The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-18


and \ large fountain. Everything about the
building Is new aud handsome, and the place
will he conducted on the plan of tirst-clAss
hotel There arc 5U3 sleeping r0oms and ac-
eumm0dAtlons Tor ono thousand guests. The
cost Of tie hotel has been IS. 200, OOU. Quests
viii b. charged 81 \ weck.
The Nvs lork Assembly has Passed Lll
limiting the salaries u officials IN cities and
placing tie power ~ reducing salaries in the
hands Uf the common council uf a city, except
Ia cities where there is board 81 appOrtion-
mcut who shall act A. it docms proper Ia ro-
gard 10 the amount Of salaries and number OF
employees.
Governor Van KAndi. the Republican can
dldAle, has boen reelected IN Rhode Island
Tho general assembly ;s hepublicAn.
Sylvester Town aud bis father, ,ln-lAw, while
attempting o. cross \ small lake a few miles
north ~ Auburn, " y, ia boat sofe cap
sized and Town was droWprd Mr. Town had
boog married the previous evening.
General Thomas T. Deylu of the United
states army, died Al he AOme IA NcW YORK
aged afty-twO years.
AZ the commencement ~ the New York
Medical College for Women taantv.ayo Young
ladies received diplomas % practice medicine
Holt 4 Bpgbco, Boston lurnbcr merchants,
have failed Zoe sl75,0o0
A complimentary dinner Was given IN New
lork 10 hAyAFd Taylor. newly appointed United
States minister % Berlin Speeches were made
BY Mayor lily, William Cullen bryant. MARI
Twain and oIhsra
%e1toTn and Southern StnteH.
The Hair resolutions % authorize the Al
t0Tnoy-gcaerAl Of MAylAnd 60 hlc a bill IN the
supreme court o. the United States, reciung
Thai due eject wAs pot given 10 the electoral
vote uf Maryland by the votes Of the states OF
Florida and Louisiana being counted for Hayes
and Wheeler BY the electoral cummlsF!ou and
asking that The court count said votes for III
den and Hendricks a. president and yiue-presi-
drat passed the house % delegates Of Mary
lAnd BY vote 0i 50 % Is.
Martin Burns. = farmer. drove into CAu.
hcothe, Iowa. put up hih team. shoulAcrrd "a
axe and walking 70 where George ~ Butin wAs
laying a foundation Of a building, without
saying a uoFd struck hin = terrible hlow on
the bead and ran aWAy. Twulty minutes after
wards his body pAA found hanging by The nuct
IN the baFu phcrc bis horses we're quArterod
Buiin Was fatally wounded. Tho parties had
some dispute about fence hnca, which 10 the
only AsslgnAblo cause Tor tho dcod.
AZ EAstSiilc, Va. sidney Pilis and A +.
Thomas fought with pistols 30 settle dispute
TwO rounds were 1rcd by each. and Al they
stood oaly sir feet apart. Pitts uAs Killed and
Thomas wounded. pgobAhly fatally.
Samuel Goodwill colursd. Was hanged At
Live Oak. Fla, IN the prcsoncc OF Z, 600 people.
for tho mur3eF 81 colorcd man last MAY. He
died without = struggle
Ia Obedience 10 the isonisiAua supreme court
General Anderson. Of the returning board,
WAS released The court refused % reopen
Lis case
The joint resolution % Montgomery Blair.
lnstructing tho attorney general oi Maryland
90 cnhllil bill ia tho supreme court uf the
F~A f.ak Of - Of
land praying for a Judicial review Of the eloc-
torA count, and which passed the house of
delegate, WAs also passed by tho senate,
Tho Maryland Legislature has adjourned
ssEs dr.
