Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-12
STATE NEWS.

In number of counties in the State
hay is selling at $2s per ton.
Diphtheria of fatal type Is again
raging in Jackson, Tioga county.
II has been estimated that the losses
by the Shamokin fire amounted TO $l0,.
600.
The new 81. Lukc's hospital at Beth
lehem is rapidly approaching compile
ton.
David Shott, OF Lebanon, who was
imprisoned for drunkenness in the
county Jail, was released on last Friday
long enough to attend his wife's funeral.
Martin Snyder, of Union county, in
the act OF shooting rat, perched on IA
feed box in his stable, missed the re.
dent and killed COW, the bullet passing
through the bovine's eye.
Burglars effected an entrance into the
Office of Isaac r. Rossenberger a Bro,
coal dealers, at Colmar, short distance
from Norristown, on last Thursday
evening. They exploded the safe and
took $500 in bonds and 5000 in cash.
Clarendon, the new oil town, has had
setback during the last two weeks.
| The reasons for this are various, some
of which have been the high price of
| oil lands and town lots, the low price
of oil and the failure of few wells.
| A rich vein of copper ore has been
found in Price township, Monroe
county. The vein is about twelve feet
| in width and explorations have shown
| that it is quite deep. The ore has been
assayed and is pronounced to be of ex.
cellent quality.
While crossing the railroad bridge at
| Coatesville on last Friday afternoon an
unknown man was struck and instantly
killed by the Pacific express east. He
had stepped from one track to the other
| to avoid freight train when the ex.
| press caught him.
James Mendenhall, of New Garden,
! Chester county, has a eve which eats
all its lambs. She ate one of her own
offspring the other day shortly after
| giving 1t birth. Seventeen lamb in all
have been consumed by this cannibal.
istic eve.
Mrs. Bickel, Of Reading, early in the
spring found a single stem of clover
alongside OF n grape vine. She planted
| the sprig in a flower pot and the single
stem has grown to enormous size. with
about hundred stems, each OF which
/ has from three to seven leaves, the ma.
jority being four and five lehved.
At Sunbury last week the grand Jury
/ found "a true bill against the young boy,
| George Hoover, for the murder OF hIs
sister Lottie. ON motion of 4. y. Brice.
| Esq, one OF the counsel for the defend.
ant, the trial of the case was postponed
until the next term of court.
! Frank ). Bond has been appealed to.
as President Of the Reading Railroad
| Company, in regard 10 making an ar.
| rangement for the use of the Catawissa
! road, operated by the Reading as a part
| OF Mr.. Gould's eastern connection for
his Wabash system. Mr. Bond has
been in New York on that business.
one OF Northumber land county's
| soldiers in the war of 1912. Colonel J.
| 7. Young, died in Louisville, KY, the
other day, aged al years Ho served in
/ the army IA n Lieutenant OF cavalry and
took part in a number Of engagements.
| He left Pennsylvania many years ago.
\ new barn was being raised on the
| farm of William Decker, near Reading,
! NA' bhHfA Nhtu - ttDIill OF hlnl
arose and blew down almost the entire
structure. Morris Weakly, who was on
the second floor, had his arms and
shoulders badly bruised by the fall. A
number Of others were on the second
floor Of the building who made narrow
| escapes with their lives.
The Mt. Pleasant Tina tells Of two
and half hours courtship that ended
in marriage. The maiden's name was
| Burwell and now her name is Mahare.
the man in the case being Farmer vii.
liam Maharg, of Smithton. Mr.. Ma.
harg went TO Mt. Pleasant to find a
housekeeper. lie was directed TO Miss
Burwell and fell in love with her at
| first sight.
The yearly meeting of tho Society OF
Friends, Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Delaware and the eastern shore OF
Maryland, began Its sessions on Satur.
day last in Philadelphia, with the meet.
ing OF ministers and elders. The gene.
raj meeting was held on Monday at the
meeting house, Race, above Fifteenth
street. On Sunday public gatherings
for divine worship were held at all the
meeting houses, both morning and
evening.