Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-12-06
All Sorts.

1t Is estimated that the decrease of
the public debt for the month of
November will be about sl,7jO,OOO.
The panic in Khartoum is increas.
ing. The Ulemas Of Mecca have
formally condemned FL Mahdi az an
impostor.
Thele was a riot in Newry, Ireland,
on Thursday night. Resolutions we're
passed at League meeting condemn.
ing the Government for prescribing
the National League meeting next
Sunday.
Arrangements are being made by
prominent lrishmen in London for a
banquet in honor Of Mr.. Parnell,
which will be simultaneous with the
one given in Dublin on December II.
Two steamers were in collision on
Lake Geneva on Friday between Evian
and Oncby, aud twenty passengers
were drowned The collision occurred
during n storm.
The Lower House Of the Hungarian
Diet has passed a bill permitting civil
marriages Of Jews and Christians.
hitherto forbidden, and legalizing civil
marriages contracted in foreign coun'
tries.
The American bishops have closed
their conference with the Papal Pro-
Paganda. They will have a grand
reception at the College Of the Propa.
ganda on Saturday the s,h Of Decem-
ber and will leave Rome on the 10Th.
DR.. Henry Bense Jopes, T. r. s,
one Of the most prominent physicians
in Great Britain, aud author Of &
number Of medical works, was acci.
dentally shot in the ankle last week.
and died from the effects Of the
wounds.
A wild woman, named Anna Mills.
was captured near Adrian, Mich. She
had been haunting the vicinity and
living in the woods for long time.
She narrowly escaped being shot by
-portsmen and was then chased and
caught
The trial Of Patrick O'Donnell for
the murder of james Carey, the Irish
informer. on the steamer Melrose
Castle, was begun Nov. 30th in the
| Old Bailey, before justice Denman
General Pryor appeared in court aud
advised with ODounell's counsel.
Carey's wife aud son testified.
The German Grown Prince landed
at Valencia on Thursday, ten thou.
sand people witnessing the landing.
Next day he reached Madrid. King
Alfonso, wearing his uniform as
Uhlau colonel, met the Prince. when
he alighted from the train, and the
welcome was most enthusiastic in
every respect
| DR.. Charles William Semens, ID.
c. L., etc, the well known scientist,
engineer and electrician, died last
week Of rupture Of the heart, at the
age Of sixty.three years The deceased
was born at Lenthe, in Hanover. The
funeral took place at Westminster
Abbey on Monday, with great cere.
mony. The remains we're inferred in
Kensal Green Cemetery.
The locomotive engineers Of the
Texas and ST. Louis Marrow Guage
railway have been on a strike since
last Tuesday, on account of the refusal
Of the company to pay arrears Of
wages due for several months. Presi-
dent Parramore says that the difficulty
will be arranged at once and the pay
car has been ordered down the road
Immediately.
The mystery surrounding the death
of John Hanlan, who was found in
the river three months ago, having
been killed by q club, at Joliet. H.,
was partly solved yesterday by finding
his gold watch among the plunder Of
. gang 'of burglars, which has been
broken up by the arrest Of its leading
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