YOLUM THE CENTRE REPORTER. By FRED KURTZ. a ——————————————— The severest snow storm of the season raged at Fredericksburg, Va., all day Sat- urday, 51 ult. Ice an inch thick was formed on the Hudsou River at Albany on Friday, 10th ult, confined imon Cameron is still i Len. ! tol 8 De The Legislature is still wrestling with the free pass question, large fruit } Peach prophecies are for and a big Crop. -» lo» ri as mounted t Hy Fie Lil *n. ram Home.” Beave 8 Fe | i rost and talks about “How lectured all thron I'he General t summer on his desire i effect, tall with marked gather that his will be wortl Home,” icted ex-Senator 148 ina dealing with Brads business, The Og 18 very daa il others, have been at work for months nnaking preparations r the great Vanderbilt ball last week. In this way £41 s se311l 3 wae rh > 3 4 A Lhe mildionaire s stamps get in- f f the working class— better than to salt it down. ot ——— - Another case of suffering for the crime ight, =i ago a Mrs, McCre ady mysterio About ii t later Silas Grray was arrested of another, has come to | £ VOars sly disap . peared from Pittsburg. UH testimony of an ex-convie and that evidence, together skull which was found in was convigted «f murderir ernor Pattison signed the death warrant ! upon with a woman's the river, he Wr hie Tr. COV. a few days ago, fixing May 24 for the ex- ecution. On 24 March a reporter of the Pittsburg Dispatch found a wood chop- the foot of South Mountain near Shippensburg, who makes affidavit that another man Petty s, the woman. Pettys was a conviet in the pen- per living at , named Jack confessed to him that he had killed itentiary at Pittsburg, and committed su- cide soon after making the confession. The Governor will reprieve Grav, : VE The House passed a bill putting a stop to the political assessment business, and the Senate one prohibiting railroad com- panies issuing free passes, Coal dirt is being utilized. A lecomo- tive burning coal dirt was attached to a fast express on the Bound Brook road and brought the train to Philadelphia on schedule time. The cost for the pre pared dirt, for the round trip of 120 miles was $1.50, or one-seventh the usual ex- pense of coal, Twenty-six persons have been arrested at Ballinrobe, county Mayo, Ireland, charged with complicity in the murder of Feerick, in June, 1880, Whisky has fallen three eents in price The critter has caused some heavier falls than that. Articles of association and charter were granted from the state department to the Morris und Philipsburg railroad. The lines begin in Morris township, Clear- field county, where the Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern railroad crosses the Moshannon creek, and ends at Beaver Run in Decatur township, same county. The length is seven miles snd capital stock$70,000, CENTRE have the We thority nati ¢ tenth Unite declaration of no less an- ters than the Cincin- nine- of all the business failures in the in such mal y smmercial, which states that 1 States are due to speculations in affairs outside their particular line of 88 in which those who failed were «ld. In the haste to be rich, men 1 if unsuc- pled that busine engag make hazardous ventures, and cessful find themselves so crip assignment is inevitable, Now Jumbo down the valley will take this to be a hit at him again. -——— 18 hay heen passed by the Legislature, and the Republicans are anxious { tl that The apportionment bil » have none assed for the reason USL NOW 1 a po der of 3 . s $ wi ho “5 glhers confirm ner, and he arms of the hit- srry d ie night ome 80 tired, aud their often their ped thal : tr hands dre and their banas «roj h they were putting upon the mach here was watchman in £ ’ the BAL 3 1 a , part of whose business was 3 : > ut among the looms and give § fray ov dviiirnys a PEE hake or the drowsy chilidren a Vigorous sas } fron fre 3 Pp them in “3 stood, One man children at work the mill. One of them was a little boy 3 who did not lool more than nine vears old who went up and down on the elevator at nights with baskets of hob. bing. The parents earned good wages, t their children at work. Similar cases of cruelty to children are notorious in many mills in other parts of the North. - idan Am onion BUSINESS FAILURES, New York, March 30.