15368. Bank of New York (New York, NY)

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SUMMARY OF NEWS. Interesting Items from Home and Abroad. William Legg, prisoner in the jail at King ston. N. Y. was fatally shot by the jailer, upon Gen. Grant whom he had made an attack President left England for Belgium Hayes and Secretary Evarts assert that there is no scheme on foot for the annexation of Mexico, as has been rumored Col. Vilkins was suspended from the collectorship of Baltimore and Mr. Thomas has been put in session of the office The business portion of the vil lage of Chester, N. Y. was almost totally de stroyed by fire, entailing loss of over $67,000 The ocean steamships Elphinstone and Redewater collided in the St Lawrence river and both were sunk total losses, $175,000 Daniel McQuay of Williamsport Ohio, got into dispute with one of his harvest hands named Redcliffe and knocked him down. Red cliffe drew pocket knife and stabbed McQuay The four ten times, instantly killing him members of the Louisiana returning boardWells, Anderson Kenner and Casanay indicted in New Orleans charged 'with having on the fourth of December 1876 falsely and felonous uttered and published as true the altered. forged and counterfeited election returns for Presidential electors from the parish of Vernon at the election of November last by adding 158 votes to each of the Haves elector and deducting 395 votes from each of the Til den electors. Henry Blair, of Sullivan street, New York Re fatally stabbed his wife during dispute ligious differences led to the France has announced that her Exhibition will positively be opened next year, but this overnment will not appoint commission until Congress meets John Gerhan night watchman in Hoboken, N and his son of twelve were drowned while fishing in the Hack ensack river Great swarms of rep legged locusts have made their appearance in Michiga and are recent devastating the growing grain A hailstorm in and about Watertown did damage in the town alone to the amount of $20,000 William M. Tweed has written letter in answer to the charge of the attorney -general of New York that he (Tweed) was acting in bad faith Tweed offers to refer the question whether or not he intends to keep faith to Charles o 'Conor The two-year-old daughter of Henry Bruns, of New York, died four weeks after having been bitten by dog At La Grange Ga.. Jack Thomassen colored boy of fifteen was hung for the murder of the two children of Charles Miller also colored The murdered children were aged eight and two years, and the crime was one of unparalleled atrocity young Tho massen being instigated to it out of motives of revenge against Miller and his wife. who had forbidden him to come to their house O'Leary, the pedestrian, who undertook to walk 520 miles in days, failed in his attempt of having plished 471 miles at the end the sixth day The Keese tional bank was robbed of about $75,000 by seven or eight masked burglars, who bound and gagged the watchman. blew open the safe and abstracted the contents John Oldroyd failed an English carpet has Three with liabilities reported at $1,350,000 boys, all under twelve years, were drowned while bathing Niagara river Recent dispatches from Cuba report that over 180 insurvarious gent prisoners, who were captured in steamThe actions of late, have been shot ship Wisconsin, from Liverpool arrived in New York having on board 750 converts to Mormon ism on their way to Utah lieutenant ten soldiers and two citizens were killed by the Indians who revolted recently in Idaho and thras) The steam boiler of Oregon near Nashville Illinois, exploded, killing N. W Moore and Harvey Lee, and in juring three others H H McAllister. deputy col lector of the St. Albans (Vt.) custom house has become defaulter to the amount of nearl The Planter 's House of Carbon $1,700 was destroyed by tire Loss $9,500 dale, Elijah Killam. farmer of Wavne county Pa.. was struck by lightning and killed. Troops under command of Gen. Ord crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico in pursuit of band of horse thieves, with whom they had severe fight and defeated, recovering the stolen horses able consider excitement caused The event throughout the country, as the occupation of Mexican territory by American troops 18 supposed to be the result of the policy determined upon by the government towards Mexican marauders on the border In India over 1,250,000 persons are receiving relief from famine The plague raging portion of Persia, and many persons are dying daily There will be State election in Alabama and Kentucky, August California and Ver mont, entember Maine, September 10 Colorado Iowa and Ohio. October 2: Louisiana Massachusetts Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada New Jersey, New York, Pennsy vania, South Carolina, Tennessee Texas, Virginia and Wis Dr of W. 6 consin November Gadding, Taunton, Mass., has been appointed successor of Dr. Nicholls as superintende of the gov ernment hospital for the insaue at Washington A tornado in Wisconsin destroyed the lumbering village of Pensaukee killing eight about twelve and severely persons others. the buildings in the villagecluding hotel, schoolhou-e and lumber mills swept away The neighboring town of Coullardville was also severely damaged A fight took place at Chester Pa. between about dozen men. and two of them were badly German Bank fatally cut probably of St. Louis, has suepended on account of all Moody of business insufficiency Messrs. and Sankey were present at Rome, Pa. at the dedication of the monument to the churchsong writer, P P. of the victims of the Ashtabula railroad disaster. The monument is partially the result contributions of three thousand Sunday schools, representing over 500,000 scholars in this country, Cauada and Great Britain At Portsmouth R. I. the centennial of the capture of the British General Prescott was celebrated The re moval is announced of Captain Brackett the revenue officer who brought to light the heavy operations of gang of silk smug Reed H and Dr glers New York lady were drowned by the upsetting of a carriage in the canal near Trenton, A number of men at work in coal mine near Wheatland Pa. succumbed to the deadly fumes of gas generated by furnace and of the thirty odd miners who were taken out un conscious seven died, while several were seriously injured As 8 team containing Ira Davis Mrs. Jonah Davis. Mrs Ira Wake field Mrs. Eugene Brown and Miss Lacey was cross ing the railroad traci near Greenfield Mass. locomotive ran into it ling the whole party They were returning from berrying expe dition The sentry on guard a the military barracks in Montreal bayoneted a rung man named McKeown, who was one of the arty of young men that had attacked the sentry in an endea or to force an entrance into the barracks A large crowd gathered and attacked the guard with stones. but was dispersed by few shots from the soldiers A man named Green fatally shot his wife at Roanoke. Mo and 8 few days after his arrest he was forcibly taken from the sheriff hands and hung to tree by Say of Yorkville The men a fifty party ings bank of New York was closed by the State bank superintendent investigation having dissession The closed deficit of about $700 opened of the international cotton convention Several members of the cabi in Liverpool net-among them Secretary Evarts and Attornev-General Devens will visit the coal mines of Pennsylvania soon The Greenback party of Iowa met in convention at Des Moines, adopted platform, and nominated State ticket headed by Daniel Stubbs for governor The Brazilian mission has been given to John McNulta, of Illinois. The Depths of Degradation.