Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-09
GENERAL NEWS.

At Columbus, o., a meeting OF Fed.
eral soldiers and sailors resolved to hold
a national reunion in the summer oil
1888.
A lady in Rochester, who is : feet 4
inches in height, has light brown hair
which measures feet & inches in
length.
The ex.Queen of Spain buys a ticket
in every lottery of which she hears, re-
peating the proverb, "Never shut the
door against fortune
The one hundredth anniversary ol
Thos. II. Benton's birth is to be cele
brated by the Missouri Historical Socie.
ty on the l4th of March.
The senate of Iowa has agreed to the
house resolution proposing constitu.
tional amendment prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors
AS beverage.
John York, attempting to frighten
Charles Alexander, at Corsicana, Texas,
who was sleeping in an adjoining room,
by firing through the partition, blew OIL
the top of Alexander's head.
A conference of South Carolina Re.
publcans were in secret session in Park.
er's Hall last week. 1t is absolutely
impossible to obtain the slightest infor.
nation, as the reporters have been ex.
cluded and guards are stationed at all
the approaches. There are whites and
negroes in the meeting.
In tearing away the other day part
of the wall of the old Baltimore home
of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the
workmen made an interesting discovery.
This was the massively built and hidden
vault in which Mr.. Carroll stored his
papers and valuabes. 1t contained an
oak cabinet, all its drawers and pigeon
holes labeled by Carroll's own hand.
The public debt of the State OF Texas
is not very large, and there is ''cash
balance in the Treasury amounting to
between 81 600 00Oand 80 100000. which
may be used for the purchase of out.
standing State bonds, but the bond.
holders refuse to surrender for less than
$l.40 on the dollar, higher rate OF
credit than has ever been enjoyed, we
believe, by any State in the history OF
the Republic.
There are now living in Douglas,
Mass, FIVE widows by the name OF
Chase. Four of them are over 10 years
of age. One is a few days short OF IS
years, another is almost So. The young
est is about so years of age. The two
oldest married brothers, and two others
married brothers. Two OF the husbands
have died this winter, one at the age OF
81, and the other almost % years. -Four
of the husbands were farmers.
Look on this picture and on this {:
The Pennsylvania Railroad says; I'VE
have no intention to make claim for
compensation for courtesles extended
to the late President and his family or
to the Government. We felt it to be
not only a duty but a pleasure TO do
what we could 10 increase the comfort
and aid in restoring the health OF Pres
ident Garfield The doctors who at
tended the President want SIS, 600,
more or less. apiece for their services.
They ought TO be paid Hell, Of course /;
but the greatness of their demand Is In
sharp contrast with the smallness OF the
demand of an alleged "soulless" corpo.
ration.-.N. LoltiS GioJt Dsmocrm.
The conductor Of West. bound Lake
G0OTe lTelkuL tEAlus WHICH hau just ltiA
Erie, discovered that two men had
broken into a box. car loaded with val
liable freight. lie succeeded in fasten.
ing the door, and at the first opportuni
ty telegraphed to Ashtabula for officers
to be at tue station. Arrived at AsbtA
bula the officers and train hands found
that the men in the car had sawed the
door and were preparing to escape.
Seeing the demonstration to arrest them
the men in the car suddenly drew two
revolvers each, and began to shoot rap
idly. Their fire was returned and some
twenty shots we're exchanged. The Of.
ficers managed to secure one of the
thieves and speedily handcutfsd him.
The other escaped and fled to the woods.
lie made his way to Say ybrook, a small
village, few miles distant, where he
was captured while hunting doctor to
dress his three wounds.