--As it was to be expected with the frequency with which failures have heen reported during the fast few months, the statistics for the quarter show a very marked increase as compared with last vear at this time. The facts as definitely ascertained are pre sented by the mercantile agency of R. G. Dun & Co, in their quarterly reports. The number of failures during the three months are: This year, 2,806 as com pared with 2,127 for the same period last year, showing an increase of 7:4. The Habili- ties show about a proportionate increase for the number of failures, being for the current quarter just closed thirty-seven millions as against thirty-three millions for the first quarter of 1882, In view of the tedious and trying winter and the many disasters that have been reported, the Jnerease in the number of failures can scarcely be considered remarkable, eapeci lly when it is borne in mind that the nu uber engaged in business is great. er than aver before and that transactions have been of unusual magnitnde. In Canada the figores show a very large in- crease, the number of failures being 308 in the last quarter compared with 206 in the first quarter of 1882, un increase of nearly 100 per cent. Liabilities are equal. ly as Targe, being hye millions as against 1882, : ; Ce Thirty-seven <oal barges broke adrift from Pittsburg, and have gone down the but still ke i Cd iiadad wm Ak STRANGE SENSATIONS, Parker, of the Grand Trunk railroad, who resides in Battle Creek, Michigan, by an accident lost a leg and an arm at St fhe mewn bers severed from left ving by the side of the trac) the body was immediate!) Routh Bend for medical SOON 18 he recover d conscl gan to complain that his in a cramped condition knowing that | away by the = paid but little atten thinking hi continued of his righ and asked nis arm at gaw tha Conductor A, 8, 11 add well sation the body were 1 Ot | i ! 1 1 1 ele the tarker had said it wn pea abil and their better ing a8 the shrated Us brought to the capital all t high standing hurried of found it hard to resis er of her glib tongue fhe chief of the secret | Petersburg —"M. Oreewsky her first, with the t her with the gra alter a ow manu her he beat a Li; a8 the ge has been but latels ghee of the 1m and gecompl hovskoy, and being sud a mortal fear to I» charmer, Mille. Phill Folstoy, the Minister unteered to see the however, being an old ma afraid of the consort of 4 his life, and, staving an a hall in the cell of Mille. Philippoft, we fie he himself subsequently owned-—well aigh overpowered by the woman's argu. ments, feeling alinost himself converted to nihilism for an hour or so after the in- terview was over. The pop ia- tion of the capital is eager to see Mille Philippoff, but only a few old privileged individuals are admitted to her presence, since it is seriously feared that, were the young of the high officials allowed to vis it her, she possibly would succeed in per- suading one of them {o let her escape from the prison in his clothes, the gen tieman remaining behind in guise of a hostage, to be disposed of by the governs ment, at 8 Eo i POTTARS Ne 3 ished Princess iha of the Interior Mir prisoner, Lian, Was no mo TE the Dest hal ¥ i oft sU0N Whe CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Quebee, March 19.~Infurmation was received here to day from Bt. Magliore, Dorchester connly, of u terrible disaster which cocurred a night or two ago near that village. A farmer named Nar dso Fone und his wife left their home, a small wooden house, to sleep in the vil lage, 80 a8 to be near the Roman Catho- tie chareh for the early morning services, During their absence the house was burned to the ground, Three children were buraed to deal in their beds, They were aged respeciively six years, four years, aud eight months, A WD MIS, Wn A crowd in Missouri set a house on fire in order to shoot a pour ne who was Jolirions from offering and armed with a revoiver, whieh he bad lired in- discriminately, thooling ome of ther number, The Raftmen's Journal furnishes con- | siderable information of importance ro- | specting the Lumber interests, [t says: i “Just at this season of the year the air is { full of staten ents as to the quantity of | timber that may be expected 10 rush to | tnarket as fust as the water will permit, and, as usual, wost of the are very