Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-12-23
GENERAL NEWS.
Eighty.four engines were built in the
Altoona shops this year.

Hon. james Nelll, member OF the
legislature from the Fifteenth district,
is lying dangerously i'll with typhoid
fever at his residence in Philadelphia.
John Drummer, a middle aged man of
Reinhold's Station, Lancaster county,
can neither read nor write, and yet can
tell the dates of birth of 1880 persons.
Samuel Way, prominent coored
man of Mount Joy, Lancaster county,
died on Saturday aged about 100 years.
His father was once slave in this
State.
The late Peter Baldy, Sr., of Danville,
in his last will and testament directs
that the sum of $4,000 be expended in
| the erection OF II fitting memorial to
himself and wife. 1t will probably take
the form of an Episcopal church.
The jury in the case of James Fink
bone, of Northumberland county, on
trial in Sunbury, for the murder Of his
father, William FInkbone, brought in "A
verdict yesterday of not guilty. The
case occupied the attention Of the court
Just one week
At Harrisburg, on Thursday, Govern.
or Hoyt issued proclamation an.
nouncing the payment, cancellation,
extinguishment and final discharge of
$62S,G ,G79.2l of the principle of the pub
| lie debt of this Commonwealth during
the past year.
An by 10 pane of glass in the rear
window of the merchant tailoring es.
tabllshment of Mr.. James Rothrock,
| Williamspor attracts the attention OF
| irnYtl thn G.pf thuf . IN,
its centre "a body of water representing
in its outlines rabbit in a sitting posi-.
tion.
Advices to the Chicago Times from
Minneapolis, MINI, repeat the story of
misery and suffering among the Con.
nemara colonists, twenty five miles from
Morris, MINI. A correspondent say,
Never has there been seen in this coun.
try such squahd poverty, distress aud
suffering
The French Canadian silk.weavers
employed in the Marion silk factory at
| West End, New jersey, are discomfort.
ed because the company, having prom.
ised them wages OF one dollar per day,
now Insists on their taking payment IN
store orders, thus forcing them to trade
Win the company.
A party OF laborers engaged in cut
/ ting ice on the canal at Port Jarvis, y.
y, found the body Of man frozen fast
TO the under side of the ice. 4 letter
was found on him addressed TO Morris
o. Sullivan, Soldiers Home, Bath, y.
| \. The body has been IN the water a
! long time and has not yet been ldenti
fed.
In the South African diamond field.
wood IS very scarce. 1t is carried by OK
teams 100 miles, and sold on the mar
ket at auction for from $25, to $50 per
load, according to SIZE and quality. Otd
dead wood, dug up by the roots, SELF
from $25 TO $50 per load and load OF
sound wood, unsplit, one and a bali
cords, sells from $40 to $50 per load.
The Senate committee on public
buildings and grounds unanimously
agreed to recommend the passage OF
the bill introduced this week by Senator
! Jones, of Florida, which provides an
appropriation Of $4,000 for the i'm
| mediate rebuilding OF the United States
/ custom house recently destroyed by
! fire at Pensacola. The new building !,
| 10 accommodate also the United States
courts, the poStoilice and other govern.
ment offices.
| The largest torpedo boat in existence
was lately launched at Copenhagen.
! She Is called the Nordenskjod, and
measures 2lj feet in length and ~ in
breadth. Her displacement is estimated
| to be 200 tons, with nominal power
! of 300 horses. Her velocity is l5
miles per hour. The steel armor is
| inches thick, and she carries the heav,
lest breech loading Krupp gun borne by
any ship of war in the Baltic.
A preliminary meeting of the various
soldiers orphans schools of Pennsylva.
MIA, will be held in the hall of Post IS,
6. A. r., Harrisburg. on Thursday and
| Friday, December 80 and 81, for the
purpose of arranging tor grand re.
union of all the "sixteeners." 1t Is de.
sired by the committee having the mat.
ter in charge that there be a large at.
tendance. The object of this meeting
is to take steps for the organization of
junior order of the &. A. r., so that
when all the old survivors who now con.
stltute the membership in that order
have passed away this junior organiza.
ton will take their place In order that
the object OF this society may be per.
petuated for at least generation to
come,
The colored people of Bridgewater
have lyceum. The other evening they
had debate upon the following novel
question zone johnson had daugh.
ter and two young men desired to marry
her. The father agreed that the one
who should take her to the forest, pro.
tect her from the wild beasts during
the night and return her safe in the
morning should have her. One took
her to the forest, protected her all
night, but was disabled when returning
in the morning. Then the other young
man came and returned her to her
father. Which Of me men had the
best right to the girl?'