Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-31
NO.5 5.
All Sorts

Game was found frozen shf in
Butler county on Sunday Last.
The Washington Pot suggests that
Alaska be made Il penal colony.
Oregon expects an increase Of 4O.-
600 in its population this car.
The Pittsburgh Pot wants no moro
extra sessions Of the Legislature.
No less than 10000 human being.
have been transported to Siberia dur.
ing the past ten years.
Ex-Governor Hendricks, who il now
IN Paris, writes that bis health is much
better than when be left thi. country.
The libel suit Of Jonathan Meek
against the Pott.yiile Miners' Journal
for $1,000 damages, resulted Yesterday
Ia verdict for one cent damaee..
A elk farm has been established in
Powhattan county, Virginia. by
number OF French familie-. Anolber
one will soOB be started 10 North Caro-
lima.
Over fGy acres Of surface ground
has cracked in the vicinity Of Pleas
ant Valley, Luzerne county, owing 70
the props in old coal workings having
given way.
The Friends Of Religious and
Political Liberty" are holding a con.
yenliou 10 Lidesyille. Crawiard county.
for the purpose Of celebrating Paiues
birthday.
II is reported that borscs and caltls
west Of the Meaina River in Texas
are dying by hundreds for wan, of
grass. Owners are driving their stock
South.
Ex-Governor Litcher, of Virginia,
died at Lexington last week. Tie was
Tor many years a member of congress,
aud a very prominent Democratic
leader 10 his state.
A negro in Wythe county. Virginia,
has been found guilty Of murder in
the first degree by jury composed
exclusively of colored men. No chance
there to wave the bloody shirt"
By German staiistician the 42j..
100000 Christians on the globe, ars
divided into 2lj 100000 Roman
Catholics, l22 100000 Proiestanls, So
100000 adhereBts Of the Greek church
aud 5000 600 Of other churches.
The resolution passed 10 the Nir-
ginia senate few days ago, requesting
General Malone TO resigu bis seat in
the United States senate, came up in
the House Of Delegates aud va. agreed
20 without debate.
Mr. ID. r. Locke Nasty. who is
writing letters from the South SAYS:
"lf / was twenty. five years old and
had 81 900 TO start life with, / had
rather rick my chances iu Atlanta than
any city is the world"
English trade has suffered from
farmers holding their wheat for higher
prices, bot nevertheless there we're
fewer business failures in that country
in 1888 than in 1882.
The Hon. John c. New has resigned
the Office Of Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and returned to Indiana.
Mr.. New expected to be Secretary of
the Treasury, hut Folger was not
elected Governor Of New York, aud
was too stubborn TO resign or die.
Mr.. Allison, of Iowa, is the only
senator thus far reelected this winter
TO succeed himself. He thus enters
upon his third term without opposition
10 his own party and with the con-
tinued good will Of even the opposi-
ton.
When Mr.. Fred Douglass declared
thirty years ago shat If black man
burnt his feet by marrying a white
woman, he must expect TO stand upon
the blisters," il did not occur 10 the
dusky orator that be would be walk
ing upon blisters in his old age. But
such is life.
General G. w. G. Lee has paid .
The Alexandria County Supervisors
the war tax due on the Arlington e.
tate. amounting to $4,000, leaving the
United States Government still owing
him Szzs5OO retained Of the purchase
money.
Mrs. A. B. Shea, formerly Of New
York city, who had buried two hus-
bands and three children, committed
suicide in Bradford. Saturday, because
George N. Howard, a widower Of that
place, refused TO marry her.
If the congressman who are taking
an opportunity 10 shake the bloody
shirt in the discussion Of the FitE John
Porter bill think they have the mass
Of the Republican party with them
they are very much mistaken. --Ak
ioOna TFibaHe.
Senator lamar is said BY his Missis-
sippi friends 10 Be one Of the few poor
men IN the United States Senate. 0f
late years most Of HE salary has como