Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19
STATE NEWS.


During the winter 29,305, ZOO feet of
logs will be put into the Susquehanna
river in Indiana county.
On Saturday afternoon A. II. English
for many years publisher of Osgood's
school books, died suddenly at Pittsburg
Eight persons have been killed by ex.
plosions of nitro.glycerine in the Brad.
ford region within the last twelve
months.
The Dunkards have had quite reviv.
al at New Enterprise, Bedford county.
resulting in some thirty.fve accessions
TO the church.
Rev. Franklin Dyson, an aged and
Pennsylvania Conference, died at Cham.
bersburg on Tuesday Of last week.
Mr.. John Hodges and wife of Cam.
bridge township, Crawford county, if
they live one year more, will celebrate
the seventyfiith anniversary of their
wedding.
The candidates for the Postmaster
ship of Brookyille, Jefferson county,
were so numerous that they agreed to
decide il by ballot. Mr.. John Scott re-
ceived the highest number of votes,
and his name has been sent into the
Senate by the President.
Findley Patterson, one of the Repre-.
sentatives OF Washington county in the
Legislature, died at his home, in Bur.
gettstown, on Thursday, the 18th in
slant. Mr.. Patterson was born on the
10th of May, 1905, at Pattcrson's Mills,
Washington county. In 1887 he was
elected County Commissioner of Arm.
strong county and in 1899 was Senator
from the Armstrong district. lie was
also a member of the House of Repre-.
sentatlves from Armstrong county in
1915 and 1916, being Speaker of the
House. He was returned to the House
in 1873, being one of the two Democrats
elected in his county that year
The friends Of Hon. Galusha A. Grow
have resolved that he shan't be beaten
for United States Senator for want OF a
biography and picture of their man. A
pamphlet OF sixteen pages, with Grows
genial face and autograph well counter.
feited on the cover, has been issued,
giving biographical sketch, extracts
ical revolution wrought in the old
"WiImot district by Wilmot, Grow and
their associates. IL may be very well
to give il general distribution over
the State, but the best practical use
to which it could be put. would be to
induce Senator Cameron TO tackle to il
kindly.
Between three and four o'clock Sun.
day morning large force of laborers
from OIL City commenced taking up the
third or broad gauge rail of the PITTS.
burg, Titusville and Buffalo road, be.
tween that city aud Titusville. So large
was the force that at four O'Clock that
afternoon the work was completed.
Thirty.one miles of rail were taken up,
their weight being eighty.one tons and
their worth over one hundred thousand
dollars for old iron. The work was done
without any previous notice and as Sc.
cretly as possible, for fear the Atlantic
road would serve an injunction to pre-
vent il. All the Atlantic cars along the
route were removed to Oil CITY before
the rails were taken up.
A company Of New York and Penn.
sylvania capitalists recently purchased
5000 acres of coal lands in Fayette
county, Pa, for which nearly one mil.
lion dollars was paid. Ii is represented
TO be the very cream of the vast deposit
Of Connellsville coking coal, and is 10.
Gated between Uniontown and Connells.
vile along the lines of the Pittsburg Di.
vision of the Baltimore and Ohio rail.
road and the Southwest Branch of the
Pennsylvania railroad. This is said to
be one of the largest sales OF coal prop.
erty ever effected in Pennsylvania. and
IL is announced that the hiking of
shafts and the construction of coke
works OF extensive capacity will soon be
commenced by the company for the
purpose Of getting their product into
market. The railroads will be greatly
benefited, doubtless, in furnishing
transportation for the product of these
vast coal fields.
Judges Acheson and MeKennan, on
Saturday, filed an opinion in the United
States District Court at Pittsburg, which
virtually discharges Peter Herdic, the
millionaire bankrupt of Williamsport,
from the payment of his debts. The
court decides that IL has not been shown
that Herdic has concealed any of his
property fraudulently; that he did not
commit perjury in swearing to the cor.
rectness Of the schedule of debts filed
(it was charged that he had omitted to
mention debts aegregating $500. .000l
that he did not allow debts TO be fraud
ulently proved against him by persons
with whom he was in collusion; that
entries made in his books three DAYS
before his bankruptcy, said entries rep.
resenting transactions amounting 70
q $50, 900, were made correctly and not
irregularly. On the latter point the
court has good deal TO say. The opln.
ion concludes by saying that Herdic
ought to be discharged as soon AZ the
usual formalities are gone through with.
This decision Is final, as Judge MoKen.
nan, OF the Circuit Court, uniles Ia the
opinion.