Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
STATE NEWS.

Burglars are at work around Lewis.
town.
Bradford is already forming base
ball club.
Wayne county is accredited with sew.
enty.six lakes.
The wife Of Congressman Beltzhoover,
of Pa, is reported critically i'll.
Efforts are being made to organize
street railway company in Johnstown.
Twelve thousand heads Of cnbbsge
are sold yearly in the PhIladelphIn
market.
Joseph Blackburn was killed on the
Cambria Irons Company Railroad, at
Johnstown, Thursday.
Rev. DR.. Spalding, OF ST. Johns p. +.
church, York, has accepted call 10
Grace church, Jersey City.
The Franklin County Fair Grounds.
divided into % lots, were sold at Cham
bersburr. Thuroday, for Sl473G.
Mrs. Mary Bradley, resident Of Der
~ townrhip Westmoreland county, II
one hundred and one years OF age.
A five year old child Of Thomas Col
Iins, OF Dunmore, last week while play.
ihg near the stove, was burned to death
Scarlet fever is raging to such an ex.
tent in Montgomery county that IN con.
sequence a number OF schools have been
closed.
The organization Of the bcw fire de.
partmcnt OF Lancaster has been nearly
completed, and it will 90 into operation
Tbursday.
The body Of an unknown man WIS
recently found in the SchuylkIll river.
he body had been in the water two or
three weeks.
Recently Chinese laundryman in
Brad ord attempted to commit suicide
because coiored girl did not r,Quite
his affection.
The advisability and advantage Of a
city charter for Es.ton and surround
'ngs are being considered by the people
of that town.
The Harrisburg Copper Mining and
smelling Company has struck a rich
VEN OF copper ore near Waynesbo boro,
Franklin county.
Kew. John Foster Halsey. y. y pas.
tor emeritus of the First PRESBYTERIAN
church oi Nofristown, nearly s. yeAr-
OF age, died on Friday.
John r. Esminger. furniture dealer
OF Harrisburg. fell through an elevator
On thursday distance Of fty feet,
and received fatal iuJuries
The body Of Mr.. Abraham Good.
who died IN CHurchtown, Lancaster
county, recently, was borne to the
grave by lady pail bearers.
II. Is. IlIilman one or the rinncer
coal operators and an OK member o, the
l. gisiaiure died. Ia Whkesbarre. on
saturday, aged scventy two year,.
\ VEIN Of iron ore estimated TO be
thirty feet IN thickness has been di-crv
cred on the farm Of Henry F. Dirrz. in
SrHng Garden township, York county.
A child of Samuel King. living in
Licking Creek township. Fulton county,
died icw days since from the efFp T.
OF beng poisoned with impure vaccine
virus.
Hon. Eckley b. Coke hiss stated 10
reporter OF the Pottsville Mner's journal
thst h" will under no circum.tances nc.
ccpt tho Democratic nomination for
Governor.
MIss Baker, aged nineteen YEAR, Of
Mt. Pleasant, Westmorcland county.
i,st week was seized with a ct. and tall
ing into a puddle Of water was s,rsn.
gled TO death.
John Lewis, prominent politician Of
Scranton, was instantly killed on Sun
day evening last while firing of a blast
~ the Hampton mines. His head va.
blown oil and his body frightiully man.
gled.
The experiments made at the Valley
Forge Palm Pulp Works on the manu-.
iacture OF paper from the palm pull,
having proven n success the mill vii
be enlarged at once, and extra machin.
cry will be added.
Lizzie Sieigerwali, a young lady Of
Lancaster, was fatally burned on FRIDAY
night She VAS about retiring when her
clothing took FIRE from candle and she
received fatal injuries before the flame.
could be extinguished.
AZ meeting of citizens held in the
Academy of Music. Reading, on Satur
day night a resolution wss adopted re
questing PRECEDENT Arthur to pardon
Sergeant Mason at once. Mayor Love
presided at the meeting.
II is stated that the engineers who
are running tho line of the Tucson and
Gulf OF California Railroad have run
across a wonderful mineral district Of
silver and copper in an unexplored
region, about seventy miles west Of
Tucson.
They had terrible time at Ken.
tUcky horse race recently. The horse
that was set down to be distanced took
the bit in his teeth and. in spite of
pulling. vent 10 the front and won,
cleaning out every body but a green old
countryman who had bet on that horse.
Thomas Gardner, one Of the strikers
at Homestead in January last, was
found guilty on Friday of assault and
battery on a hoy in order to prevent