Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
GENERAL NEWS.

SJO,OOO; insurance 5000.
Queen Victoria has arrived AZ Bavene,
on Lake Maggiore, where she will re.
man during her stay in Italy.
An incendiary burned Trimper's wad.
ding mill, at Riveryille, y. Y. on sun.
day night. Loss, 10000; insurance,
/ $50 900.
| The woman suffrage measure was de
/ tented in the Massachusetts House of
Representative last Friday by vote Of
/ 81 10 81.
At meeting Of operative weavers ut
/ Blackburn iEnglana) on Saturday il
was agreed TO accept the five per cent.
reduction.
/ The storm on Monday did eonsidcra.
J bic damage in Eiliucham county. Geor.
+ fia. son Of Congressman Rawls
was killed by II falling tree.
/ The Freedman's Hospital. which was
owned and supported hy the city OF
/ Augusta. Ga, was destroyed by fire on
sunday, cntai!ing loss Of $4,000.
/ The City -four mill at Minneapolis.
Mimi, owned 10y the First National
Bank Of that city, was DESTROYED by fire
sunday morning. Estimated loss $50.
600; insurance small.
An castbound passenger train on the
Carolina Central railway ran of the
I track near Pcdee station on Friday. Kill.
ing 4 colorcd brakeman and slightly
/ wouuding one passenger. 4 broken
wheel caused the accident.
/ The Senate OF Virginia. on wednes.
day last, concurrcd in the House amend.
ment TO the senate bill providing for
/ the settlement Of the State debt known
as the "McCulioch Compromise bill
/ 1t now goes TO the Governor.
! Dr. Carver, the American rHemnn.
/ gave an exhibition OF rife shooting re.
Gently At the Welsh Harp, Hendou.
and, although the weather was uniayor.
able, Sp0riSgaH says such consummate
skill was never before displayed in Eng
land"
/ The executive committee upon the
worlds fair proposed TO be held in New
/ York, has decided TO hold the fair in
Central Park. The action fixing the
date IN 1855, was rcconsidered and it j.
| probable 1883 will be decided upon at
the next meeting Of the committee.
John Clark, Of Chester. Pa. mo.
rocco dresser by trade, in Burl.e's
saloon Monday evening, fell dead. lie
had been drinking freely all day aud
was IN the act OF taking drink when
he dropped. His death is supposed to
have been caused by heart disease.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Published on
/ Monday morning careful estimates OF
+ the wheat and fruit crops from nearly
every county in Ohio, Indiana and Ken.
lucky, from which il il indicated that
+ the wheat crop will be bounteous while
there is poor prospect for apples and
/ peaches.
1t is officially announced that the
1 Mexican government is not disposed 10
enter into a commercial treaty with the
/ United States on the basis OF the Nc.
/ Lean -Ocampo treaty because il would
be disadvaBtageous 10 Mexico. The
country Is congratulated that the treaty
was not ratified.
About two thirds OF the employees Of
the Reading cotton mill struck Monday
! morning against ten per cent. reduc.
| ton in their wages, and operations at
the mill are completely stopped. The
hands number about $50 people. The
| superintendent states that operations
will not be resumed except ut the re.
Miss Loomer. after excelling the best
quarter.mile record ever made by fe.
male, was withdrawn from the track at
Aston Hall, Boston, at 10 minutes be-
| fore o'clock Monday morning, having
made 1904 quarter miles in as many
consecutive quarter hours, the last quar-.
ter having been made in FIVE minutes.
Her condition at the close was excellent !
Nearly the entire business portion Of
The town Of Xenia, ILL.,, was destroyed
by fire that occurred last Saturday
night. The flames originated in under
Hlll's hall and quickly spread to other |
buildings. The town being without FIRE
apparatus all efforts TO stay the flames
proved fruitless. The loss is estimated
at S50,0O0i insurance, $4,000.
From a late estimate we see that
among the English speaking people of
the world Episcopalians rank first in
number, with l7.750,OO0; Methodists
are next. with l4,NO0,O0O; and then
come Roman Catholics, with 1850. 900
PresbyterIans with 100000; Baptists
with 5000. 900: Congregationalists with
T,OO0,OOO, and Unitarians with 100000.
The fastest times in which q mile has
been run are I'm. "a, by w. Lang, down
hill, at Newmarket, Eng, apd Am. Ills. |
by w. Lang aud w. Richards, on level
ground, in dead heat az Manchester.
The fastest quarter mile IL ASIA, by X.
Battery, and tho fastest 100 yards pls..
By George Seward, an American. The
fastest time for a mile walk is 6m. 23s.,
by William Perkins, of England.
The Democratic State Central Com.
mittee and large number Of represen.
tatlve Democrats met at Columbus,
Ohio. and spent Eve hours in discussing
the time and place for holding the next
State Convention. Governor Bishops
friends all favored the holding Of the |
convention prior to June I, while the |
friends Of Gen. Rice and Gen. Thomas
Ewing favored the holding Of IL there
on June 4, that being the day the State |
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