Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-12-02
GENERAL NEWS.

burglars entered the house OF VIM
Mellon, near MeadvIlle. recently and
after binding him and his sister carried
of 800 and gold watch.
One of the finest monuments in the
interior Of abe State il that erected over
! the remains Of the late General Jamr.
! Burns, near LewistowD.
A hundred years ago Abigail Adarns
urged what amounted TO the recognition
OF women Is citizens in the pending
constitution Of the United Statcs.
The wcavers at II. &. ZONES d Co.
wooden and cotton mill at CoshOhockon.
went on strike last week, owing TO dis.
satisfaction with the wages pad them.
William Anthony, a resident OF ohio.
but employed at bradford, fell into All
! oil tank one night "A few weeks ago, wa
stunned and drowned in seven inchc-
Of oil.
The cost Of building passenger car
for the Pennsylvania railroad company
at Altoona, is $500, and that corpora.
tIon has erected about 100 during the
| past year.
L. i. Barnum, the Snowman, for the
| first time IN his busy life. has been dan.
! perously i'll Tor day or two past at the
residence OF his son law, in New York
city, but he is now regarded as out Of
danger.
Al the reception in Knoxville, Tenn.
| rendered to joel liewbrre and wife AT
the residence Of the brides father. Col
Dan, arsenic was used by mistake for
soda. Five persons have died from It's
effects and about thirty Others are dan.
gerOusly i'll.
While Corwin Call, miner Of Logan.
ONO, was emptyIng quantity Of blast.
ing powder into IA sack which his wife
was holding, the powder exploded.
Mrs. Call was burned to death and Coll
Is not likely to live. The room was
badly shattered
ID. &. lreson, OF Connellsyille. went 10
Scotland to look after an estate which
he thought he might have inherited
arrived there Just IN time to listen to
positive testimony that he was dead
got $4,000 IA cash a. his Inheritance:
saw the pefJurcrs sentenced To prison
Tor twelve years, and returned home
with the money.
DR.. J. {. Thompson first saw Mi.
Coliet when she acted a. a brIdesmaid
al his wedding st Sedalia. No. He
could not tail TO note that she was far
Prettler than the bride. and within a
short time he informed her that he rc.
rretted She was not his wife. She sur.
Eested that the mistake might be recti.
he'd toy eiopement, and they disappeared
together.
The annual report Of the Commission
er, OF Pensions shows that on the 3Oth
OF June last, @Oj,sO2 persons were re.
celNing pensions from the government
he pensions average $l03 - each an.
uual!y, AN aggregate for all Of $2j.gl7..
9O6.6O. Exclusive OF arrears the pay.
m"nis FOR the yesr amounted TO S3-..
O4G, 1889. OF which $l2,46S. lql 20 was
accrued pension in the new cases. The
PAYMENT OF arrears was begun in Nav,
1879.
A dispatch from indianapolis saws that
b. ;. Parker, the Republican elector
nominated in place Of Gen. Thomas W.
Bennett. who was Withdrawn because
of his alleged connection with FEEDER.
al Office. has been defeated through
the blunders OF emitting his name from
the Republican tickets in Perry. Floyd.
Bartholomew, Putnam and Wells coun.
ties, In which Parker did not get sin.
gle vote. This will elect u. ". Cham.
bers, the Democratic elector, by about
5000 majority.
The French and American Claims
Commission completed it organization
yesterday at Washington, and arranged
rules for the submission and adiust.
ment OF claims covered 10y the treaty.
viz, the claims OF either French or Am.
erican citizens arising out OF the late
civil war IN this country, the Franco
German war of 1871 and the war Of
Mexico with the French under Maxi.
milan. The commission adjourned TO
meet on January 10.
The book of estimates containing tba
amount of appropriations REQUIRED for
the public service during the fiscal wear
ending June so, 1852. has inst baon
completed. The grand totals of esti.
mates for 1889 are $29S, ,202, ,722 2S. and
the estimates for 1881 were $27S,O97..
3o4.39. The appropriations Tor 1881
were IN the aggregate S29s. .055 .097.l2;
so that the estimate Cor 1882 only ex.
ceeds the actual appropriations for 1881
by Sl47 7,625.l6.
Nicholas Bonilas' wife deserted him
and went TO San Francisco where .be
married again. He followed and beg.
ged her to return to him and their
children. She refused. lie shot her
four times. Neighbors ran in and AK.
ed who shot her. 81 don't know she
replied he was a stranger; never
saw him before" But her effort to
shield her murderer was useless. for his
BODY was soon found in the back yard,
where he hal killed himself
W. c. STONES, Mormon immigration
agent at New York, has been interview.
ed in st. Louis, and says that the immi.
grafton to Utah is about 900 larger
than last year. and thinks that the
tvarts letter rather aided than injured
their cause by calling attention to them
abroad that immiyratio, ,~.Il 1t.