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Penitentiary near Pittsburgh, Pa., was frustrated by the discovery of fifty feet of tunnel, which reached almost outside of the walls. About fifty prisoners were believed to have been concerned in the plot.
THE PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL NEWS, OF THE
20th, had little or no hope of General Grant getting well, its opinion being that the advanced stage of the disease necessitated a double operation if recourse were had to surgery, which double operation was unknown to medical science, the single operation proving fatal in 24 per cent. of the cases.
A TANK in the oil works of Zone & Fleming, Newton Creek, N. Y., exploded the other day and 15,000 barrels of oil were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $20,000.
FIRE in the glass works of Francis Storm, East Brooklyn, caused a loss of $75,000, principally insured. Two hundred and fifty men were temporarily thrown out of employment.
EXTREME COLD WEATHER IN THE HUDSON
River Valley during the few days ended on the 19th. The thermometer ranged from two to eight below zero.
THE CONNECTICUT SENATE,
twelve to five, rejected the House bill giving women suffrage in school districts.
INSPECTOR THORNE, OF NEW YORK,
died of apoplexy the other day.
MRS. JOHN MALLEN'S BOARDING HOUSE,
East Bridgeport, Conn., burned the other morning. Mrs. Mallen, who slept on the second floor, was burned to death. A boarder was also reported missing and a fireman was seriously burned.
THE SCHOHARIE NATIONAL BANK,
in Schoharie Village, near Albany, N. Y., suspended recently. The bank officials claimed that the assets exceeded the deposits, and that the depositors would be paid in full.
FIRE in a five story building, No. 17 Water street, Boston, destroyed the stocks of Richard Davis, stationer, and Martin Oberhauser. Loss over $100,000.