Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-27
GENERAL NEWS.


A cooperative store will be establish.
ed at Wilkesbarre by the employees OF
the Philadelphia and Reading road.
The annual business meeting Of
Hicksite Quakers was held at New
York on Monday and was largely at.
tended.
The NJ. +. General Conference, in ses.
sion at Cincinnati, on Monday, decided
TO hold the next Conference at Phila-
delphia.
In round numbers the receipts Of the
May musical festival at Cincinnati
amount to $j2, 900, and the expenses to
$3S, 900, leaving profit Of $4,000.
A new and handsome Roman Catho.
lie Church, erected at a cost Of 10000,
on Wabash avenue, Chicago, TO be
known as st. james Church, was dedi.
Gated on Sunday.
On Monday Col. Greene, OF philadel.
phia. was appointed Prothonotsry' of
the Eastern District OF Pennsylvania by
the Supreme Court. The appointment
takes effect on the LIST OF June.
A case of smallpox was discovered
among the immigrants on the steam.
ship Parthia, which arrived at Boston
on Sunday. and the steerage passengers
and crew, 900 in all, were yaccinated in
consequence.
1t is reported that an excursion train
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, Cal,
on the narrow gauge road, went through
a trestle at Santa Cruz Saturday evening,
and that ten persons were killed and
sixty wounded.
The result of the primary election in
Lancaster county, Pa, Saturday, was a
triumph for the Cameron faction. This
faction carried on a "still hunt" and
headed their ticket with Gen. Grant for
President and N. 5. Quay for United
States Senator.
Late Sunday night fire broke out in
the United States hotel, a vacant struc-
ture in Edenburg. an oil towH in the
lower country. Both sides of Main
street were burned. Krubbs' brick
block and the clothing store of Thomas
Travers were the only business buildings
saved. In all about seventy.five build
ings were destroyed.
The quantity of coal and coke carried
over the Pennsylvania railroad for the
fourth week OF April was 1904 tons, Of
which 49, tons were coal and 35,47S
tons coke. The total tonnage for the
year thus far has been 2,240, las tons, of
which 1882 tons were coal and j33,
Sl7 tons coke. These figures embrace
all the coal and coke carried over the
/ road east and west.
Michael Schall's Car Works at York
were burned last Monday morning,
| involving loss OF between $4,000 and
| 100000. About $20,OO0 of the property
! burned is covered by insurance. The
/ fire began in the oil house and is
ascribed TO spontaneous combustion.
The works employed about one hun
dred and fifty hands. Several small
| buildings were destroyed.
The first Provincial Council of the
province Of Philadelphia, embracing
all the dioceses in this State. met on
Sunday at the Cathedral, the Most Rev.
erend Archbishop Wood celebrating the
mass of the Holy Ghost and Bishop
Shanahan. of Harrisburg, preaching the
sermon, Of which the theme was: "No
Christianity outside the church" Bish
ops Tuigg, OF Pittsburg. OHara, oI
Scranton, and Neulleu, OF Erie, are the
other suffragants. The ceremonies were
magnificent,
Msjor David 2. Hancock, Of the
Second Infantry, died at Harrisburg on
Friday last, where he had been for the
past year on sick leave. Major Han
cock was Pennsylvania by birth, and
was about forty.fve years OF age. He
graduated from West Point July /,
1854. At the outbreak Of the rebellion
the part Of the Army to which Han
cock was attached was still in New
Mexico, and on the way east was cap
tured by Texan Insurgents. Captain
Hancock was prisoner until August
%, 1862, when he was exchanged. He
commanded regiment in the Army oi
the Potomac during the Rappahannock
campaign, being engaged at Fredericks
burg and Chancellorsville. In the tol.
lowing year he commanded a regiment
in the Army OF the Potomac, distin.
gushing himself at Gettysburg and
other points in the Pennsylvania cam.
psign.
The EramiHcr a,ai Chronicle, Of New
York city, the leading organ Of the
Baptist Church, contained last week the
following paragraph in regard to q min
lister about whose shortcomings there
have been plentiful rumors for several
weeks: "It is with surprise and grief, not
readily expressed, that we refer 10 the
deep disgrace which has fallen on one
so widely known and warmly esteemed
as Rev. q. A. Peltz, ID. D., Pastor OF the
Baptist Church of jamestown, New
York. The facts came out last week,
and the Pastor was under the necessity
of instantly resigning and leaving town.
II would be too much to suppose that
all the facts have yet been made public,
but 1t cannot be doubted that he had
been guilty of an improper intimacy
with an interesting young woman EN-.
ployed rs his amanuensis. II II simply
horrible 10 think Of such fall on the
part Of such = nan--probably the mos,
| widely. known and influanaiai gnussaw