Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26
GENERAL NEWS.


Parnell calls Kentucky "the Ireland
Of America"
Simon Cameron will if he lives To the
Sth of March, be 81 years old.
The Cincinnati Millers' Exposition
will begin on May 81, and close June 26.
A national convention Of starch man.
/ uiaclures. representing SlO0,000,0O0
capital, will meet a. Cincinnati, on
March 3.
During the recent rise in the Alleghe.
ny and MoDongahela rivers at Pitts.
burg, 100000 bushels of coal were
washed out.
The grant of 100000 by the Domin
ion Government toward the Irish re.
liet fund passed the House unanimous.
ly on Friday.
The cotton mill of Verienden Broth.
ers, near Chester, was burned down on
| Thursday afternoon. The loss Is esti-
mated al $4,000.
Hon. John VI. Brosdhead. of Wash.
ington, formerly Second Comptroller of
the Treasury, died in South New Mark.
ct on sunday night.
Cpin Montreal the smallpox has bro.
ken out among the horses. Bright's
disease and cerebro.spinal meningitis
VIII DC IN ofder next
/ Rev. DR.. Charles Z. Bush, Of New
York, Secretary of the American Board
of Foreign Missions, died suddenly at
! Albany, sunday, OF rheumatism of the
! heart
! The West Chester papers report the
death in that place, On Saturday morn.
/ ing, of Ann Scarlet, a maiden lady aged
| lOl years. "Aunty" Graham is still
living in West Chester, and is l03 years
/ old
at went for a song" will hereafter
hardly express the extreme OF cheap.
the other day by The $4,000 was paid
to Adelina Patti for singing one song
at her soiree.
The New Jersey Midland Railway
was sold at auction on saturday to
/ Chsrles Parsons. chairman of the pur.
/ chasing committee of the New Jersey
/ Midland Railway first mortgage bond
holders, for $2,500O0
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad
was opened on Monday 10 Chattanooga
for freight business and Cincinnati
marked the event by display of bun
ting and firing artillery. One hundred
carloads of freight started on the pion-
eer train.
On Saturday the School Board officers
of Cleveland, Ohio, commenced making
arrests with view of enforcing the
ing children under IL in their employ
during school hours when not COMPEL.
ed TO work on account Of poverty.
The Pennsylvania steel works at Bald.
win, east Of Harrisburg, turned out on
1 % 4 1. !
iorty-two tons of steel in seventy one
heats, the biggest days work ever done
in any steel works in the country.
Washington's birthday was celebrat.
ed by a military parade in which the
Mobile cadets participated. The Wash
ington Artillery celebrated their fortIeth
anniversary by the ceremony OF the un-
yelling and dedication of monument
| in Metairie cemetery. The attendance
was large, the floral decorations sttrac-
tive and the ceremonies imposing.
4 Cleveland, Ohio, despatch says
f At three o'clock Monday afternoon
1900 barrels of oil escaped from tank
at the Standard oil works. No Broad.
way, took fire, and furious contiaera.
tion ensued, which threatened 10 cnyel.
op the entire works at that point, the
compary's central and principal works.
Blazing oil was floating on the creek
and river, making huge streams of fire.
In the Court Of Quarter Sessions at
! Lancaster, on Monday, the cases of the
= Commonwealth vs.. Peter Herdic we're
called foe trial, but the counsel for the
: commonwealth announced that they
, had decided not TO proceed with them,
but enter noLle proSeY,ds upon ell the
: bills Of indictment found and pending
[ against Herdic in Lancaster county.
This disposition was approved by the
2 court, and Herdic was discharged.
A special meeting of the New York
Chamber Of Commerce was held on
Saturday, when the subject Of erecting
| suitable monument in Wall street 10
commemorate the inauguration of Geo,
Washington as first President of the
United States was referred to commit.
: tee 10 ascertain, IL suitable site could be
procured, and also what means could be
adopted 10 carry the project into execu.
: ton.
A fire broke out Friday night in the
five-story iron front building, 3s4 and
$50 Broadway, New York. and when
the roof fell in two firemen-Thomas
. ID. Dougherty and John +. Cassidy
were thrown into the blazing abyss,
; They clutched at the sides of the build.
! ing, but could not retain their hold,
and fell amid a CRY Of horror from the
spectators. The loss is said to De si.
050,O00. The Torillards owned the
! building, valued At $50 600. Hasen,
Todds & Co.. lose 100000; Dickerhoff,
Ruiiioer 4 CO., e25O,OOO: James Wilde,
! Jr.. & Co, $3.50 600.