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

"Lieht.Horse Harry" Lee captured
Fort Dreadnaught, S. C.. on May 81
1881. On the coming centennial OF the
event the Continental victory will b,
celebrated by local parades and speech
making.
The Great Council of Pennsylvania
Improved Order of Red men, will hold
its annual session in Music Hall, Nor
ristown, this year. commencing on
Tuesday, May 10, and continuing three
or four days.
Congressman Ermentrout, of Read
| ing. has made arrangements for an ex'
cursion trip to Europe this summer and
expects to leave on May IL. The party
which will accompany him consists oi
persons resident IN Reading, Lancaster
and vicinity.
The roof of the jackson House. Hun.
tingdon. Pa, was damaged by fire on
Good Friday 1879; il was again damas.
ed by fire on Good Friday, 1850, and
on Good Friday, 1881. il was entirely
consumed. A very remarkable GOMEZ
dence.
An Indiana woman has just killed
twenty snakes which she found on on"
spot enjoying the warm sunshine. II
Adam had only had that kind OF "a
wife But somehow the Garden of
Eden had to be placed on the wrong
side Of the Indiana line, and thing
got mixed.
Mrs. Ebergood. OF Reading, has so
much trouble with her eleven .yeAr-old
daughter that she lodged Information
against her, charging her with vagrancy
and being incortigible. An effort will
he made to send her to the House oi
Refuge. The girl absents herself from
home for several weeks at time and il
met at all hours of the night on the
streets.
The Ex-Empress Eugenie, the former
queen of fashion and central attraction
of Europe, has been Obliged to leave
her home in Camden Place, near Lu.
don, because the unsympathizing owne,
small plot of ground, which she de
sired to become her grave, so tim; she
might rest beside the dust of her son
and husband.
Matthew Rhoda, deaf citizen OF
Allentown, had just stepped on the rail
of the Lehigh Valley track to cross it
on Thursday when an engine came
along. As the COW. catcher touched his
legs he threw himself over il and was
tossed on the other side OF the track.
HE presence Of mind alone saved him.
lie was badly bruised, but not seriously
injured.
The total loss Of property by the
food on the Missouri River and it,
tributaries between Sioux CITY and Bic.
marck is estimated at 81 100000. Be
low Sioux City. including the damage
done at Omaha, Council Bluff. Kansas
City, aud the great oveTtlows on both
sides of the Missouri between these
cities and 81. Louis. the amount of los
is computed at 81 100000.
In the L. s. District Court at Balti.
more. a verdict has been given for S3.
759.l7 in favor of Lawrence johnson, of
Philadelphia, against Millmine, Bodman
& Co., of Biltimore, for failure to deliver
corn which had been purchased from
defendants 10y plaintiff and which ne.
e,sitated the purchase Of other corn
on q rising market, for which the plain.
tiff had to pay the above amount in ex
cess OF the contract price agreed upon
with defendants.
The nominations sent to the senate
by the President and which have not
yet been acted upon aggregate 2lT.
They are classified as follows judi.
cial. g. diplomatic, 6; consuls, III;
army officers, IL navy officers, 6; col.
lectors of customs, IL; surveyors of
customs. 3 collectors of internal reve
nue., : K; United States marshsls, :; dis.
trict attorneys, 6 receivers Of land
offices. Isl registers, 5; Indian agents.
4 po.tmasters. 95 miscellaneous, l6.
After having subjected it to numer.
ous amendments the State Senate la=t
week passed finally n bill designed tn
prevent the further organization of
swindling insurance companies. Every
precautiOn has been taken 10 remove
from the bill everything that might he
CONSTRUCTED 10 include within it, opera
tious beneficial associations. Under the
bill no company can procure charter
unless IL has effected $4,000 of insur.
ance. two per cent. of which is requir
ed to be paid in.
At the State Department of Harris
burg. on last Friday, charter vas
granted to the Bankers and Msichnnis'
Telegraph Company, for the purpose OF
constructing line from Phildelphia to
EaSton, with power 10 make extensions
and connections and to construct
branches. the charter will give the
company the privilege to transact bust
ncss in any of the counties Of tho State.
The directors of the Academy Of the
Fine Arts 10 PhiIa1elphi9 have already
Issued circular announcing an exhib-
ition to be held in the months OF No
vember and December Of this year
which is designed q be Of especial i'm.
portance TO American artists. II will
be limited 10 paintings In oil and no
artist IL expected To enter more than
two works. Arrangements have been
made that will secure a good reprasen.
II Il