Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-08-18
GENERAL NEWS.

The Governor Of South Carolina has
offered reward of 500 for the arrest
OF the murderer of Deputy Interal Rev.
enue Collector T. l.. Brayton.
The Presidents first official act since
being wounded was to sign some extra.
dition papers. Thus the international
interest in his condition is kept up.
The greatest length of the United
States from east to west is $500 miles !;
greatest breadth, north and south :.
600 miles; average breadth, 200 miles.
The Brooklyn bridge is rapidly ap.
preaching completion. The contractors
believe that some time in October the
, promenade across the river will be
opened to the public.
A large bug, resembling locust,
which fastens To the necks of fowls near
Greensburg. has been very Obstructive
of life. Thousands of the huge bugs
have been found in one nest.
Samuel Miller, arrested near vii.
Transport, last week, on suspicion Of
having poisoned his father to secure life
insurance money, was discharged on
Friday, there being no evidence to sub
stantiate the charge.
The Egyptian government has abol.
ished slavery within its dominions so
far as to forbid any person from being
made slave in the future. As the
present slaves die out slavery as an in.
stitution dies out with them.
Judge Advocate General Swain has
concluded his review of the proceedings
and verdict in the Whitaker case, and
his summing up is now ready for the
approval or dissent of the President.
Until he has acted in the matter its
tenor will remain a subject of conjec.
ture.
A disastrous drouth, similar to that
of last year, is reported in Northern
New Jersey. The market gardeners
are said to have lost thousands of dol.
lars in consequence. Hundreds OF
wells, cisterns and streams are dry, and
in Orange many families are buying
water at 81 per wagon load.
The Board of Directors of the Perma-
nent Exhibition Company at Philadel
phia have notified exhibitors to remove
their goods by the first OF October. 1t
is said that movement is on foot look.
ing to the purchase Of the building
from its present owners with n view to
retaining 1t in its preset position.
At Harvey's Lake. near WIlkesbarre,
on last Thursday, Miss Reyenthaler, Of
Philadelphia. had a narrow escape from
drowning while bathing Her escort,
Mr.. Williams, was exhausted in his ef.
forts to save her. but other gentlemen
came to his assistance, and the young
lady was rescued in an insensible state.
She was doing we'll ut last accounts.
Q. 5. Seymour, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court OF Connecticut for eight
years, died at Litchfield, on last Friday,
In the T4th year OF his age. lie was a
member of the State Legislature in
1859. He served two terms in Congress.
In 1868 he ran On the Democratic ticket
for Governor Of the State. but was de.
feated. He was Commissioner in the
matter of the boundary line between
Connecticut and New York.
Thursday of last week was the hot.
test day in fourteen years at Quincy.
Illinois, the thermometer reaching los
degrees in the shade. At Winnipeg,
Manitoba, during the last two weeks,
the temperature has ranged from - TO
81 degrees in the shade--a fact without
parallel. so far as known, in the history
OF that region. Temperatures were re-
ported on Friday last by the Signal OF.
tice of l06 in the shade at ST. Louis, los
at Fort Gibson, l03 at Cairo and Louis.
vile. l02 at Nashville. l0l at Memphis
and Little Rock, and 100 at Indianapo.
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