The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-21
Western and Southern States.


Later reports Of the disaster 10 the steamer
Metropolis on the North Carolina coast, state
thA, the number Of lost is about one hundred.
shortly after leaving PhilsAolphiA the vessel
xprnas leak. and Ahe p1nlfla hruaAin5 she
becHrne untIiauaeua abac. IL Was thfu deter
mined 20 beach her, and al hands wcrc a4-
monishod 20 provide themselves w!th life
prcscrVnrs. When the vessel struck pAplc
onsued among the passengers aud tho Wiltc-t
excitement prevailed Immense waves broke
over the ship and many persons on deck were
swept away. Ia the roar of the storm q was
impossible 10 hear the orders Of ths captain
or his ofliceTs and sli discipline was soon At al
end, every man looking out for himself The
ship struck ~ about seven in the morning, and
near noon = man appeared on the beach, on
horseback waving his hat and promising as
.staneo. shortly after the men OF the life
saving station appeared, but were unable to
help t1Usc on hoard. The only assistance they
gave was 10 pun the half-druwucd people ont
Of the surf as thew bAtHcd for life with the inn
utense waves Neither could any boats BE-
loSercd from the wicked vessel ON account of
the haAyy sea- Atfye 2. n. the vessel broke
up eutiruly, and sl on board engaged IN \ fear
ful struggle for their lives. The beach Was
stresu With the bodies of the unfortunate crew
Aai lsAssonRefs. Tho captain 81 the vessel
states that II assistance had bech rendered by
tlas ilEe--avilg station At the tine The vessel
was beached, little or no lossuf NE wouidhAyc
followed. Many OF the lsbotcTs on board who
lost their ives left destitute fAariies in Philz-
delphia Many of ths scrurs witnessed ~ the
Office Of the railroad contractors werr heart
ronding, women whose husbands wcrc on tho
Inflated vessel wAiling plteousiy and begging
in heart-rcnding tones for ncss OF the missing
ones. The lite-soryico rnea hred thTee lines
over tho wrecked vessel, when their Ammuni-
ton gave out. AZ this time leo Hncn we're secn
FsG
yiyurs then formed line IN the surf bs io.n-
ing hands and succeeded II saving twenty -siX
~ Their comrades
Phlip wAieonto lorcd) WAS hanged At Cow
ington ky.. FOR wife murder aud William
Wieners suffered hkc penalty AZ 81 Louis.
for thcaVnnrder OF A. V. LaRrtucc, e barkeopcr
ia variety theater.
The Memphis CTenn.) chamber OF commerce
have passed resolutions tn favor of the Bland
silver bill. H
The survivors Of the wrecked steamer Metro
polls arrived 81 Norfolk, Pa, and were cared
for by the citizens Nine OF them were sent To-
the hospital Among the survivors the opinion
prevails generally that the vessel was nptten
and unseswurthy. snd should not hSve been
allowed 10 put 30 sea, An investigation wlil
30 made. The captain of the Metropolis To-
sists that she was perfectly seSWorthy.
William Sturges. prominent in railroad circles
filed n voluntary petition in bankruptcy at
Chicago. His liabilities are over -, con 0G0
J. Madison Wells. OF the Louisiana returning
board, who made his escape recently when 40,
other members Of the board were arrSstr,l.
voluntarily surrendered himself AZ RigSlet
Station. La, aud vas brought 10 New Orleans.
A boy who had been brought TO Baltimore
from the West Indies, and was believed by
many TO be the missing Charlie Ross, was
visited by MI. Ross. who said the child was not
his. Mr. Ross states that this made 5I9 BOYS
he had been called 60 sce or hasi been written
about, and his hundreds Of failures 10 identify
each wAn a. his own. had taught him 30 enter
tain no sAug1ine hope He supposed be should
continue 10 ace BOYS until be died but did not
expect 20 find his own son in any Of them 4
New Orleans dispatch states that tho
steamer Lessie Taylor, on the AtchAfalAyA
river, WAS sunk aud a colored woman aud
child, besides four or FIVE deck hands, were
drowned.
Hon, Nester Msxan, a prominent lawyer OF
Texas was killed in duel at MAtamurAs. Two
rounds were fired, when his opponent AL
nouneed himself a. satisfied Mr. MA1An, how
ever, demanded another round, was shot
through the body and almost instantly ldllcd.
The San Francisco chamber OF commerce
has adopted resolutions opposing the Bland
silver bill and the proposed repeal OF the ro-
sumption act
A libel suit in Cincinnati against T. T. Bar
NUN and others attracted grea. attention and
lasted ton days. rosnlting IN a verdict for the
plaintiffs for $4,000 The suit was brought
by the managers OF q show on account 90
publication made by the defendants i'm the
Utica (N. W Observer, which, plaintiffs claim.
ed, broke them up.
The greenback party Of Michigan held con-
vention In Jackson and adopted resolutions
in favor OF the reconciliation Of silver and
the repeal of the resumption act.
At New Orleans the trial OF Gen. Anderson.
OF the Louisiana returning board ontlIo charge
OF falslfying the, returns during the presi-
dental count. resulted in verdict OF guilty
by the Jury, and he ramaDded for sen-
tcnce.
The committee on federal relations in the
Maryland house ofdolegates. 10 which was 10.
ferred the memorial OF Hon. Montgomery
Blair on the sth of anuAry last, calling uIon
Congress 10 reopen the electoral question and
ascertain judicially who was elected preGdent
at the last election, and give eject 70 the VII
of the people. reported unfavorsbly oh the
memorial. s. ~
From Warrington. fk
Tho public debt was decreased 81 ,66s. .076. SO
In January. and since June, 1877, II has beon
decreased sl5, ,s70,s s57.
Commissioner Du Luc, OF the agricultural
department requested tho resignation OF Mr..
Dodge, the statistician Of the department, and
Mr.. Dodge declined to comply with tho request
The commissioner thinks that tea can be grown
in this country, while Mr.. Dodge maintains
that 1t cannot be grown here. Hence the re-
quest TO resign. - rMA
Francis Murphy, the temperance agitAtor,
with his son and daughter, called on the Presi-r
dent aud MrS Hayes the other day, and met
with pleasant reception.
A meeting OF Republicans in Washington was
held to decide what stops to take 10 protect the
Louisiana returning board.
The finance committee OF tho Senate con-
sidered what IL known as Senator WAlIace's
long bond bill for investment OF savings, and
it was sgreed to and reported TO the Senate.
The bill authorizes the issue OF 300 000, 900
ffty-year coupon bonds Of denominations OF
s2S ESQ, and e10O, bearing interest at the