Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-29
NO. 1S.

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Hon. John NJ. Bright on "The Pioneers
Of Tennessee" a prize ode and sketch
OF the history Of the city. At night
the Centennial Industrial Exhibition
| was opened.
Joseph Seligman. senior member Of
the firm OF J. 81 w. Seligman & Co.,
bankers, of New York, died suddenly
Of heart disease, on Sunday. Mr. Selg.
man was on his way home from
Southern tour, which he began last
| summer, TO recover his health. Selg.
man had been an invalid of late years.
lie was successful merchant and
banker, having with his brothers estab.
lished the banking house which bears
his name.
Mr. Edwin II. Dill, whose sad death
| at Harrisburg last week is yet fresh in
| the minds of our readers, was a brother
Of Colonel Andrew II. Dill, the Demo.
| cratic candidate for Governor in 1878.
! He resided in the South since 1850,
where he was best known as one of the
editors Of the New Orleans Picnnmc.
| lie was a gentleman OF culture and
most blameless life and habits, and his
fatal illness on his way home TO his
| friends was the result OF aggravated dis.
ease, from which he had long suffered.
Last Sunday, for the first time in
years, the Sunday law prohibiting labor
Of any kind was enforced at Louisville.
Kentucky. Between midnight and
o'clock that morning the police visited
| all the places which were open, includ-
including newspaper offices, and took
the names OF every person doing work
for presentment to the Grand Jury.
The list includes all classes-editors,
compositors, pressmen, newsboys, saloon
keepers and hackmen. The law is very
stringent, allowing no work or business
except household duties to be done.
At the meeting of the Cabinet, on
| Friday, Secretary Evarts read a letter
| from the United States Consul at Bang
kok, Siam, IN regard 10 the intended
| visit OF the King OF Siam TO the United
States, and urging that the King be
| treated with every consideration. It
was concluded TO notify the Congres-
| sional Committees on Foreign Affairs Of
the Kings anticipated visit, and 10
recommend an appropriation sufficient
10 receive him. The practicability of
sending a United States man,ofwar TO
convey him from England was discussed
at some length without action, il being
thought best to defer the question until
the King shall have arrived in Europe.
The entire party, including servants, it
Is thought, will be larger than can be
accommodated in a man of.war.
In the Senate last Friday morning
| Mr.. Jacobs, late chairman of the Demo
cratic State Convention, at Syracuse,
replying TO some comments made by
Senator Woodin in his remarks in the
Senate on Thursday, concerning his
support OF Mr.. 1ilden. said As chair
man of the convention he advocated no
mans claims If he acted fairly, he
set an example for Republican conven-
tions TO follow. The speech made yes.
terday attracted some attention-why,
he did not know. ! stand by every
word | said there. ] 20 TO Cincinnati
pledged To no man. 1t was the unani-
nous sense OF the Syracuse Convention
that the delegates should 60 free and
unpledged. When we reach Cincinnati
il we find Tilden the strongest man we
will support him. Ny own individual
opinion TO day is that Tilden is not the
strongest man but il the convention
thinks he is the Democracy will sup
port him.
Rev. David Y. Junkin, d. D., former
ly OF Hollidaysburg, where he was pas
tor Of the Presbyterian church for seven
years, died at the home of his son,
Martinsburg, Va, on Friday. Deceased
was born at Hope Mills, Pa, and grad
uated at jefferson College in 1881. He
studied theology at Princeton, and was
pastor of the Greenwich Presbyterian
church, Warren county, New Jersey,
from 1894 until 1851. From 1851 to
1858 he was pastor of the r Street
church, Washington, d. c., and pastor
at Hollidaysburg, from 1858 TO 1860.
He served as chaplain at the United
States Naval Academy from 1850 to
1862, and the two following years as
chaplain on board the frigate Colorado.
lie was pastor Of Presbyterian church
in Chicago from 1864 to 1866, and from
1866 has been pastor at New Castle, Pa.
a position he Quilted only at death.
DR.. Junkin was q polished aud versatile
writer, and has written some beautiful
hymns.
The following additional particulars
of Saturday nights storm in the west
have been received at Chicago; At Far.
mers' City, ILL.,, the creeks and sloughs
are higher than ever known before.
Fences, culverts, bridges, walks, etc,
were carried of. Chas. Strausbury was
drowned while trying to cross q creek
on horseback. Near Taylorville the oy.
clone was terrific. Many houses were
demolished aud the inmates killed.
crippled or carried away. Many are
rendered homeless by the storm, which
| y - nne xxste4 t..ks
Alonzo Cullers' house was blown 10
atoms, one Of bis children killed out
right and another carried of and found
dead in the morning. Mrs. 7. ]. Lang.
ley was killed. John Gessner's skull
was fractured and he will die. A man
named Watts and his wife we're blown
about quarter Of mile locked in each
others arms. They were found badly
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