Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-14
GENERAL NEWS.


General Grant had Fourth of July
token IN the person Of grandson.
Mrs. Fred. Grant is the author OF the
new edition.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
and General Gibbons, U.' $. A., com.
manding at Fort Smelling, near st.
Paul, are at Winnipeg on pleasure ex.
cursion.
Oscar Mnthcr, Of Shelbyville, Ind,
received large African milk snake,
some eight feet in length, and "a large
around as lamp post. 1t escaped from
"A box in Denny's saloon, where it had
been placed, and all Shelby county is
standing on chairs, holding up its skirts
and screaming.
The experiment of introducing mi.
gratory quail from Europe appears to be
succeeding. A flock OF these auails
were recently seen at West Brighton,
\. y, and seven pairs OF them are
known to have bred last season and
raised good. sized families. Several thou.
sand were liberated in Maine last year,
and they have returned from the South
this spring
DR.. u. w. Bliss, one Of the Presidents
physicians, is a native of New England.
During the war hc was "A volunteer sur.
pcon, and during its continuance was
mostly in Baltimore in charge of hos.
pital. Just before the close Of the war
he was transferred TO Washington in
charge OF hospital where he was, on
the ending Of hostIlitics, mustered out
OF service Since the war hc has been
in private practice in Washington.
A report OF the chief Of the bureau Of
statistics shows that the total export Of
petroleum for April, 1881, was 2,23G, ,O72
gallons against ,7ij, 80 for April, lssO.
For April, ISL, the export Of refined
oil was 2i,39O,Sl3. against ls,l3l,2j2
gallons for the corresponding period
month Of 1850. But the total export Of
Illuminating oil for the ten months end
ed April. lsSl, was 2IG. .sl3, lO3, and the
total export OF the same Tor the ten
months ended April, lSsO, was 333, OF,
273 gallons. These figures show that
the demand for the refined oil is de.
crcasiuR while the demand for the crude
petroleum is rapidly increasing.
Mr. Samuel j. Tlden will prepare for
his own use the house next on the west
10 that which he has long occupied in
Gramercy Park. On Tuesday plans were
filed at the building department for al.
teratlons OF the two buildlng.. The adj
dltIon to Mr. Ildcn'z house viii accom-.
modatc his valuable library. 1t will he
fire proof The fronts pi two house. will
be reconstructed 20 that they will ap.
near o. one. The houses will be faced
with Carlisle stone and Bellevue stone.
The corner. OF some Of the stories will
hc Of black granite. The frontage Of
the addition B. twenty Fix feet and the
depth one hundred feet. The whole
building viii bc four stories IN height.
The cost OF the alterations will be $50.
UUu.
An adjourned meeting Of the crcil
tors Of Mrs Howe. late president Of the
now dciuuct Women Bank. wa held
before Judge Mckim IN the Probate
Court OF Boston lat week several ad-
di,Ional claims were presented. but
judgment upon them was suspended
pending the introduction Of further
proof. Augustus Russ, assignee, stated
that there were enough claims to be IN.
troduced OF which he knew to bring
the amount TO 10000 or over. six
per cent. ot this amount would be Sis.
600. Mr. Russ has received $2l loo a.
the total assets, and with sult-. counsel
fees and other claims pending, he would
not feel safe IN declaring a dividend Of
more than per cent, at which figure
the dividend was fixed.