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EAST AND SOUTHEAST. The Mercantile Savings Institution of Boston is enjoined for the present from doing business. An alleged miracle is reported to have occurred recently at East Mauch Chunk, Pa. Miss Amelia Greth, aged 36, a devout Catholic, had been for a long time ill with a pulmonary affection. She had a vision, in which her death was predicted at a certain time, and that she would be restored to life and perfect health through the ihtercession of Father Heenan, her pastor." These events followed, it is claimed, precisely as indicated, and both Miss Greth and Father Heenan publicly declare it to be a miracle. The affair causes great excitement, and, while many Catholies accept the facts as stated, others reject them or are non-committal. A Philadelphia man, J. Henry Schrack, successfully imposed upon the credulity of many of his neighbors, by feigning death and then coming to life again, when he told a most marvelous story of the sights he had seen while upon the boundaries of the other world. Investigation shows that the whole thing was a preconcerted fraud, and the imposter has been publicly exposed. Augustus M. Turney, for 25 years Teller of the Bank of North America, New York, has confessed himself a defaulter to the bank to the amount of $100,000. The bank has since recovered some $16,000 of this amount, and, having a surplus of over $700,000, its standing is not affected. Turney is locked up. Archbishop Wood of Philadelphia has pronounced the alleged " miracle wrought by Father Heinan, of Mauch Chunk, Pa., a "delusion," and the deluded father has been counseled to do all in his power to correct the bad impression which may have been created. Peter Herdic, the great lumberman of Williamsport, Pa., has gone into bankruptcy. Liabilities and assets both large, but the latter mainly of such a nature that they can not immediately be made available. The City of Augusta, Ga., was severely damaged by a cyclone on the night of the 7th. Several buildings were totally crushed to atoms. Charles Dives and wife were left dead in the ruins of their house. The track of the tornado, about 300 yards in width, blazed as if on fire. Cardinal McCloskey sailed from New York on the 9th, expecting to reach Rome on the 22d, five days after the assembling of the Conclave. The Dorchester Savings Bank and the Rockport Savings Bank, both of Boston, have been enjoined from doing further business. The Haydenville (Mass.) Savings Bank has suspended payment. The South Side Savings Bank of Pittsburg has also suspended. Theodore Roosevelt, recently nominated by the President for Collector of the Port of New York, is dead. The Troy (N. Y.) Times building was burned on the 10th, including seven stores and various offices, etc. Total loss about $200,000. Hon. Gideon Welles, ex-Secretary of the Navy, died at his home in Hartford, Conn., on the 11th.
