Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
TIMELY TOPICS.


The daughter of ex- President Zachary
Taylor, now residing in Virginia, re-
Gently received $4,000 from the treas
urer of the United States, that being the
balance of salary which General Taylor
would have received had he lived until
his term of ofiic1 expired. The pay
ment was made in accordance with the
authority contained in the deficiency
appropriation bill which passed June
l6, 1880.
The chief justice of England is paid
$4,000 year, the chief justice Of the
common pleas and the chief baron $685.
600 each, and the master of the rolls
(who has not to go on circuiD $50, 600.
The puisne judges are paid $4,000. out
of which they have TO pay probably
about 81, 800 year for circuit expenses.
Beside this all the presidents of divisions
have extremely valuable patronage. APP
pointing as they do the officers of the
high court. the officers OF the probate
registries and the officers of the record
office.
Mr.. Fawcett, the English postmaster
general proposes TO come to the United
States during the recess of parliament
to make a personal inspection of the
telegraph service in this city. He also
intends 10 examine into the practicable
ity of sixpenny kilograms in London,
and the development Of telephone COM
munication. mir. Fawcett is one of the
remarkable men of England. He is
now iorty-seven. AT the age of twenty.
five he was deprived of sight by an ac-
cident when out shooting. Notwith.
standing this calamity, he has been
constantly writing and publishing
works on public and political affairs
and has taken prominent position as
debater in parliament. When Mr.
Gladstone succeeded TO the premiership
he appointed Mr.. Fawcett postmaster
general. Mrs. Fawcett, his wife. i!
also the author Of several works or
political economy.
DIR. II. j. Klein. who two years ago
announced new crater inIthe moon
has brief article in La Nature. il
which he gave reasons for believing
that the moon is not dead. He ha
recently examined drawings OF tn,
| neighborhood of the new crater, which
conf m the theory OF recent changes OF
the lunar surface, and cites also othe
, drawings in further proof thereof
! Professor Klein adds that he announces
the new depression near II yginus as
crater, from anology. II is crater fun
mel, and even one of the largest. To
ward the south lhere is a shallow spoon
| shaped hollow, which terminates in
second small crater. In full sunlight
when the interior Of the large hollow c
the crater is no longer in shadows tn
spoon-shaped hollow may still be see
as gray spot. BY the use of high tele
scopic powers it is remarked that tn
environs Of the new crater appear TO b
6ssured in a bewildering manner. Tw
fine burrows, ike clefts in the sol
which extend from the north towar,
the Snail mountaiE. are the finest oh
jects on the moon.
John Singleton sailed a short tim
ago for Ireland by steamer from Mon
treal. He has suddenly sprung iron
poverty 10 riches. He is the son of th
late John Singleton, Of Queansvill
Abbey. county Clare, and when a youn
man became a ne'er-do- well, and wa
shipped off to Austri La, with an allow
ance from his father of 81, 500 a year
After rowing over that colony for
number Of years under many vicissitude
he came TO Canada, and while on spre
married Mary Richardson, chamber
maid in the ST. Nicholas, n third elias
hotel, by whom he has two children
He subsequently went 10 Ottawa, whcr
he was compelled to accept the positio,
of bread driver, which he retaine
until he received the welcome new
which called him home. While he wa
in Australia his father died, and hi
brother, General Sineleton at one tim
colonel of artillery, commanding In
forces at Bermuda, succeeded TO th
states lie died recently. John
fifty years of age. Independent of tn
landed estates, he succeedf to $500, 600
year, the proceeds of government invest
ments.
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