Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-03-11
GENERAL NEWS.


dents OF Swarthmore College.
Vladesky. the assassin of the Russian
General Melikoh, WAS hung on Friday
last.
Jay Gould is flying from town to town
in Texas, in which State he will spend
the present month.
The celebrated iron mine of Leadville.
Col, was sold on Saturday to New York
parties for $3,OO0,000.
1t il said that Theodore Tilton and
his wife have become recnnciled and
propose living together again.
The old Erie Gazette is offered for sale
by Mr.. Davenport II is weekly, with
Sunday and Tuesday editions.
Louisiana Democrats will assemble in
State Convention April II to select del
egates 10 the Cincinnati convention.
Saturday, at Williamsport, Judge
Cummin sentenced ten prisoners, eight
OF whom go 10 the Eistern Peniten
tiary.
The st. Louis city directory for this
year will contain 10000 names, and
this is taken TO indicate that the popu.
lation now is over 800 600.
The new Canadian national HYMN.
written by the Governor General, will
be sung by the Mendelssohn choir and
concert in Montreal this week.
DR.. Samuel Harh, 80 years Of age.
and Hungarian by birth, was cremat.
ed at Washington, Pa, yesterday. He
died in New York city on Saturday, Of
erysipelas.
The violent rain of Friday morning
caused sufficient rise in the Susque
hanna for the resumption Of rafting,
and Saturday and yesterday RATS were
passing Williamsport
II is reported that the Reading Rail.
road Company has leased the Central
road OF New Jersey. This would give
the company direct line for its coal
trade TO New York.
The New Jersey Democratic State
| Committee Tuesday afternoon appoint.
| ed May ~ as the time for holding the
State Convention to choose delegates
/ to the Cincinnati Convention.
A committee of New York sugarre.
finers will 60 10 Washington on Tues.
day and seek a hearing before the com
mittee on ways and means in favor OF
immediate action by Congress on the
sugar tariff question.
The Ohio Republican State conven.
ton TO select delegates TO the Chicago
convention is TO be held at Columbus
on the 2jth inst. The fixing of this
early date is thought to be in Secre.
tary Sherman's presidential interest.
The Danforth locomotive building
shops at Paterson, n. j., were burned
Saturday. The loss is estimated at
$4,000 Three hundred and fifty
men are thrown out of employment.
The works will be rebuilt at once.
General Grant has been visiting Con.
! treras, Molino del Rey, Cherubusco and
other scenes of his Mexican campaign.
| lie remembered the localities well, but
was unable to find his old quartermAs.
ter's Office and store in Tacubsya.
Delegates from various Irish societies
and iIibernian organizations in Brook.
| lyn met Sunday afternoon aud decided
not to parade on 81. Patrick's Day. but
to send the money usually appropriated
for such occasions to the suffering poor
of Ireland.
Hon. Isaac w. Hayne. for twenty
years preceding reconstruction, the
Attorney General of South Carolina, and
grandson of Isaac Ilayne, who was ex.
ecuted at Charleston, by the British
during their occupation Of Charleston.
died on Monday, aged seventy.
The Senate has passed the bill TO au.
thorize and direct the Commissioner of
A 40, I. la
Sheep and Wool Show, nj Philadelphia,
in September, 1880. and make a report
thereof, and TO admit free of duty sheep
and wool intended solely for exhibition
purposes.
The West Branch papers state that
rumor has been circulated that Peter
Herdic, OF Williamsport, is about TO EN-.
bark in business at Watsoutown, as
manageRof the car manufactory and
nail works, which are soon 10 be put in
blast in that place.
Mrs. Susanna Fohl, who died at the
residence of her son.in.law, Rev. Mr..
Farrell, near Greencastle, recently, at
the age of 81 years, was the mother of
Rev. John Foil. of Cannonsburg, and
grand aunt of Hon. A. III. Dill. late
Democratic candidate for governor of
Pennsylvania.
Stephen d. Dillaye, whom one faction
of the Greenbackers have named for
President, used TO practice law in Sy.
racuse. Thence he removed TO Tren-
ton, n. j., and then 10 Uniontown. and
he was the Greenback nominee for
State Senator IN Middlesex county, y.
j., last fall.
Captain John Welsh, of Erie, i in
Washington with view to offering the
State Asylum at that place to the gov.
ernmeut, to be used as y Soldiers
Home. The Washington correspond.
ent OF the Pittsburg Commercial Gascfte
states that he has held some favorable
conversations with Congressman on the
subject.
The oldest man in Washington coun.
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