Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-25
GENERAL NEWS.

There are now thrty.two inmates
missing from the insane asylum which
was burned at ST. Peter, Mimi, and it
is believed this number have perished.
Cadet Midshipman Edmund T.. Kief
er, of the third class OF the Naval Acad.
emy, native OF Altoona, Pa, died at
Annapolis on Thursday last, OF pc ton.
tits.
4 number Of citizens of Oakland,
| Cal, have now identified Mr.. Morrell,
who recently died in Philadelphia, rs II
| former resident of that city for a while,
but he was n reticent, eccentric man,
making but few acquaintances. but of
reputed wealth.
Mrs. Levi IIuzapple put a cartridge
| of giant powder IN stove at her home,
near New Vernon, y. y, in order to
warm it for her husband, who was blast.
| ing in the vicinity. The cartridge ex.
| ploded and the woman was dangerously
| hurt.
In the National Grange Of the Pa.
irons of Hushandry at Washington, u.
G., on Saturday. the masters of State
oranges reported that in many instances
the study of elementary principles of
( agriculture had been made feature in
| the public schools with evident bene.
! fetal results.
| A rumor is current that Gen. W. W.
| Grout, member of Congress elect from
/ the Sd district of Vermont, is Ineligible
! he having been born in Canada and
never naturalIzed. Gen. Grout says his
parents were natives of Vermont, and
about six weeks prior to his birth NOV.
ed into Canada, where he was born and
where he lived for about ten years.
! They then came back to the States.
The st. Louis Refinery and Smelling
! Works, at Cheltenham, FIVE miles from
the centre of the city, were burned on
last Friday. Loss. 1925, 600; insured
$4,000. The fire was caused by burst.
ing of the smelling furnaces containing
twenty-five tons of molten lead. John
Williams, the night engineer, while at
tempting to save his clothing, was over.
taken by the flames and burned to n
crisp. The accident throws $50 men
out of employment.
The old apprenticeship system has
been revived by n manufacturer at
Springfield, Mass. The boys bind them.
selves for six years and are to receive
from five cents an hour at the beginning
to twelve at the end. In addition, two
cents an hour will be placed to their
credit and paid on their discharge, thus
providing for each about $400 for start
on his own account. The employer
stipulates for fifty.eIght hours of work a
week and nine of study.
James l.. Pugb, Alabamss new Sena
tor, was born in Burke county, Ga, in
1920. He received an academical edu
cation and was admitted to the bar in
Alabama. lie was elected to the
XXXV1th Congress as Democrat
serving from December 5, 1859, to Jan
uary 81, 1861, when he retired from the
House. his State having seeded from
; the Union. He was member Of the
House in the lst and I'd Confederate
Congresses, serving from February %
1862, until the surrender.
Despite the disturbed condition o.
Ireland, which gives Qneen Victoria &C
much trouble, the Empress of Austria
relying with reason on her personal
popularity there, proposes once more
as she has already done for two year.
in succession, to take her establishment
and stud to Ireland and enjoy winter
hunting. As Queen Victoria has moi
been over civil to the Empress, il MAY
even crafty Her Imperial Majesty
feminine instincts to show herself more
at home there than the Queen.