The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-14
NEWS SUMMARY.
naatcrn and Middle statoa

| The pcnnuylvAnia House ~ Representatives.
has passed. q resolution for the appointment ~
4 a Joint committee tn investigate tho cause and
consequence Of the railroad riots last summer
/ lIoury Ward noechor has been appointed
chaplain II > brooklyn regiment II militia aud
haH accepted the positlnh,
AZ moeuag OF tho principsl raAl companies
| uf the country held IN Philadelphia, board o.
/ vuuuui signed au agreement forming com
II agrcumcnt the production of coal for tho
year Is limited to a certain per ocutago OF sales
| by each company.
! The scAton of church ia Groonpoiut, y. Y,
I throw niunatic Aeid over n number Of boys who
were annoying hinl ANA severely burned i've Of
them lie was arrested,
| James NJ. Brsnn. county elork of Hudson
county, \. j., disappeared leaving dafeit 0f
about sls,0
Nlnomen convicted AZ Heading, Pa. of taking
part IN the labor riots "a that city last July
coNul the following sentences EloKokiAh
Wootrn And John Squiut each to two years
imprisonment tbpmAs ftAucis aud John Null,
one ytAr AArOu nsAAJ three months and
l,ohofl Refer. who pleaded guilty. nine month
/ and zach 60 pay hno Of : and oosts
barge hro iu Worth street New York, de-
stroyed property valued AZ about s76,oo0.
George u, mgeluW. Of Boston charged with
cmbcE Eling s4O, 600 belonging to Aa estate Of
which ho was trustee has been held for trial.
Alfred llill, lAborer, MAS instantly killed
and Ferris Woodruff engineer, was fatally
scAldsd by the bursting Of bolltf belonging
90 tho Standard ull refinery At ConstAbles
PoIpt, \. j.
Al mass meeting held in New York resolu-
tlons we're pAssud opposing a proposed rcduc-
ton u the salaries ot public sohcol teachers.
The New York senate, hy vote Of 23 10 s.
adopted resolution donouncIng the Bland
silver I'LL
The shoe manufacturers Of Lynn Mass., are
rapidly filing up their shops with nc ~ men,
and many Of the striking Crisplus arc return
lag 10 work.
As Prank Leslie, thosNew York publisher,
was rvturnlug from visit "a the President, A.
Washington. lac Wzs arrested Ia PlillAdolplia
GA a charge Of libel preferred hy a lawyer
pAmsl Mugloy, whose zrrest for alleged fraud
9tn' transactions Mr.. Leslie had eAasrd al
lake George. last summer.
Al an explosion Of uiIrO-g lycrTino in a North
Adams Mass. factory, +. J, Wilson, al en-
phys WAS blown 60 pisoys.
The Providence lR / hoard Of trade passed
resolutions a. Alnst the reconciliation Of rglytT
johanna klAhoTty, widow seventy years old
committed suicide BY drownicg ai Palmer
Mass. 1928 .t.tI|
The trunk hnev hsld meeting Ia New Y0rk
and agrrod tu restore the Old freight rAlns from
Boston 20 tho West A plan Was Also adopted
for stuppiug the cutting of rates In the West
Hugh }. JeWs,t, receiver Of the Erie railroad
cumpAuy, Was arrested ia Nua York upon an
arldAyit ~ al EuEhsa b0pdhOlder. Tho changed
him uiIh ulzlug fAlts statements As t. the Imam
clh coudlppn of Tie mad vita intent 30 de-
cc!tu ilso stptkhulderA.
Recent heavy tires The furniture factory Of
r. NJ. Holmes ~ 90, Boston. and siS adjoining
tcUcmehts, ~rre destroyed oy hto, involving a
loss - about s5l0, ,QeO AtFhilAdelpl.la a fOuT-
story bulldlng Ia ChesmJa sireot, occnpie1 by
Ii. r &w. T. smith, dry goods nogchAnts
Was burned 10 the ktund. AEid loss caused of
about s51O. 000 and ~ brooklyn the Ameling
purk packing establishment vas destroyed by
the hamees cApasug a loss estimated At $20, ,O0O
The resent heavy sRos storm caused con-
siderable damage al over the country, and
particularly uu tho Atlantic coAst- Several
Vessels were driven ashore one 81 Ashury
FATk, y. J., another outside tho eApes II the
Delaware river, and a third % PLAN Gut
Island, Long Island. Travel on the railroads
sAs sssu iupoded O. some extent.
Tlitfo vrFo l29 failures iu New York during
January with liabilities asgrrgAtinF s7,lis-
80 aasd assets, u, ass, s3a.