wide The Lock Haven papers | have started out putting the number of | rafts at eighteen haoodred, which can | =alely set down as being the Dutchman's per cant Duiares nine hun thie dune hr x 1 ; ahve Lhe fal will not { Ong ac reach i figures io prove it. Ww huve i F +} Marl i al 1 3 he cl se of the Market hag always sos tained ns, We do not elaim wore than 1 to gO this 10Tr11Y “iid —_ saul pearly as it can be had thie very best | the sahject From the head of ¢ | Creek to Clearfield the { tage Dy | estimate sutne genie Of Whose LAaMes nority to ud We «Vitor P Ed il Iu there wil be fund a fron ti ross RT | ' bs and 12 about fifty rats y earileid 10 the mouth of Creve from C gl “inuemationing and ou the rover Kettle wmahoni thiree ondred rafts Cre Chy 1s | youth, and oa i aud nrats Ths wak sa {i8, Destdes Which IL is esl ats i AR) rails of round i to Pardee ad W y Lock fe % % BAR Tails, Le in ia Un d Have SAW & an sein iraliiiran Lig diye Ja Lue Allele ule £4 1 BOA arvana we LaVilig Su all y LatckaWanund turd wih 14,- sluvuly pald 10 Wages | iS suid f Bled 8 BRU, A Liv ri Op up Lhe Uy 40 Phi Vg 40.0), coubities paving as suuni Ow ig fabie Ale slalislics OF 8 of lu us(juellspibd ale i0- i lis the retirus 0 tue operators in duit shows that in wages mie uver $1 per tou to wine (ue #3 nd Pym 9, EH { Coal, Ue otal msotns belug 2 mda spatust B02 740 942.70, tue cus production Pron ed 12,680 « sn oe Luserue CLL bulis | Sooay 1uidl, 6,782 927 U7 wots ; Latha Waliviay 0,406 400.10 Sous ; suliivau ul 0.000 Laas, Yue tigtiees of the bliluminous coal and | Coke producuon of Peausy IVenis guriug Lo8e year wre uleo givew., Lhe number of ntuininuus eoliierios is given at 442, of Which WO are 10 Allegueuy, 680 In West wurelativ, 54 16 Fayete ana 44 in Clear: fell, ue rest Lelug scatiered awmouyg 22 voliuiler. Lhe average Dumoer of days lu opeiBlve duriug the year was 297, aud there were 40,1508 persons employed, wlio were paid 1a wages $18,760 603 0) w prodtee 200604 110 02 wis of vitumiuoas Coli less Luau 8 dollar per wou fur pro duction, la ihe sae were are 10,063 cust uvens, of which Fayeite hus 55622 autl Westinore.and 3,281, the belauce are located 1a 17 viher vouutios, Togeiher they produce 3,216,545.17 tons of coke dung the year, . ew Middleburg Post: It ia reported that Taraei Erb has said thet if he will be bung he will teil things that will bang snuvagh people to require a rope reaching from here to Centreville, Toe only Jilog peculiar about this is that old Isias el ood be such a pice old man and stili kuow su much. a oe os Mi SN MO in HO The fancy dress ball given by Mra. Vanderbilt in New York caused the dis tribution of upwards $250,000 among me- chaulis, dressmakers, florists and othe ers Yeu the social bign toned of tha metropolis was pot mirred by the event, nor condeseanded ft: wix with the sal liounire's costly festivities, Blae blood is not to be purchased ; it most have de- seeded. i CO Am a § Lyman Gilliland, of Newburg, Ind. doseriod his wile, and during a gourrel over the mutter with his father in Jdaw was shot and killed, re ———— WESTERN CROPS Ban Francisco, March 21.~The rain- full thos far bas been very light and | fears are entertained that unless there are plentiful showers before April 1 the wheat aud barley crops will be almost » total failure, except in several coast counties, which may be aided by fogs Che froit and grape yield promises to ex- ceed that of any previous year. St. Paul, March 21. —Advices from va- rivus points iu the Yeliowstone coontry indicate that the past winter bas been favorable fur stock mweo, and the jos from exposure and cold weather is esi;- wauted not 10 exceed 5 per cent. for the entire lerritory, Chicago, March 21. fr Reports from the central portion of the Bute indicate tha the cold snap has damaged early sown wheat and seriously effected the peach aed es Moines, Om farmers io LLIB seCiiou © 91 lows, March 21. —Reporis the coun bry state that the apple orchards have been killed by the severe tr, one reporting the loss sevens It is estimated the | Lhe apple crop 1n this » will be bushels Hsiruat trees are also damaged, win of 500 i treve, 7 in 2,000 000 VICTORIA. mn, March 24.