump into the river for their /
I lives The most OF them were rescued hy |
small boats but two men lost their lives. The /
steamer was totally destroyed.
paul a.. Pierre. his wife and two children, /
lost their lives while In the cabin Of a propeller
which was run down and sunk by steamboat |
I at New Orleans.
AL Fort WAvne Ind. two Eons Of Matthew /
| lynch aged twelve and fourteen. were killed |
bv the explosion OF a railroad torpedo with /
which they were playing, and third son, aged
two, was fatally injured
The National Dairymen's convention, In Sos |
! "Wednesday in March, 1879, in New York city. |
| ] y. Joyce, OF New York was elected president |
for the ensuing year, and II was decided 10
hold an international fAlr In the fall probably I
I IN New York.
A raid on Illicit stills in johnson county, /
Tenn bv governucn officials resulted IN tho !
seizure Of Ave distillories and large quantity
OF material used in the manufacture OF whisky. |
4 A number OF arrests we're also made.
from washington.
Decrease of the national debt during Fcbru- |
Ary-s2, 250, 237ls
The coinage executed nj the muts during |
February numbered G,07l,5l0 pieces, worth |
es,47ss9I.
The treasury department is preparing for
the Immediate execution OF the silver law. A |
device for the now dollar has been proposed by /
DIR. LindermAn and approved, and the mints
will bo put al werk Immediately.
Murphy, the temperance lecturer, has closed |
n iive weeks engagement in Washington, |
whence he goes 10 New England. While In
Washington he procured $4,000 names to the
pledge.
Owing 10 the large amount Of business on
hand II Ia thought the session Of Congress
will be prolonged 10 summer.
| Albert b. Porter, OF Indiana, has been nomi-
mated 10 ill the vacancy IN the Office OF first |