Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-03-27
GENERAL NEWS.

lery At Mt Cleburne. Texas, blew up on
Friday killing two men.
Major Philip 4. Tendall, Of the Unit.
ed States marine corps. died suddenly
at Portsmouth,, y. H., on Friday morn.
ing.
The town farmhouse 81 whitman.
tic, Conn, was burned on Saturday
morning. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
5000.
The Reading railroad company com.
menced the payment Of its hands in
Reading on Monday, launching upon
that community $4,000.
The democrats Of the Sixth Texas
congressional district convention have
nominated Columbus Upson, to fll the
vacancy caused by the death OF Mr.
| Schlti icher
The explosion Of boiler at Defor
e.t's steam saw mill at Springfield,
Mass. on Friday, probably fatally in.
Jured Tames Taylor and Horace Lang.
don, and severely injured two Others.
Madame Bonaparte, the famous old
lady OF Baltimore, is very sick, and
there is little hope Of her recovery. She
is IN her nine.y sixth year. and has al.
ways said she would live to be one hun.
dred
a correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Record writes from Lock Haven that =
brick house in that city, occupied by y.
/ +. Good, was partially destroyed by
fire on Saturday morning. Loss s. ZOO /;
covered by insurance.
Tho vote in Connecticut House Of
/ Representatives on the question of wom-
an suffrage was 2j yeas q nays-not
4 two thirds necessary for submitting the
amendment 10 the Constitution 70 the
people.
Monticello. the former residence OF
/ Thomas Jefferson. was sold Thursday
last at Charlottesville, Va, in partition
between the heirs Of the late Commo.
dore Urah +. Levy. TO jefferson NJ
Lesy, the principal heir, for $4,000
The ice on the Hudson opposite
Poughkeepsic. y. Y, moved out with
the tide on Sunday afternoon without
doing any damage. A steamer has ar.
rived from Newbufgh with coal boats in
tow.
j. F. Oates, General Superintendent
of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, has offer
ed his resignation, TO take effect on
March 81. Mr. 5. T. Smith, Receiver
assumes the duties of General Superin-
teudanL
The Jury in the case Of James l..
Slaughter. late Cashier OF the First Ma.
uonal Bank Of indianapolis, Ind, on
trial in the United States Court, before
Judge Blodgett, on the charge OF EN-
bezzlemeni, returned verdict Monday
of not guilty.
The trial of Rev. DR.. Talmagc was
begun before the Brooklyn Presbytery
Monday afternoon. The doctor made
speech, in which he stated in
the most emphatic manner that he
courted full investigation Of the charges
against him, denying them in toto.
Two contracts have been received at
the works OF the Harrisburg Car Co.
/ One of these is for 1000 coal cars for
the Central railroad OF New Jersey and
the other Is from the Canada Southern
railroad for COO boxes cars. The work
will begin in about two weeks, when
800 men will be employed.
Pope Leo XIII does not countenance
the theory that all dancing is of the
Evit One. To come ladies who asked
his permission to dance during the late
carnival he said Go, my dears. and
enjoy yourselves in an innocent dance:
only don't keep up too late your papas
and mammas when they want TO get
home again"
The treasury department will now re-.
deem called bonds embraced in the six
teenth to the eirthtieth calls inclusive.
paying interest 10 the date of redcmp.
tion; or twill redeem at once bonds in.
cluded in said calls. with interest 20
date Of maturity, and apply the pro-
ceeds to the payment Of any subscrip.
tions for the four per cent. consols.
About . o'clock on Thursday morn.
ing Matthew Creek. proprietor of dry
goods store in jamestown, Ky, having
his suspicious aroused by noise in his
store, arose from his bed. proceeded to
the store and found burglar behind
the counter. lie shot him dead, fifteen
buckshot penetrating his body. II is
not known where the burglar was irvm.
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last were gathering at West Elizabeth.
The last reports state that one thousand
men are there, with brass bands. Much
indignation has been expressed over the
action Of ID. c. Hultz, superintendent
Of the Allegheny county Home, in Civ.
ing the striking miners an order on a
store for FIVE barrels Of -four, to be
charged to the county.
The greatest CONSERVATION has been
caused in the town of Reading, Mass,
By the discovery that treasurer Nathan
7. Pratt, OF the Savings bank in that
town, Is a defanlter 10 large amount,
and, while enjoying the fullest conf.
ldence Of the community, he has been
for years engaged in systematic rob.
berry of the bank. Pratt's defaIcasiou
will, Il is thought, aggregate $4,000
and cover period of three years
The prospecting committee of The
Kansas colony started upon their jour.
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