—-The Manchesier at the Queen, who bus ded tue parish church & io sing for the estabiist- 4 private chapel there, It Bayer he chaoge is due partly to t ncreéas- ars of Her Majesty and 10 the ns furced prominent persons by the Irish troubles, Tue Count Hay Bays thal the he also poo ail weather alone pre he Queen from drivieg out be The swelling of Her jes y's kuee coutioues to subside, and shies has a +t eutlirely recovered fron the effet. of her recent 1ali at Windeor Lasliv Lhe Queen urdered her carriage VO day ior Lhe purpose uf takiog a drive, it Bually concluded nut to go. Her dujeaty wil not, as she contew plated, go 0 SaldMogheam next week 10 visit the ales She will, however, in sitter part of the week leave Windsor i r is 1g % er resi rue, yesieraa: . m Of iene at Osh Isle nons is sedulonsls aud d Already 1.100 DY explosives aud others pre 4% DIN ers Fit ay. I iy Cen disCuvered, hav 80 tha i + % i 80 ny nery ait bevy ected, are NQuiegnea baokiul that the Easter recess bas give i #3 ¥ 4 feu them a ite for a lew devs IAN WAR. Tue late Irs 14 23 Orussed tue §t from that » Southern Lsliou tus Caplain Companies roops had hourly ex- Mexican TOO p8 (aKe uo prison. ad Near Ley ir > : ¥ Plursuaed by wey Lhe wd of two | of the Fo » {i n 31 Se 8 LONG pth Cavalry, The 4 s, Bud a Oeht is | bucks, squaws and clnidrewn. ur wen were Killed at Clark's Camp, { four at Tolal Wreck, fu ir at Gila river, {and two at 1 ’ W's Camp. The host les, : . ; : it is believed, belong to Ju's band, rein { forced by All the { Loops in douttiern New Mexico sre in leid. All possible measures of pro ection to settlers and punishment to the | ludians ere being taken by General Mac genie, nen some Chiddeabunas thie 26 PERSONS KILLED. Paris, April 1 —By a boiler explosion | al BL D zier to-day twenty +ix persons were kiiied and thirty-eight iujured, - a. THE CASE OF BILAS GRAY. Recent developments in the case of Stas Gray sho sands convicted of the murder of Mrs. McCready and is now awaiting the execution of his sentence of death luvest it with singolar interes. Fonr years inter on the intormation of » dwrepatable man named Campbell, Silas Gray wes arrested und arraigned for he erie, The evidences against tim, aside from the statement of Canmpiell that while prisoners together Gray had cous tossed the crime, was purely circumstan- tial and exceedingly meagre, [i consists ed of the testimony ol a young daoghier of the woman bhgt while absent at school her mother bad disappeared and Gray hud refused to give sstisfactory answers to gnestions regarding her wuereabhon's Evidence was iotrodoced to show that a shawl which bad been worn by the wo- mn was fished ont of the river near by and a skull whieh was subsequently dis covered wear the seme place was identi fied by sume peculiar formation of the teeth. Upon this evidence Silas Gray was con: victed of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be baoged. Opinion was di- vided as to his guiit or innocence of the crime and his counsel made sirenuous ef- forta to avert the penalty of the law. Every techaical ground of delay was in- voked and every avenue of escape re sorted to, but unavailingly. The board of pardons was appealed to, but except to postpone the tion! act of the drama nothing was accomplished. Accordingly two weeks ago Governor Pattison affised hia signature to the death warrant asd fixing Thursday, the 24 of May, for the execution. At this stage the matter took a popu. Jar turn, Hiram DBuwermaster, au ex- convict, newly discharged from prison, published a statement 8 week ago that wnother convict, Jack Peitys, hed con to the murder. The circoms ances as related are peculiarly convincing. Jack Petiys had Deen brooding over the orime and as the period of his Liberation approached he vomit ad saicide in or- der to escape the appretended punist- went. Bowermaster's story was obtain- ed in detail and sworn to, ( i material pariionl and the t of the case rd age man a | rence of death for a crime of which the HA NO. 14. evidence is strong that he is innocent. Gray was a lawless man, a horse-thief wind a burglar, but the death-penaity toes not follow these crimes, and Gov. arnor Pattison ie fitly investigating the ase with a view to prevent the execn- "ion unless the evidence of guilt is clear- ly sustained. - i A HIGH- TONED PARTY. Ou Easter Monday night young Mr, Wm Vanderbilt gave s brillitant ball st iis