The excess Of imports over exports fur Feb
ruAEy l. ESQ 9sT. P99. In is77 tho excess Of c1-
ports over imports for February Was ELI s66-
s42
Spring elections in various cities and towns
of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois have
bcca held, with varying snoccss for both par
tics. In many CASES local issues carried the
day. In Tcrrr HAuio, Ind.. the National party
Was successful over both Republicans and
Democrats, In Michigan the NAtionallsts also
developed unexpected strength.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was sold
At auction IN Hchmond. Va, for s2. $50, ,000
10 Was purchased hy tho chairman of Tie com
mites of purchase and reorganization, in pur-
suAncc Of plan 10 rcurgAniEo tho road
Mr.. J. Roohto and his child wtru drowned
while trying 10 cross the MAumco river, In
q skin, near Napoleon. Ohio.
The steamer Dawn. with q cargo OF cotton
and live stock, was destroyed by Gre, thirty
two miles above New Orleans. Loss, over
$4,000
Noes 4 Martin. YicksburE (Miss.) cotton
buyers, have failed, owing sl0o, ,0oo and with
no AssCts-
from Warrington.
The Senate, IN executive session, has con-
Armed the nomination Of Mr.. Schoield - regis
or % tho treasury and has rejected that Of
Mr.. Reynolds A. hrst auditor uf the treasury
and % Joseph ". Huston 20 be attorney for
Idaho.
The President has approved the joint reso-
lu,ion providing that the tar on All distilled
spirits hereafter entered for deposit in distil-
lery warehouses shall be due aud payable be-
foro and at the time the same are withdrawn
thcrcfrun, and within three years from tho
date OF entry for deposit therein. He has ALSO
approved the act 20 authorize the granting OF
an American register 10 a foreign built ship,
for the pnrrope OF the Woodruff scientific Cx-
petition around the world, and the bill making
appropriations for fortihcAtuns and other
works Of defence for the fiscal year ending
with June, 1879.
Attorney General Devens has refused 20
comply with q request Of the House 20 inform
that body whether, in his opinion, the animal
appointment by the President 81 ton cadets at
large 10 the military and naval academies has
beon In pu-suAnce OF law or custom. In his
note OF refusal he SAYS "The authority Of the
Attornoy-gcnoral 10 render his official opinion
ia limited by the laws which create and define
his Office, aud It il not permitted him TO give
advice at the call Of either houso OF Congress,
or Of Congress itself but only 20 the President
or the head OF An executive department OF the
government
The Housc committee on tho revision OF tho
laws regulating the counting Of the electoral
vote for President and ice-Prcadont has
drafted a bin 10 which majority OF the com
nittee has agreed TO submit an amendment to
the constitution Of the United States fixing the
tenure OF the presidential office at six years and
declaring the President ineligible for rc-clec-
ton.
Mr. stephens, OF Georgia, has introduced
bill In the House 10 legAlize metric system OF
weights and measures.
The statistician Of the Agricultural depart
ment has completed his estimate Of the con-
dition and prospects OF tho crops FOR the next
season. The reports from seven hundred cor
respondents Of the department show that the
area under cultivation for cereals, which has
increased fifty per cent during the past ten
years, will. during tho present season exceed
IN acreage AlN ioiutI NtAis AtN
crop, which amounts 20 siX-tenths OF the cereal
crop, will. from present appearances and with
favorable season, yield 500, 900, 900 bushels.
The corn Weld. II is thought will not be less
tnan /, 800 900. 600 bushels.
The total expense Of the war with the Sioux
was S23i2, $50.
The public debt was reduced s2,siS.GlA in
March.
Secretary Sherman appeared before the
House committee on banking and currency in
regard 10 the preparations made by the troas-
ury and the national banks to execute the re-
sumption Law.
A bill recently introduced in the House by
Representative Harrison provides that there
shall be created a new department. to be called
the Department OF Civil Service, to consist or
Ave commissioners who shall be appointed by
the President; provided, however, that no
more than three commissioners nj any one
time holding such positions shall be appointed
from any one political party. The term OF Of
fees shall expire respectively on the trst day
OF January in the years 1882, 1884, 1885, 1883
and 1890. At the first meeting the commits
sioners shall draw by LOT for their respec-
tive terms, and the commissioner drawing the
shortest term shall be the head OF the depart
ment, and thereafter the commissioner holding
the shortest term shall be such head. The
salary OF the head OF the department shall be