Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-04-14
GENERAL NEWS.


Pocopson township, Chester county, on
Tuesday last, aged l05 years.
The barn of William Banes, in Alb
ington township, Montgomery county,
was destroyed by fire on Monday. Loss,
5000; partly covered 10y insurance.
Parties are searching for gold near
Newcomerstown, Mercer county, that Is
supposed to have been buried there by
the French on their retreat from Pltts
burg
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company
is having built at the Altoona shops
eight Glass X" engines, countefparts oil
the mammoth No. 10 recently put on
the New York Division.
Stephen n. Stockwell, one OF the
editors of the Boston journal, died ON
last Friday of "a complication OF diseases,
aged 5S wears. lie was one ot the old
est journalists in New England.
Moody and Sankey left san Francisco
for the East, and expected to spend lat
Monday III Los Angeles, the following
sunday in Denve. aud the next SUNDAY
i'm Chicago. At the closing meeting
SS2. 900 were raised 10 pay oil the de6t
OF the Young Mems Christian Associ''
ton building.
4 new method OF reproducing photo
praphs IN colors on china will, 1t Is pre-.
dicted. completely rcvolutlonizc that
art. BY the new process a dinner Plaie
can be converted into verltab!e WORK
Of art at slight oXPensc-not one.
twentieth Of the cost by the plan oi
manipulating.
The rumors that Mr.. Franklin j..
Gowrn, president OF the Reading EA''
road Company, had written letter OF
resignation cannot be traced 10 any
authoritative source. II seems to l."
pretty generally understood that he has
not resigned. nor does he contemplate
any such action.
Nicholas &. Cole, formerly Of Pni!a.
delpnia, late OF Buck-ytl.", Backs coun.
IS. Pa. h., made the following hcquesis
tn charitable institutions ~ that ciiy
5000 to 81. Vincent Home, Eighteenth
and Wood streets 500 to ~. Joseph 8
Orphan Asylum. seventh aud spruce
streets. ana 500 to st. Johns OrVhan
Asylum, West Philadelphia.
The Joint committee appointed hy
the Tennessee Legislature to lnvcstl.
gate bribery aud corruption reported
that while the evidence does not sus
tain the charges of hrltery. II does dis
close the fact that two members Mcssr..
Davis and Piummcrl were guilty OF con
duct fearmlly at variance with COOL
morals and the rules Of rrorri"ty.
Senator Fair has gone to ST. Louis for
. ten days business trip. He has paired
with Senator Jones, ni Nevada. sem.
tors Teller and MaNcy have paired FOR
the reminder Of the session and left
Washington for Colorado and Texas 70.
speotivcly. The pair Of Senator FL
munds, who is still IN Florida, has been
transferred to Senator Garland, OF Az
kansas, who has gone home and Is not
expected back in Washington during
the present session.
A telegram received from ~. Peters
burg mentions a report that the Tar
has received from the Nihilist commit
tee printed proclamation, dated March
-. offering to lay down their arms in
return, among other things, for con.
stitution and amnesty for all rcyolu.
ItQnlsIN. 'fu tnt OAifl lHth kh' VI
gineers continue their search for mines
in the purlieus Of the Annitchkoii
Palace, aud another is spoken OF n
having been discovered leading from
the Admiralty to the Soliykoi entrance
of the Winter Palace.
The Wealth and Debt Department oI
the Census Bureau will shortly issue an
interesting statement showing by whom
and where the registered bonded IN.
debtedness OF the Government IS held.
The largest amount in value i held in
New York, while Pennsylvania has the
greatest number of individual holders.
William II Vanderbilt has the largest
amount Of bonds OF any single person
and he holds more than Is held in ten
of the Western States. including baio.
An estimate Of the. coupon indebted
meas shows New York 10 lead, with
Pennsylvania second.
Much difficulty is experienced in ob-
tanning lahorers tor the railroads under
construction throughout Colorado. The
Denver and Rio Grandc alone requires
from 5000 To 10000 laborcrs for grading
the five hundred miles of extension.
which they have under contract in Col.
orado and adjoining territories. They
offer work ut two dollars per day 10
ablebodied men who apply at either
Denver or South Pueblo. New eSten
sious are projected, which, on the COIN.
pletion OF those now under way, will
give employment to large force.
Among the applications made TO
Judge Briggs Of Philadelphia, on last
Saturday, Tor tie transfer ot lunaiics
from various asylums in that city to the
Norristown Asylum for the Insane was
one presented on behalf OF tho relatives
OF John Dooly, who vas recently ad.
mitted to the st. Joseph Hospital while
suffering from the excessive use OF
drink. lie now itnagines that he is
telephone and hears voices and receives
messages from all over the country. IL
came out that Dooly was a resident Of
Schuylkill county, and therefore Judge
Briggs dismissed the application on the
ground that it should have been made
IN that county.
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