Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-11-24
STATE NEWS.

The prisoners in the Montgomery
county Ill, are to be taught carriage
building.
The Harrisburg Pc:-tot says that IN.
huenza has made its appearance among
the horses of that city.
The pay roll of the Pennsylvania steel
works, at Harrisburg. amounts to S92,-
500 for the month ol October.
Ihmsen & Co.. Of South Side, Pitts
burg, glass manufacturers, are thinking
of building glass mandatory at But
Ter.
George Pfalsgraff repairman on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, was instantly
killed on the track of that railroad last
week.
Hereafter the stopping places along
the lime of the Peunsy lvania railroad
will he known rs stations, the word lie.
pot is TO be abolished.
Proceedings have heen instituted at
Lancaster against forty physicians who
failed 10 register under the law passed
by the last Legislature.
One hundred and fifty out of two
hundred hor.ts owned bt u Pptsburg
the disc ,st called "pinkeye."
Mrs. Mary Orkrnfu.-, oi E,tol, Wyo
miug county, dted lew da sago u Ih"
aye ui so wears. There Mas nearly $50
600 insurance un her life IN the specu
laIive plan.
A miner namel Wm. Siernev was in.
stantly killed, wh'le alternating 1" eros
the railroad track Mt Dunbar, F'yrtte
county recently, 10y tram oi oars run
ming over him.
D,nie Hummel. of Orwigsbutg, wh"
had been absent from home since Sun
day, was found in the mountains IN u
dying condition. IL il supposed that
he was waylaid and robbed.
A correspondent of the Reading
Spirit Of Berks says that within a radius
OF three miles oi that place no less than
81 100000 IN policies Of insurance on
tue speculative plan are held.
The Offices of the Charlotte Furnace
Company at Scottdsle. Wesimnrrland
county, were burned down on Sunday
and John Shaw, .lr.. OF GlenshRw, Allie.
gheny county perished in the Il 'mes.
In accordance with an act Of the Leg.
islature passed in May last all the an
thacite coal mining companies have
provided ambulances and strrtchers at
their colIieries To convey injured min
ers to ther homes.
Mrs. Maria Haldemqn; of Mahony.
City, will turn her l0O year in July ol
1882 Mrs. simpson. living near Potts
vile. is over 100 years, aud has son
=. = 81 lad
quite active.
An attempt was made last Friday
morning to- blow up the house Of Mr.
MerkIe. e prominent coal operator. OF
PiusvIlle. with powder. The explosion
was terrific. tearing nut the lower part
of the house. The inmates escaped IN.
jury.
Being in Pittsburg on business, the
early part OF last week. Judge Cummln,
II. c. Parsons, E-q.. and B ). B-ntly .Jr.,
Esq, of WIllmm-I"rt, con cludrd To have
pleasure trip to Chicago. They onl'
spent one day IN the metropolis of the
West hut they we're greatly pleased
with the trip aud what they saw.
On Tuesday afternoon Of last week,
there died at Sunny side, Lebanon cUuD.
ty one of the oldest, II not the oldest.
woman in Pennsy lvania. Mrs. Mary
Ann Moyer wss bofn near Derry churcu
D,uphin county, from Scotch Irish pa
rants. in March, lTTg She was twice
married. her last hush md being a sur
vivor of the Revolution, and she sail
receives 4 widows pension on that aC'
count.
About halEpast four last Saturday
morning parry - mrn drove IN car
risges to Broad and Passyuuk avenue,
Philadelphia, and alghting formed -
ring on a vacant lot. IN which two oi
the men commenced pTIZe fight. The
police quickly arrived. when Jo-el.b
Jorden, one of tie comhaiants. and a
number Of Others who assisted 10 vari
Gus capacitie-. were captured. the,
were alI held for trial
While Mrs. Francis MentEer, OF Frank.
ford township, Cumberland county was
playing with her little four year
year girl, the ball of cariset rags struck
the lamp. knocking IL off the table into
the mothers lsp, where II exploded,
saturAting her clothing and igniiine.
Instantly her whole body was eaveIoped
in fi,mes, and she was 30 severely burn.
ed that she died in about twenty hours
afterward.
A young son Of Frederick Harman, Of
EldFed township Ly coming county, whO
attends the Quaker school, the other
day loaded pipe with powder, con.
ceaIing il with tobacco and then gave
il to one oT his schoOlmates to smoke
for the purpose of seeing the fun. As
IL did not explode soon enough TO graf
ify the curiosity Of young Harmsu. be
stirred the contents oi the pipe up =
little until il Ei,shed in his face, and
burned him badly about the eyes
A trial in the United States District
Court of Philadelphia, on Monday last
made interesting by the presence oi
Hon. Slmon Cameron and Senator J
Donald Cameron as witnesses. II was n
civil suit against Samuel T. Barr. brought
By the Government TO recover $50 600,
the amount Of a bond alleged to have