Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-02
STATE NEWS.

The Taylor Iron Works are to be re.
moved from York to Chambersburg
The South Erie Iron Works are to be
enlarged to accommodate increasing
business.
Rich gold and silver ores are said to
have been dug up near Garland, War
rem county.
The York Dispatch says there is pros.
pect that Il porcelain pottery will be
started at that place.
At Chester on Sunday evening Rev.
A. G. Thomas preached n memorial ser.
mon in honor OF those killed 10y the ex.
plosion.
The year old son Of James Ingram,
living at Clarendon, Erie county, fell
into tub of boiling water on Thursday
and was scalded TO desth.
The Councils of Wiliamsport met in
joint session on Saturday evening and
cast thirty.three ballots in an unsuccess.
ful effort to elect City Solicitor.
A washmoman living in franklin,
Nenaugo county, is reported by the Oil
City Derrick to have twenty eight cail
dren. She is not yet SO years ole.
Bonneville Trexler, wealthy farmer
Of Berks county, committed suicide on
Sunday by hanging himself He was
aged forty.two years and leaves wife
and two children.
The Pennsylvania Board OF Revision
OF Taxes have decided that parsonages
and other church property not forming
an interal part of u church are subject
to be taxed and will be assessed.
Hopes are raised high over gold and
silver mine discovered at Garland, War.
rem county, Pa. An assay OF specimens
shows yield of $50 gold, $l65 silver
and IS of lead to the ton OF ore.
The students Of the Lewishurg Uni.
versity have elected Wayne MacVeagh
to deliver the annual address at the next
University Commencement, which oc.
ours in the latter part OF June next.
Speaking of the result of the election
in Philadelphia, the Press declares that
"the ring.smashing, machine tr akirg
vote has just begun his work and got
his hand in practice SO to speak"
The first annual banquet of the His,
torIcaI Society of Montgomery county
was held in Norristown on Tuesday
night Colonel Bean presided. There
were about one hundred guests present
Horace Gross, an employe of tie
Pennsy wanna Agricultural Works, York
Pa, had his arm caught in the mach.
merry on Saturday and crushed in hor,
rible manner. The arm was amputa
ted.
Congressman James VI. Campbell, Of
the Seventeenth district, has appointed
the 22d of March as the day and Johns.
town as the place for the competitive
examination of applicants for a West
Point cadetship.
The annual address before the ltera.
ry societies of Muhlenburg College, at
Allentown, will be delivered by Mr..
Charles + Smith, editor OF the Phila.
delphia Press.
Mrs. Louisa Walters, aged sc years,
was fatally burned at Williamsport on
Monday night In trying To- save her
daughter, whose clothing caught fire
from an exploded lamp. She died on
Tuesday. The daughter Ill recover.
The families of Richard Harlow and
William Burchell. of Scranton, were
poisoned on Friday evening and Satur.
day morning BY eating hogshead cheese
obtained from local pork dealer. For
tunately no fatal cases are reported.
The Rockley paper mills off i. Broo.
nell, near Coatesville. and an adjoining
dwelling. were burned before daylight
on Thursday morning, by the explosion
Of lamp. E!Sood Hilton, an employe,
sleeping III an upper story, was burned
to death.
The Hollidaysburg Standard soys that
there are canvassers in Indiana county
securing large quantities OF land ozteu.
sibly for oil tests, but the farmer finds
out when too late that he has parted
with good mineral land alta low figure.
Mrs. II. l.. Lebling, q very poor wo-
man OF Latrobe. Westmoreland county,
who was recently left sum OF money
by a relative in Germany, has received
the first instalment, amounting to Sl9.-
600, and $4,000 more is expected IN .
short time.
The house of Michael Ulricb, near
Highspire, Dauphin county, which was
robbed Of large amount of money sew.
eral nights ago, Is said to yet contain
considerable cash hidden away in the
ceilings Tnis is all to be deposited in
bank hereafter. The amount taken is
supposed to have been about $1,000.
A very sad story comes from Lancas.
ter, where the Hon. II. G.. Rogers has
been committed TO jail for vagrancy
lie is a lawyer. and has been a master Of
several languages. lie was member
Of the State Constitutional convention
Of Pennsylvania of 1887. and Minister
TO Sardinia under Martin Van Buren,,
but is now in his dotage.
III. U.t,, H., r.,