Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-02-03
GENERAL NEWS.

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Mrs. w. B. Drake, of Wyoming. gave
birth to four children-three boys and
a girl. The children are all living.
The three.story -four and grist mill
OF Ephraim SIeger, at Siegarsville,
Lehigh county, with its contents, was
totally destroyed by fire on Saturday
night The loss is heavy and the in.
surance light.
Senator-elect Van Wick, of Nebraska
is spoken Of by the Council Blutis, Iowa,
Globe as "a Conkling man." The Globe
doubtless means that Gen. Van Wick is
an admirer and follower of the man
with the curl.
During game of cards at Buffalo, n.
Y, on Saturday night, Charles Ryan
and James Cafirey became engaged in a
quarrel, when Catirey was thrown down
stairs by Ryan and had his skull frac'
tured in a dangerous manner.
The Pottstown Iron Company on
Monday week tried the experiment OF
running molten iron direct from the
blast furnace TO the pudding furnaces
of the mill. The liquid was conveyed
through five pipes TO as many furnaces.
Thus far the experiment is successful.
Miss Sarah l.. Weir, OF Washington
county, was wooed and won by Joseph
McDonough, widower. McDonough
married some other woman. Miss Weir
sued tor breach OF promise OF marriage
and jury at Washington awarded her
81 900 damages.
A few nights ago Thomas Ascat, a
watchman in Huntingdon, tried TO
climb over picket fence. lie slipped
and fell and his head was caught be.
tween two palings. He was unable to
attract attention and he was choked TO
death. The next morning his dead
body was found hanging on the fence.
One day last week 935 persons visited
the Schuylkll county almshouse, 20j Of
whom dined at the institution at the
expense of the county. The fact com
ing TO the ears of the commissioners,
they issued An order to the officers in
charge to collect fifty cents for each
meal furnished to visitors hereafter.
Henry Tell, citizen OF Guthrie, Ind.
was, until few days ago, supposed TO
he deaf and dumb. He then astonish
ed people with whom he had associated
Tor four years bv entering tiuently into
conversation. lie admits that his hear.
ing and speech always have been per.
'ect and gives no explanation of his
folly.
4 clergyman's daughter at Napa,
Cal, went toR circus. On the following
sunday her father preached on sinful
amusements, and used her case as an
illustration. In the Sunday school that
afternoon he said that she was Impeni
tent, and moved her expulsion, but
vote being taken all the pupils voted to
retain her.
Some people are bothered about
Mother Shipton's prophecy more than
they are willing to admit. Professor
Newcomb, OF the Naval Observatory at
Washington, tells reporter that he is
receiving letters daily from men of sup.
posed and alleged brains, anxiously in.
quiring whether Swifts comet is NOV.
ing directly towards the earth.
There are now ,247 persons employed
hy the census bureau in Warrington
669 males and SIS females-besides 9G
messengers and 76 watcbmen. The
monthly rental of the buildings occupied
in Washington for census purposes is
81 ,S3S. The number OF enumeraiors
employed in taking the census was 81.
365, under the charge Of $50 supervisors.
At 4:30 A. NJ, Monday, fire broke out
on the south side of the Beth. Eden
Btptist Church, at the northwest cor.
ner OF Broad and Spruce streets, Phila.
delphia. Three alarms were sounded,
but before the engines sll arrived the
flames communicated to Horticultural
Hall, which is separated from the church
by a twelve foot alley. Before o'clock
the interiors of both the Horticultural
Hall and church were in ruins, and a
| portion of the walls of the latter had
fallen.
An exhibition was given on Monday
in Jersey City OF new fuel, a combina.
ton Of petroleum and steam, and the
exhibition was of such a satisfactory
nature that results are promised of i'm.
portance not easily exaggerated. Colo.
mel Rose, OF the Pennsylvania railroad,
says locomotive can be run from New
York TO Philadelphia for four dollars
instead of twenty five dollars as now,
with coal.
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The Scott foundry in Reading are
about to make q cannon that is expect.
ed to throw n ball with a velocity OF
1900 feet per second which will Hy a
distance of about ten miles. The guu
will be twenty-five feet in length and
have bore six inches IN diameter. The
charge will be twelve pounds Of course
and twenty.eight pounds OF fiue pow.
der, and the ball used will weigh one
hundred and fifty pounds.
At a Nevada foundry the other day a
large casting for the centre Of balance
wheel, to be used at the Yellow Jacket
works, was made. The huge iron disk,
which weighed fortythree tons, was
fourteen feet in diameter. To reach
the Yellow Jacket IL was necessary for
the casting TO pass through two rail.
road tunnels. The tunnels are only
thirteen feet wide. and. therefore, the
casting has become a white elephant.
General John Love died at his resi.