Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-04
GENERAL NEWS.


An oil well OF recent discovery in the
northern field-, the Dorr'ck says, yields
$50 barrels per hour.
The heaviest fall Of snow in the State
thus Tar was AT Meadville. where twelve
inches fell lsst week.
OF the tons of poultry eaten in Phil.
adelphia on Thanksgiving day, Indiana
county sent 5000 pounds.
Francic Murphy, the temperance re.
vlvalIst Is again in Pittsburg. Tbi.
time there is no enthusiasm over him.
monument will be erected by Reno
Post q. A. r.. Of Williamsport, 10 the
deceased soldiers and sailors Of Lycom
ing county.
bn Wednesday afternoon Peter Mul.
yey, Of Cascade township. Lycomine
county, fell dead in Willlamspogt. oi
he art disease.
The attempt of st. Julien to beat hi.
own time, 2l2., it Is announced from
. San Francisco, has been indefinitely
( postponed.
Miss Alders was DECLARED bv the
{ School Director. Of Eist Deer township.
/ Allegheny county. n no, having been
legally elected a teacher. She ,ued
and got n years salary.
/ II is reported that the Imperial GOV.
ernment - establishing a reserve Of TO-.
90 men in Canada, composed of militia
oi the dominion. for active service at
homo OF abroad. II required.
A party Of Clinton county hunters
had fourteen deer strung up in the
woods at the head of Bakers run. An.
other party returned 10 Lock Haven
Ihur-day night with nine deer.
The Mo;hodi-t Episcopal church AT
thri-tiaDsburf. Shelby county, KY. was
destroyed by wind on Friday, causing a
loss OF 5000. Many other buildings.
fences, etc, IN that section were dam.
aged
II is said that ST. Louis merchants
and capitalists wiil subscribe 3 .Upu 900
TO carry out proposition TO make Port
Royal. :. g.. great exporting and i'm
porting point for the " est ond South.
The case of the Commonwealth
against the Standard Oil Company, now
pending ~ Clarion county. will bc call.
ed on Monday, December Is. A motion
for further postponement OF the case
was refused.
Potter county has an empty jail.
There were 80 few cases TO be tried. and
they 40 uuimportant, at the time for
the last session ot Court in that county.
that they were allowed to 60 over until
the next term.
Another Northwestern exploring par.
ty has arrived at Winnipeg. this time
with most favorable reports OF the
country north of Fort Carleton. Like
others they pronounce the disposition
Of the Indians To be very friendly.
Bradford county butter is nov thirty.
FIVE cents pound. and several weeks
ago IL cnull have been bought NJ fifteen
cents. The local papers attribute the
rise TO q severe drought noS prevailing
in that and adjacent counties.
The Atlantic and Great Western Rail.
way will he sold in Akron, o.. on the
9th Of January under foreclosure pro
ceedngs. The liabilities of the road
are about $40 O0O.0O0. IL is expected
that il will cell for about Sl0,000,0O0.
The revision OF the Bible nov in prog.
ress is expected 10 entail an expense Of
about $4,000 before the first copy is
printed, notwithstanding the fact that
the Committee Of Revision get nothing
for their lsbors except their travelling
expenses.
At the annual banquet Of the Gener.
al Meade Veteran Association. of Car.
Isle. on "Wednesday evening, initiatory
steps were taken looking TO the erec.
ton of an equestrian statue 10 the late
General Meade. Ii is proposed TO erect
the statue on one Of the government
reservations IN Washington, u. c. The
Army Of the Potomsc is requested TO
take charge Of the movement.
The record of failures reported In
New York city for the month of No,
vemher shows thirty.two, with total
liabilities Of S667 GA, and assets $500.
g2l. Compared with the month oI
November, 1873, the present exhibit il
very fattering, as the former month
had iiftysix failures and gross liabili.
ties Of <l,4T9,994.
Al half.past three o'clock Saturday
morning fire broke out In the Grand
Opera House, on Adelaide street, Tor.
onto. Ontario, and in few minutes the
I rear part Of the building, from the
box Office TO the extreme outer walls,
was in flames. The iiremen worked
we'll, but heavy gale was blowing, and
in an hour and a half the whole in
terror Of the building was destroyed.
Five students Of Allegheny College
] Meadville, have been suspended To-
hasing. The suspended ones anu
their sympathisers went in procession