Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
GENERAL NEWS.

wednesday morning in an attempt TO
escape from the Carlisle jail.
The financial affairs Of the II. Il.
church Of Clarified. have been put in.
to the hands Of the ladies Of the con.
grcgation.
Mrs. Hannah Tyson. an old lady Of
Walker township, Juniata county, was
burned to death by her clothing taking
ire from an oyerbeated stove.
Gen. John 4. Dix, Of New York was
lying on his deaihbcd last Sunday eve
niHfr his death being momentarily cx.
pected Gen. Dix died on Monday.
Rev. Charlie West Thompson. for the
last twenty years rector Of ST. John'a
Episcopal Church of York, Pa, died
suddenly on Thursday morning, aged
81 years.
canal boat containing eight men
belonging TO Etchewen, Quebec, while
returning from Quebec Friday after.
noon, was upset and six Of the men
were drowned.
man BY the name OF Panchot is
the champion pedestrian Of America,
hc having won in the contest at Gil.
more's garden which closed last Sunday
night at o'clock.
Mr.. William o Brien, who mysterious.
iy left MlilYillc. Cambria county, the day
he was TO be sworn in as Burgess Of the
place. has turned up in Albany, New
York, and says that be WAS only fooling
Considerable Indignation has been
excited among the temperance people
OF Williamsport by the pardon OF GOV.
ernor Hoyt Of liquor dealer. who had
been convicted Of violating the Sunday
laws.
While a young man was reading
newspaper IN the dining room of an
Allegheny City residence, thieves en-.
tered by the parlor window and made
OIL with large amount Of money and
iewelry.
The boiler in ITawley Co.'S steam
saw mill at Shelby, Oceana Co. Mich,
exploded on Thursday. killing the en-.
ginecr and aeriously iniuring two other
persons. The mill was entirely de.
stroyed.
Scranton, Pa, dispatch says that a
severe snow, hail and wind storm Friday
morning. rrostrated nearly two miles of
telegraph line. interrupting comnunr
cation with that city until late in the
afternoon.
William J. Iiadely, the Albany. y. y,
lawyer IS no was assaulted and cut with
knife several weeks since bY one of
his clients named lughes, died Saturday
night Hughes has been in jail ever
since the assault
The Oody Of Charles Ruff, German
shoemaker was found in the reservoir
ialls Mt Patterson, y. j., on Sunday.
Mr.. Ruff had been missing since Tues.
day, aud the general belief is that he
committed suicide.
An Ottawa, Ont, dispatch saws that.
in regard to the tunnelliug of the De.
troit river, it is understood that the Ie
quired legislation will not be granted
THIS season for various reasons. some of
them Of an international character.
A second blind Tom, Paul Massine.
dale bv name, has been discovered in
Warren county. lie has never received
musical Instruction, bat can perform the
more difficult pieces on any instrument.
and will soon start out to give coscerts.
Rev. Henry Neill, u. H.. a Presby.
terrain divine Of Philadelphis, died on
Monday, aged 64 years. Ills first charge
was the Presbyterian Church at Hart.
tori, Macs. lie was the author Of sew
cral works. notably "Westminister As.
semhly" and Memoirs and Sermons Of
Dr. William James"
Tramps fred bridge on the Hanni.
bal and St. Joseph railroad. near Kan.
sas City, Missouri, on Saturday morning
last. 4 train of fourteen loaded cars
and two emigrants with their live stock
plunged into the burning chasm. The
| two emigrants and several OF the train
hands were killed.
Three cheers for the prayer book A
new use has been found for it. The
other day young lady who was accosted,
after nightfRll, by ruiiien, on the streets
Of Lancaster, having good sized prayer.
book in her hand, valiantly knocked
him down with it. Hereafter he will
beware of young ladies with PRAYER.
books.
Eexander s. Mooihcad. a prominent
business man of Pottsville. died sudden.
ly Of heart disease on "Wednesday night.
while returning home from social gath.
ering. lie was identified with the an
ihracitc coal trade from its early histo-
~, aud he is interested in tho Moor.
bead clay works at Spring Mills, near
Philadelphia.
Hon. Jackson Boggs. President Judge
Of the Thitty.third Judicial district.
died very suddenly Saturday morning
of apoplexy, lie had been afflicted
some months with gangrene Of the
feet, which the best surgeons in the
country failed to arrest. His death
from apoplcxy was. consequently,
great surprise.
At halfpsst 1 o'clock Monday after
noon = fire broke out in the large plan.
ing mill OF II. A. EARLY L Co., of vii.
Transport The danes speedily got be.
yond control and spread to the adioin.
ing furniture factory Of Hubbard 6
Msnkey, The largest factory In the city.
10th buildings were entirely consumed.
Hubbard e ManIavsa fnea L. Ssts nzn1. In.