Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-01
STATE NEWS.


out $4,000 in gold on Saturday out of
total pay OF $4,000.
The Commissioner OF Cambria county
have consulted architects in reference
to building new court house in that
county.
Willie Clifton. of Easton, fell over AN
embankment, n distance of so feet. and
escaped with no greater injury than q
| broken wrist.
Colone! l.. f. Watson, of Warren, is
circulating petition asking Congress
to appropriate funds toward making the
Allegheny River navigable.
Dr. Doane, of Williamsport, informs
the Gazette and Bulletin that General
Washington died of diphtheria, and
that he has the documents to prove It.
Rev. George F. Cain, the retiring pas.
tor of the First Presby terian Church of
Williamsport, has been presented with
a purse Of $500 in gold by the members.
John Nevil, aged 20 years, ate four
mince pies in four and half minutes,
on bet, in Conneilsvile, and died next
day, the physician being unable to re.
lieve him.
Thirty years ago Lancaster county
raised more wheat than any county in
the United States. Now she occupies a
position in Tn. front rank as q tobacco.
growing county.
1t is calculated that il will take $780,.
600 year to run the new insane hos.
pital at Norristown. The male resident
physician is to get &, 900 salary and the
steward 81 900.
4 Pittsbufg man claims to have in
vented an iron pudding process that
will boil i:Gs al IA cost OF $l.25 per ton,
and make a quality of iron twenty per
cent. better than any now r,anuiac
tured.
Robert Wilson, Wyoming druggist,
walked into his store in a fit OF som.
nambulism and swallowed poison. The
noise OF the bottle on the counter
awoke him, aud a stomach pump and
strong antidote did the rest.
Judge Cummin, of Lycoming county,
IN granting license to applicants from
Muucy and other places, stated that
upon evidence reaching him of the
slightest violation OF the law, he would
revoke al surn license.
Jonah Boughton. the agent and lee.
turer of the Grand Division of the Sons
OF Temperance, addressed large audi.
ence at Scranton on Sunday. During
the past week he has addressed large
audiences there and obtained thou.
sand names to the Temperance pledge.
Mary Steck has starved herself to
death, at Allegheny. She believed
that in consequence of her siniulness.
God had commanded her not 10 eat.
She was kept alive ia hospital by hay.
ing food forced down her throat, but on
her return home she refused TO take
any nourishment, and died after six
weeks Of almost entire abstinence.
Frank Doll, a tive.year old boy of Nc.
kean county, was amusing himself with
some matches and an old powder keg,
the other day, in the upper room of his
home. There was just enough powder
in the keg to blow the roof OF the house
of and mangle the boy so that he died
ia a short time.
The citizens Of lIazleton are talking
of calling a public meeting TO take
measures to set of the advantages of
the locality as manufacturing centre.
This course is being pursued by many
towns throughout the Lehigh and Wy.
oming valleys, and in several instances
bids fair TO be fruitful in good results.
There are now nine hundred and
ninety building and loan associations
in Pennsylvanis, Philadelphia having
four hundred and ninety of them.
Each of them has an authorized capital
OF 81 100000, aud an average paid up
fund of from $4,000 to 100000 each.
1t is said Colonel James Duffy. on the
Cameron farm, near Marietta, will have
one hundred and twenty acres of tobac-
CO cultivated the coming season. The
land will be farmed outin two or three
acre plots, each grower getting one. halt
the crop for his work.
Schuy ylkill county man who went 10
kempton, Berks county. to visit lady,
lett his sulky at a neighbour house and
proceeded on foot. He returned next
morning to find his sulky missing. aud
after several hours search he found
that it had been taken apart and put
together sgain In the top of large
chestnut tree.
Miss Bella Clements, a young lady of
exceeding beauty, connected with
family Of wealth and social distinction.
and having in her own right an income
of ten dollars a day. was in the Central
Police Station, in Philadelphia, charged
with theft. IL was alleged that Bella
has an inordinate desire TO possess her.
self with almost everything that does
not already belong to her.
The Pennsylvania post office changes
during the week ending March 81, 1880.
were; Offices established-Armstrone,
Allegheny county, Stephen G.. Barnes,
postmasteri ButIercup, Butler county,
Nelson Stevenson, postmaster Quema.
honing, Somerset county, William s.
Morgan, postmaster Reeves, Lawrence
county, Robert A. Brown, postmaster
Widnoon, Armstrong county, Madison
W. Meredith, postmaster Postmasters
ppointed-George II. Webb, Alba,
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