Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-19
STATE NEWS.

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county. caught coal black fox in
trap a few days ago.
A Bradford hotel which had a small.
pox case has been strictly quarantined
by the Board of Health.
The widow Of Colonel Richard White,
Of Indiana Court House, received back
pension the other day to the amount of
$6, ,0s0.
The smallpox has broken out in
East Mauch Chunk. Freight Conductor
David Beltz, of the Lehigh Valley Rail.
road, is q victim. His home has been
quaraptined and put under guard. A
special session OF Council has been
called TO organize Board of Health
and strict precautions will be taken TO
prevent the spread of the disease.
Much excitement prevails.
Hon. Benjamin Harris Brewster, AT.
torney General Of the United States,
was on the 18th given a dinner by the
Bar of Philadelphia, at the Aldine
Hotel. About 225 gentlemen were pres.
ent, George w. Biddle, Esq, presiding,
with the Attorney General upon his
right. Addresses were made by Mr..
Blddle, Hon. 'B. II. Brewster, Hon.
Wayne MacVeagh, Judge Allison, Lew.
is c. Cassidy, Hampton D. Carson, At
torney General Palmer, David W. Sci.
lers, and others.
Intelligence has been received at
Harrisburg of a robbery and intended
murder committed at Lambs Gap, Cum.
berland' county, few days ago. An
unknown man was decoyed from q
house by two men named Dean and
shot. They then robbed bim OF $50,
and, supposing him dead, covered his
body with leaves and brush. The vic.
tim recovered sufficiently TO tell his
story and was assisted to place or
safety. The Deans, who are we'll known
as bad characters. have fed.
Mr.. Payson Porter, who is one Of the
most expert statisticians in the coun.
try, has made q careful census of the
Sunday schools of Philadelphia. Here
ports that there are in all SIS, com.
prising all the denominations. These
schools have l6,44S teachers and l57.
SAT scholars. The influence of such a
large body OF students Of the Bible
ought to be greatly felt a. a means Of
improving the morals of the city.
Among these schools the Episcopalians
and the Presby terians are in close com.
petition for the lead as to numbers.
There are l02 Episcopal Sunday schools
and l0l Of Presbyterian faith. The
Church Of God, the New jerusalem and
the Mennonites each have one Sunday.
school. The cost of supporting ell the
schools is about $4,000. which cannot
be considered extravagant.
The annual election Of the stock.
holders OF the Reading railroad CON-
pany for affairs of that corporation was
held in Philadelphia last week, and the
result was a great triumph for Franklin
B. Gowan, who was elected President
by a decided vote over Major Bond.
The vote was "a follows Gowan go.
9S4 Bond 222,6l7. The vote was off.
cially reported to the courts of Pbila-
delphia, on Saturday. Mr. Gowan was
declared duly elected and he imme-
eiately entered upon the discharge OF
his duties. Judging from the tone of
what is said by the Bond party and es-
pecially from the manner in which 1t IL
said. there will be no contest made
against the Gowan party in court. The
effect on the stock of the announce
meut that Gowan had received 3 major.
ity Of the votes cast was not conspicu.
ously apparent. The result Is looked
upon as the opening up of . lively
competition between the Reading and
Pennsylvania railroads and traffic be.
tween New York and Philadelphia, and
this opinion had the effect of stiffening
Reading in the markets and weakening
Pennsylvania shares. Brokers think
there will be marked advance of
Reading because the Gowan people
keep their large holdings and the Bond
people will not sacrifice.