residence in New York, which only equired an outlsy of one hundred thous. «nd dollars, snd which has cost the metro. politan newspapers s great deal of effort Lo lescribe, and their readers a mild degree if interest wo resd about, Mr. Vanderbilt as dune very well to gives party which ie can afford to pay for. The money which he can spare he does well to spend. de might, perhaps, bave expended it bets wer, but that is bis affair, since it was bis mo «cy. He bad the gretificationof Bppesr- wg us 8 duke in velvet and gold smbroid- sted clothes, sod probably was able to went Lhem ag well as wuy duke could do. Ali of Mr. Vanderbilt n {ancy costumes, RKuesls sppeared no doubt they Gad a very nice circus among themselves, Chere was introduced & dancing called the f1ii9 and new lesture in “bobby borse quad. in which the dancers pranced sbout setubinuce of horses, and they suublie s ncled their part well, iti Lhe - > A MURDER IN HUNGARY. Count President of the Coury of Cassaiiou, has eeu murdered at Lis resideuce at Olten n Hougay, He had beeu strangied and is tongue cut wut. Lhe budy was lying +11 & bed when discovered, bul tue beg- iWOihies were LOL disturbed aud the Couat #ids BOL Badressed. A thin rope was wmuging irom a window of the sppart- wens W Lhe street below. The vous: ward been rubbed by the murderers. A iUBsar who Wes slatioued al tue Count's fesidence Las beeu arrested og eWspicion J Delug the murder 7 - -—. von Majiuth von Rzekhely, The Siar-route lawyers appearing for the LOvErnweny are rather a cust. y luxe Avourdiug ww a Fepurt iru tue Ag tourney General s office there Las been paid ww BX of Luew, fur lees aud Person. al expenses, Up Ww Janvary 26, 8 sum shigiidy exceeding $115000, Bhs, pas ust Lie Uoverulieut su Jar sIXtly thous. aud duliare, AL thus rate no Wouder the iriai is on 1B sixteenih week. Witu such a bonavza to work liwyers re uaiurally disposed 10 prowrac litiga- Lion, ic¥. seculnd - a» San Francisco, March 31.—A gentie- Ii just relaroed from Arizons con- Gras the report tuat a secrel society ex- Sis aInong the whites of Arizona 10 ex- terwivale the male Apaches oa the San varios reservation and sll found roviog «orily of the irontier. The reservation is lwoked Upuu Bs a n.ere refuge for tie la- iiaus, where they may retire wuen hard pressed and obimin arms, provisions, &c., fur auotier raid. - {ne fact can be pointed to as evi- deuce hat Sechier’s are joe leading aod 10st reliable grocery men in tuis part of the stawe, und toat is, that white all oth- eT groveries only keep guing for a year if 1wo, that of Sechiers keeps right op, and has already outlived over a dozen, {1:18 speaks volumes fur this lavorite es- abiish went, avd is an indication that honest leaning hag sear 1 di permanency, Peuple Who have deail at Sechiers ounce, go wack for ali they need therealter in tueir nine of goods, becaose there is no laiposition praciived by Sechier & Co, and they always have tbe largest and west as801 tment 01 every thing, -» - The recent speech of Signor Mancini, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the Vtamber of Deputies, in regard to the exisung relations between luly, Ger- many and Aostria, is believed 10 reier to a defensive triple atinuce against France, with whom all agree to endeavor to maintsiu friendship. Stould ove of the wureée powers be vompeiied to make war agaiust France the others pledge them seives to m-intain A neutral stiitode, even if they do not aid in cairying on the war, WW sai Tacson, A. T., March 31.—~The White Mountain tribes openly declare that they will go on the war path this moon unless some defluite action is taken by the . ernment. It is feared that an yd vody of citizens trom Clitton, Giobe and Tombstone will take matters into thei own hauds, The San Carlus reservation people are waiting to give General Crook an opportunity to sect. Tweoty-seven veople have been kilied in nine days, At Hermosillo, Mexico, thirty-two peo- ple have been killed in the same length of time, The hostiles are moving toward Arizona, through a sparsely seitled re- Kion. ams —y- AA ri Gov. Butler, of Massachusetts, address. ed a large mass meetiog at Providence, R. I, in favor of the of ex-Gov- erpor William Sprague as Governor, AM IM To i
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