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SUMMARY OF NEWS. Eastern and Middle States At Pittsburg, Pa., six men were found guilty of taking part in the riots during the recent railroad war and were sentenced to various degrees of punishment, the lowest sentence being six months imprisonment in the workhouse and fine of $500, and the highest six years and ten months in the ponitentiary and a fine of $5,000. The president of the suspended Clairmont Savings Bank, of New York, charged by the receiver with perjury and other acts that will tuake him amenable to the civil and the criminal law. At Enfield. Mass, E. E. Cabot was bitten by & sat last September, and the other day he died from its effects. Oswego, N. ร., the Congregational Church, and a house and barn adjoining, were destroyed by fire. Loss, about $14,000; insurance, 88,500. The suit of the city of New York against Richard B. Connolly, one of the ring robbers, terminated suddenly, by defendant's counsel confessing judgment, which was accordingly found against him. The suit was for the recovery of over $8,000,000. Pending an examination into its condition, the Wolfborough (N. H.) Savings Bank has been closed. Three miners, named Carroll, Quigley and Martin, were killed by the caving in of a section of the Mount Hope iron mine at Rockaway, N.J. At Reading, Pa., E. P. Boas, late cashier of the suspended Reading Savings Bank, was arrested on the charge of misappropriating the bank's funds. The dead body of Francis Copentt, a wealthy New York business man, was found in bed at his apartments on Fifth avenue, with the face lying in stew pan containing acids and chloroform. It is supposed he was suffocated while inhaling the chemical vapors with the intention of obtaining relief from the pain of 8 nasal cancer. Hon. John H. Burleigh, an t-Congressman, was killed at South Berwick, Me., by his horse going off bridge. The village of Millerstown, Pa., was partially destroyed by fire, several blocks in the business center going down before the flames. The New York police made raid upon the unlicensed liquor dealers of the city, and arrested over three hundred of them. Greenbaum Brothers & Co., New York bankers, have failed with liabilities estimated at $250,000. The National Exchange Bank of Troy, N. Y., failed. has Harvey N. Thorpe was hanged at Auburn, N. Y., for killing William E. Howard (colored) in September, 1876. The murderer and his victim were both convicts in the Auburn prison at the time the crime was committed. Allen Congdon, of Westfield, Mass., aged four years, died after three days' sickness, caused by the bite of a Spitz dog, received six weeks ago, and the doctors pronounced the case one of genuine hydrophobia. The board of education of New Haven Conn., have resolved, by vote of six to three, to dispense with religious services in the public schools The following are the Democratic pluralities for New York State officers as declared by the board of State canvassers Lieutenant-Governor- Beach, 11,264 Comptroller-Oleott, 36, 111 Attorney-General -Schoonmaker, 11,541 Treasurer- Mackin, 13,657; State Engineer Seymour, 85,164. As two men named Tower and Long were driving across a railroad crossing near Milford, Mass., their vehicle was struck by a passing train and one man was killed and the other fatally injured. Sunday, the 9th inst., was a memorable one in the history of liquor selling in New York. as the previous three days' excitement caused by the arrest of large number of liquor dealers for failures to produce licenses culminated in the arrest of several hundred more and the shutting up of all the saloons in the city. Western and Southern States. About two years ago Lyman Blackman, a farmer living near Beamington, Mich., deeded his farm to his son Henry, on condition that the latter should support his parents and his sister. The son failed to keep his agreement, whereupon his father started for Pontiac to take out the necessary papers revoking the deed. While he was away Henry quarrelled with his mother and sister and shot them both dead. after which he set fire to the house and barn. The murderer was arrested and lodged in jail at Pontiac. Benjamin F. Godfrey. aged nineteen, was engaged to be married to Miss Nellie E. Win ninger, both of Norfolk, Va. A quarrel arose between them, and the young lady refused the young man' company from church, whereupon he went to saloon, got drunk and procured a revolver Then he went to Miss Winninger residence and asked to see her. Upon her appearance in the hallway he raised the revolver and fired, instantly killing her, and then shot himself, inflicting mortal wound. The steamer Lotus, while on her way from the Red river to New Orleans, caught fire, and the passengers and crew were compelled to jump into the water to escape burning to death. Eight persons were drowned and two met death in the flames. The rest were picked up by a passing steamer. The town of Athens, Ohio, was partially destroyed by a fire, which began in bakery in the business part of the town. The total loss is $60,000, on which there is an insurance of about $6,000. The Indians in the Black Hills region completely surrounded the city of Deadwood, and a force of United States troops was sent to the relief of the people. The German National Bank of Chicago has failed. The directors announce that they will be able to pay depositors in full. William S. Bergen, who murdered Thomas J. McBride. hotel keeper, in June last, was hanged at Mount Vernon Ohio. When the drop fell the noose slipped and Bergen dropped heavily. half strangled. After fifteen minutes delay Bergen was again placed on the scaffold and this time was launched into eternity. Most of the business portion of Otsego Mich., was destroyed by a fire. A number of men who took part in the Balti more riots during the railroad war have beer sentenced to three and eight months' imprison ment. Applications have been made to have a re ceiver appointed for the German Savings Banl of Chicago. A detachment of the Eighth United State Cavalry entered Mexico in pursuit of a body o cattle thieves at d marauders, and after ter days' scout the soldiers came upon a camp o g Indian distillers of mescal. The troops charge g upon the camp, killing two Indians, wounding three more and putting the rest to flight. Th tents and other articles found in the camp wer a destroyed. Cochran & Fulton's whiskey house in Louis ville, Ky., caught fire and was destroyed, th burning whiskey running into the street and filling the gutters. Other buildings were dam aged also, and the loss inflicted amounts t several hundred thousand dollars At Fountain Bluff township, III., Charle Mulrich shot and instantly killed his wife an then blew his own brains out. Domestic dif ficulties led to the crime. From Washington. The public debt statement for Novembe shows decrease in the debt for the month o $1,323,634.63, and the following balances in th treasury Currency, $8,816,396.39 specia fund for redemption of fractionel currency $9,806,002 special deposit of legal tenders fo y redemption of certificates of deposit, $36,055, 000 coin (including coin certificates, $82, 391,400), $133,970,214.48 outstanding lega tenders, $351,340,288 amount due militar establishments $4,500,000. The payments made from the treasury b during the Novemer.
