Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-03-04
NO. 10.
GENERAL NEWS.

picture Of Martha Washington is to
be purchased for the White House.
Judge Coffin, ex.member of Congress.
and aged seventy.two years, died Sunday
afternoon at Mt. GIIead, Ohio.
Urfa, in Asiatic Turkey, has been
nearly destroyed by fire. The town is
situated on the supposed site of the
biblical city of "Ur Of the Chaldeans."
1t contained 10000 inhabitants. com.
posed of Armenians, Turks, Khurds and
israeltes.
Iwenty.sevcn years ago, on Thursday,
there were born unto the family of
William Marshall, OF White Water,
WIS, triplets, two boys and one girl.
All three were married on Thursday
night IN one ceremony by the Rev. G..
w. Wells and the three happy couples
took the train for Chicago.
Ii is said that 5000 persops have
been living in the Cars Winter Palace,
and nobody has ever known the precise
duties of one half Of them. 1t has al.
ways been the refuge for numberless
vsgabonds, work men, friends OF servants
and Others, many without passports who
would not live with impunity anywhere
else.
1t will not do to trust implicitly to
the Directory every time. There are
too many names that are lust alike. A
present OF five cases Of champagne went
to the wrong man in New York the
other day and was nearly all consumed
by the surprised recipient and his
friends before the mistake was discoy-
cred.
Between and o'clock on Saturday
morning three burglars broke into the
Jewiery store Of Charles Bird, Jr.. at Mt.
Gllead, o., and carried off . 600 worth
OF gold and silver watches. They broke
in at the rear and rolled a 5000 pound
safe from the front TO the rear Of the
store, drilled and blew the door to piec-
es. 4 young man in the livery stable
close by saw the whole proceeding,
while one OF the burglars stood over
him with revolver. The burglars es.
caped on a hand car.
Neagre as they are, the advices from
Ireland show that the extent of the
distress and the consequent danger of
death from famine are greater than was
Imagined in this country a few weeks
ago. All the money that has been con.
tribnted here and in England would
not, II divided by capita, amount to :
dollar to each person who is on the
brink oi starvation. How long will .
dollar L sap "a .-~~- ..t..Ds Tue story -
told in the statement that in Donegal
alone the number of the distressed has
Increased 10 sixty-six thousand, and
that the increase in the county Mayo
IN two weeks was nearly seventeen
thousand. The Hsraifs Dublin CORES.
pondent reports that il is the opinion
Of competent observers that the worst
is 10 come. although there will be a re.
Taxation of the famine during the two
weeks when labor will be employed in
sowing tie crops. The experience of
lSiT teaches that the severest period Of
the famine will be the last fortnight OF
May, the whole of June and the first
fortnight Of July. These considerations
must impress the Importance of keep
ing up steady flow of subscriptions TO
the several funds which have already
reached such respectable proportions.
The New York Herald has now collected
S231, ,l0i.77, or, excluding Mr. Benefits
own subscription, an average of over
$500 day since ii began its work.
This is noble, but it is not enough. Let
nobody keep his hand in his pocket
with the idea that the danger has
passed.