Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-13
NO. 20.
GENERAL NEWS.

ueFmane. Inc data Will be furnished
BY Professor Horne, OF Berks county.
The present daily production OF slate
quarries along the Poughkeepsie and
New England Railways is 100 carloads,
and this can be doubled when the
company is ready TO move the slate.
| William p. Daineerfeld, presiding
Judge Of the Superior Court at San
Francisco, dropped dead on the bench
| from heart disease, recently. lie was n
native OF Virginia and was Sc years OF
age.
A mining company at 81. Claire, ILL.,,
dispensed with the services OF a hun.
dred men at 81 day by the use of
labor.saving machinery but the gain
is not yet apparent, for they have had
TO employ fifty men at S2 a day 10
guard the machinery.
On Friday last Secretary Thompson
embarked on the United States steamer
Tallapoosa, accompanied by number
OF members OF Congress, and proceeded
to Norfolk, to visit the Enterprise com.
mander, J. q. Seifridge, which has lust
arrived from the Mediterranean.
The Secretary OF War proposes legis-
lation at this session of Congress Great
ing in his Office "land title division"
to collect, record and file the transfer
deeds 10 the department Of land occu-
pied for military purposes, the estimat-
ed value OF which is now about $780,
| 100000.
Joaquin Miller has been to California,
and is shocked by the social decadence
and business dry rot in San Francisco,
and remarks that nothing ever happen.
ed so disastrous to the Pacific States as
the building of the Pacific railroad. 1t
became at once a sort of siphon, which
4 let in a stream Of weak and worthless
people, and gave the brave young States
there all the vanities and vices of the
East, with none OF the virtues.
Intense excitement prevails about
New Hanover, FIVE miles north OF
Pottstown, over the continued absence
Of an Syear old daughter of Il. II.
Yost, a farmer. The child disappeared
a week ago, and her parents thought
she had gone on q visit TO her grand
father, Hon. Isaac F. Yost, who lives n
mile or so away; but this was not the
case, and now il is believed she has
been stolen. Search il being made in
every direction, but no clue as to her
whereabouts has yet been obtained.
1t is asserted by letter writers at Hot
Springs, Ark, that there are more rogues
of every degree, confidence men of su.
perior audac.ty, and young men without
visible means of support, 10 the acre in
Hot Springs than in any other section
of the country Of equal population that
can be named. A young clergyman
from Texas. who was trying the hot
A al 80.
than he expected. lie was invited up
the mountain side TO see a magnesia
spring just discovered. In half an hour
he was minus his silver watch and wallet
containing all his money.
At last Saturdays session of the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society.
at Columbus, Ohio. the several branches
reported their total receipts for the past
year as follows: New England branch,
$l20l9 New York branch, Sl3,l74 ;
Philadelphia branch. $50; Baltimore
branch. Sl2, 2,S96; Northwestern branch,
$l6,737, and Western branch, $9,670
This is the largest collection made in
any year since the organization of the
society. Delegates were received from
the missionary organizations connected
with the Episcopal Church. the Ameri
can Board and Union Society.
Col. Fred. Grant is reported as saying
recently to prominent Illinois Repub'
lican; "My father says that there may
come a time in the history Of the Re
public when il may be TO the vital in
terest OF the people OF this country 10
nominate President for a third term,
and when precedents set by Washing
ton and Jefferson would stand in the
way of the common welfare. Ii there
fore becomes important to get that oh
: struction to the safety of the Republic
out of the way. Ny father says he il
in position TO make that trial and win
that victory against public superstition
about a dangerous precedent.
Mr.. James Redpath, who has lately
been travelling in Ireland A. . newspa
per correspondent, gave n lecture in
, New York on last Thursday night, on
"The Irish Famine and the Irish Land
lords" Famine and landlords, he said,
were the twin curses Of Ireland. The
real causes Of the periodical famines, |"
he argued, "were landlord absolutism
and absenteeism and unrestrained rack
rents. By the present system 1900 OF
1000 landlords got out Of the land
so, 600. 900 year, while they did moth.
! ing but hunt fox or the peasants
The government which permits this ex
tracted IS. 10000 more. and there was
left only about $50. 600. 600 to feed and
clothe 100000 inhabitants"
At meeting Of the directors Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company in
Philadelphia last week, George u. Rob
erts was elected member of the Board
and president OF the company, vice
Col. Scott, to take effect June I. A
committee was appointed 10 submit az
the next meeting = revised organization
for the management Of the company.
Mr. Roberts began his connection with
tho company s. rodman In the engi.
neer corps in 1851, leaving the service
Of the company in 1852, and for ten