Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-12-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Dir. Flouth, Of Peoria, stepped offa
Pullman car in his sleep and lii in a
corn field.
California lady this year has made
10000 gallons Of wine and proportion.
ate quantity Of brandy.
Jay Gould, after a contest. has sue.
ceeded in obtaining control Of the New
York and New England Railroad.
Simon Draper. living al Reedsyille.
Miihin county, shot eighteen squirrels
IN seven hours, on Thanksgiving day.
The Cincinnati Comuercial thinks Il
probable that worthy soldiers get as
much as ten per cent. of the money
paid out every year for pensions.
Secretary Folger. 1t il said, will be
transferred to the Supreme bench. and
Roscoe Conkliug appointed Secretary of
the Treasury. Anything to provide for
the Boss.
4 bill has already been introduced in
Congress for the puishment Of attempts
TO take the life Of a President. I'm.
prisonment for life is the penalty, and
1t Is none too severe.
Lost his girl. Miss Nellie Hazleton.
well known as the belle OF st. Louis,
who a couple OF summers ago was re.
ported a. betrothed 10 Samuel J. Tilden,
vas married TO Mr.. Fred J. Paramore'
millionaire, resident Of st. Louis.
The Republicans are said TO hold the
House by a slender majority. They
don't hold the Senate that wav. how.
ever, for they hold il by David Davis,
who is by no means slender. There
may be said 10 be some weight in this
remark.
Price and Ham, the two Arkansas
train robbers, who have been danger
ously Ill, are reported out Of danger.
The boys were looking forward 10 being
Pardoned out after serving for two or
three years. The sentence Is for seventy
years.
There are seventeen contests fled for
seats in the house of representatives.
nearly all Of them from the soufh.
These contests generally cost from s5,-
/ 600 upwards each. AZ an average Of
that figure il will cost the country Ss5..
900 to dispose of the claims of these
seventeen gentlemen.
The body OF man eenteely dressed
was found floating in the river below
Richmond the other day. In the pocket
OF his clothing was found a copy of the
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazeuc. which il
supposed to be the immediate cause of
his disaster.
The directory Of the Pennsylvania
railroad company has orss nized system
! FOR the benefit of trainmen on the road.
Small contributions will be required
from members, and benefits will be
given in case of sickness or death. and
pensions in old age. The membership
will not be compulsory, and the train.
men will be represented in the manage.
ment Of the system.
Permilia Erickson. an eccentric
maiden lady, aged seventy years, living
at Port Monmouth, New Jersey, com.
mitied suicide by hanging. The au.
thorities found $4,000 10 bureau, and
put two men in charge until the reia-
tives would claim the effects. When
the relatives took charge the 81 900 was
missing.
A few days since, while a party Of
ladies and gentlemen were enioyinR a
sail in the pleasant yacht widgeon,
near Havre de Grace, one of the ladies
wagered that she could kill q duck on
the wing with a single riHe-shot Bets
were made on the result, the lady fred
and brought down her bird. One Of
the gentlemen i now looking for : pair
Of eightbutlon kid gloves to pay his
bet.
The Burns brothers, who are on trial
at Clarion for the forgery OF the title
deeds, seem TO have succeeded in a
bsrefaoed swindle simply because OF
their andacity. Men in Clarion and
Butler counties purchased the deeds TO
Missouri lands at very favorable rates,
and subsequently, discovered that the
papers were forgeries and worthless. A
hundred Of these deeds have already
been traced to the two Burns brothers,
aud then conviction and the imposition
OF heavy sentences seem row beyond
ell question.
Married at Last.