Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-12-01
STATE NEWS.


Diptheria is epidemic In Meadyille,
Crawford county.
Pink-eye is increasing among the hor.
ses In Pittsburg and Allegheny City.
The graveyard insurance cases TO be
tried in the Quarter Sessions Court of
Allegheny county have gone over TO the
December term.
Matthews Berger, who has been a
hermit on the Blue Mountains for TWEEN.
tyfive years, persistently refuses TO give
up his life OF seclusion.
Mics Bessie Norris, Of WiIkesbarre.
whose lover, James Weller, ran away
the day they we're to have been married
has become a raving maniac.
Mrs. Mary Dougher,y, of Cheltenh ham
township, Montgomery county, WAS nc.
cidentally burned 10 death E lew days
since. Her clothing caught FIRE.
Jacob Watson's wheelwright shop.
paint shop and residence In Falls town.
ship. Bucks county. was burned down
on Friday. Loss 10000; partially insur.
ed.
Thomas G. May, q prominent coal
operator Of Shamokin and formerly of
the firm of May. AudenreId & CO., ope.
rating Buck Ridge colliery, died on
Monday Of last week.
John Myers was struck on the head
by rapidly revolving crank at Great
Bend cosl mines, near Llordsville. Cam.
bris county, recently, and fatally in.
jured.
Comfy Williams, OF King of Prussia,
Montgomery county, Was attacked by
= highwaymsn . few nights since. Mr..
Williams beat The fellow into state of
insensibility With his buggy whip.
The company formed in Lancaster
county 10 insure tobacco crops against
damages by hail has established rates
OF 500, ti50 and e2O0 per acre. No
larger risk than $1,000 will be taken
upon q single farm.
ExState Senator George II. Rowland,
who WAS charged before Judge Butler
OF Philadelphia, with having exacted a
larger Zee Tor procuring a pension than
the law allowed was on Saturday acquii.
ed Of the charge.
The Treasurer of Chester county hav.
ing refused to pay the Chester Democrat
for advertising the SheriH7s proclama
ton OF election, the court has granted a
rule returnable December TO show
cause why mAndAmus should not H.
sue to compel payment.
in a few days President Roberts, of
the PenDsylvania railroad company will
take brief respite from lsbor. lie has
worked night and day for several months
and travelled over nine thousand miles
on inspections. The board of directors
does not meet again until the llih of
next month.
Thomas Ashbrook, a soldier Of the
war Of 1912. died At Glenwood, y. J.,
on Friday last, aged 90 years. He resi-.
ded the greater portion Of his life IN
Philadelphia, and was the father of
Thomas J. Ashbrnok, one OF the propri.
etors Of the Sunday Mirror.
A platform in the new Bessemer mill
IT the steel works near Harrisburg,
gave way last Monday, throwing four
men TO the ground. A man named
Miller. from MiIlersburg, had bis back
broken and is not expected 10 live.
The other men sustAintd d slight injuries.
Al the request OF the attorney gene
raj Judge Pearson has issued an order
requiring the mutual insurance comps.
mics, against whom writs OF quo war
ranto have been asked, making it man.
datory on them 10 file their answer by
December S. This was done in order
that no delay may be occasioned on De-
cember l5, the time set for argument.
FoH all urinary and female complaints
take MASALIS.