Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-22
GENERAL NEWS.


Woodward, of Reading, at the advanc.
ed age of eighty two years. She was
born in Wayne county, and oil of her
three children are now dead. She was
a most estimable lady and highly res.
pected by all who knew her.
Godfrey Smalley, residing near Ma.
rietta, Ohio has been arrested charged
with the murder of Jacob Baughman.
on August 30, 1868. Baughman was a
wealthy bachelor farmer, residing near
Zanesville and living alone. Smalley is
now in Jail, and from a partial comics.
sion he has made there seems TO be no
doubt of his guilt.
The Secretary OF the Treasury last
week received an envelope, postmarked
New York. in which was inclosed the
sum of 81 900 in United States aud Ma.
ti0nal Bank notes, with tag attached.
on which were written the words "in.
come tax" The money has been de.
posted in the Treasury on account of
conscience"
Jno. Sney. ex president of the Miners
and Laborers' Benevolent Association.
and a prominent labor sgitator. died at
his home, near Saint Clair, Schuylkill
county, on last Friday morning at three
o'clock, Of miners consumption. He
was 4S years old, and leaves a wife, but
no children.
! A committee consisting Of Governor,
Auditor General, Attorney General,
State Treasurer, three Senators and five
Representatives was appointed by the
Legislature TO prepare new general
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in the Executive Cham Der at Harrisburg
on Tuesday, May Is, and hear any and
all persons familiar with the subject or
who have any suggestions TO make.
Judge Black expects to sail for Europe
this week, accompanied by Mrs. Black
aud his grand daughter, Miss Skunk.
Secretary Evarts has given him circu-
lar letter that will introduce him every.
where, If he needs any introduction
Judge Black has never been abroad be.
| fore, and he SAYS there are three things
that he especially desires to see First,
an English AssiEe Court in session sec.
ond, RunEymede, the historic spot upon
which the English barons wrung from
Kipg John the Magma Charts, and third,
80 English race horse.
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the Prosecuting Attorney asked for the
commitment OF Dennis Kearney. The
l-tter was not present at the time, but
a few minutes later appeared with his
counsel and asked for delay 10 enable
him to make application TO the Supreme
Court for writ Of habeas corpus. The
Court denied the request as unusual
and extraordinary. A commitment
was then made out and Kearney, evi.
dently greatly depressed and chagrined,
was taken below. In a few minutes he
was removed to hack and driven to
the House of Correction, where after
going through the hands of barber
and donning convicts' garb he was
placed in cell.
Early on nSaturday morning an attempt
was made by posse OF officers 10 arrest
Henry English, a noted desperado on
criminal charge, at his house in Csledo
MIA, Elk county. English barricaded
himself in the house aud defended him.
self all day by means OF - Winchester
rifle. The house was. surrounded by
citizens who fired at English without
effect when he appeared at the windows.
lie shot three men, fatally wounding
two. At o o'clock in the evening he ran
for the woods. lie was wounded in the
leg as he ran across field. but crawled
into the bushes and escaped. The sher.
III has called out the posse eomitatbs and
at last accounts was searching for him.
The greatest caution IL observed rs he is
armed with a sixteen shooter and has
plenty Of ammunition.
A fire broke out on Saturday night in
the rear Of II. Algeos' large straw goods
factory. at 539 Hudson street, New York,
which at one time gave cause for serious
alarm. The fire occurred in the boiler
house. a wooden shed. and ragged with
great fury for about twenty minutes.
Fifty or sixty working girls in the facto
~, who were about to quit the building,
were frightened by the smoke and sparks
and thought that the msin building was
on fire. Escape seemed cut off and help
from the outside was not at hand. The
girls were seized with wild panic and
ran shrieking from floor to floor. The
police arrived barely in time to prevent
some from jumping out of the windows
and led them safely into the street The
fire was extinguished with trlfling ef.
fort.
comparative statement showing the
receipts from spirits distilled from ma
terial other than apples, peaches and
grapes, during the first six months OF
the fiscal year ended June 30th last, and
OF the first six months of the present is.
cal year has been prepared at the Bureau
OF Internal revenue. This statement
includes those districts which returned
$4,000 aud over from this source during
the last fiscal year. The total increase
for the elk months as shown by the
statement foots up s4,l22,729.42. The
south districts where hot warfare has
been made on Illicit .listillers show an
encouraging increase In the receipts. The
banner State district in increase is the
hfth Illinois, the Peoria district. There
The increase has been $l,6S3.5 .5i6.06.
The whole statement shows that much
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