Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16
GENERAL NEWS.

Clayto Bulwer treaty.
Between the 1st of March and the lst
of July next, the commissions of over
$50 postmasters will expire, many in
large cities.
Dorsey, who is one OF the prominent
thieves in the Starr plunder. is
still Secretary of the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
The jury in the case of ex Congress
man Voorhis, of New Jersey, charged
with embezzlement, after heing out
twenty.iour hours have failed to agree.
General Daniel II. Rucker, we'll
known soldier, goes to the head of the
Quartermaster Generals office, ut Wash
ington, as successor to General Meigs
retired.
Senator Pendleton and +. b. Wash
burne have been selected as the orators
at the La Sale bicentennial celebration,
which will be held in New Orleans on
April Q.
At Chicago, an ordinary days busi-
ness on Change is the sale of about
100000 bushels of grain. Yesterday
the sales amounted TO nearly 100000 600
bushels.
William II. Armstrong, of Williams.
port. Pa, the newly confirmed commits
sioner OF railroads, has received his
commission and will begin the discharge
of his duties Immediately.
Secretary Hunt received by express
a handsome polar bear skin, made into
rug: gift from the officers of the
United States steamer Alliance. The
bear was shot on Davis Island, Spitzber.
gen.
The canal ard water power at Wei
don. North Carolina, have been bought
by Robert PEBBLES, of Northampton
county, Virginia. for Sl7 500. The pur.
chaser intends to erect cotton factory
at cost Of 100000.
General Hancock has been paying a
visit for the first time in several years
to his farm near ST. Louis. The general
is now the picture of health, and his
friends declare that he is growing
younger instead of older.
Too horrible for belief a Jewish
refugee who has arrived at Liverpool
from Keif, Russia. says he recently saw
number of Jewish maidens stripped
naked and logged through the town.
The police refused to interfere.
The fire commissioners Of Boston
have ordered rope fire escapes placed in
every workshop or mandatory in
which FIVE or more persons are employ
ed above the second story. This is a
sensible order, worthy Of imitation.
A white man named Bivans commit.
ted suicide near Haw river, North Carroll.
ma. He been had married but two weeks
to an attract wife, became dissatisfied
with her, and deliberately walked into
the river, holding heavy stone which
he had tied to his hands.
The King Of Burmah has issued a
mandate abolishing monopolies, and has
appointed an embassy with the view Of
re. establishing relations with India.
The example Of the king in relation to
monopolies, might be profitably initiated
in the United States to some extent.
Fx Senator Gordon has been address
ing some of the Legislatures OF the
Gulf States upon railroad questions.
He is making a great deal Of money
and the people regard him as much
moro useful now than when he sat in
the Senate, where he ranked among the
best.
George W. l.. Kilwell. clerk in the
Office of commissioner Of customs treas
ury department, Washington. died sud.
denly at the Office ahont 1 o'clock on
Friday. from an attack Of heart disease.
lie was appointed from Virginia in
1857, and has served in the department
ever since.
Less than seventy years ago, there
were only two newspapers published in
the territory now covered by the great
States Of Alabama and Mississippi. and
those we're at Mobile aud Huntsville
To-day, Alabama has in the neighbor.
hood Of Il Is Newspapers, and Mississippi
has fully hundred.
A canine mourner. a little black.
andtan dog at Los Angeles, Cal, has
taken his place on the grave Of his
master, who was buried on January %,
and no persuasion can induce him eth
or to leave the spot or partake Of food.
The poor animal is almost exhausted
with its long vigil.
The memory Of Chief Justice Mar
shall is to be honored by the erection
of monument in Washington. Short.
ly after his death, ~ 1919, the lawyers
OF the country contributed $1,000 for
this purpose. II was invested and re-
invested and now amounts to $4,000
enough to secure n respectable statue.
Every few days we hear Of some fresh
exploit and escape OF the James de.-
peradoes. On the l2th inst, George
James leaped from 4 freight train at
MnKean Station, Mo, and went into
the depot, where n man named Belts
was sitting, drew revolver and fred
three shots into his body. killing him
instantly. James then disappeared.
An estate that cannot be found. In
the search for the effects of Judge Will.
kinson, late Of Boston, no evidence has
been found tending to show that he had
place of deposit in Boston, nor can il
be learned that he did business through
any bank. Il Is certain that be left