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Gone Into Liquidation. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, Dec. 11.-The Simpson Bank. of this city, went into voluntary liquidation yesterday, and J. S. Chew was appointed receiver. It was the oldest banking institution in the city. It is believed that the assets of the bank. if not sacrificed, will be sufficient to pay the creditors in full.
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BANK SUSPENSION. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] LAWRENCE, Kan, Dec. 10, 1877. The Simpson Bank, of this city, went into volun tary liquidation to-day. J. S. Crew was appointed receiver. The liabilities are covered by the assets. The proprietors of the bank were W. H. Simpson and J. J. Crippen.
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BANK SUSPENDED. - Laurence, Kansas, December 11.-The Simpson Bank of this city went into voluntary liquidation yesterday, and J.S. Chew was appointed receiver. It is the oldest banking institution in the city, and it is believed the assets, if not sacrificed, will be sufficient to pay the creditors in full.
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SUPREME COERT DECISIONS FINAL. MONTREAL, Dec. 11.-A cablegram has been received from England announcing that her Majesty's counsellors have ruled that the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada is final, and that no further appeal tothe Privy Council in England can be allowed. This decision is of great importance to Canada, and severs another link that has bound the mother country and the colonies together. DOMESTIC. A KANSAS BANK CLOSED, LAWRENCE, Kan., Dec. 11.-The Simpson Bank of this city went into voluntary liquidation yesterday, and J. S. Chew was appointed Receiver. It was the oldest banking institution in the city. It is believed that the assets of the bank, if not sacrificed will be sufficient to pay the creditors in full. CHIEF JOSEPH'S VISITORS. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 11 -It is estimated that over 5,000 people visited Chief Joseph and his band of Nez Perces at Fort Leavenworth on Sunday. Religious services were held in a tent. The Indians are mostly Catholics. THE MORNING HOUR IN THE SENATE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-In the Senate
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A KANSAS BANK CLOSED. LAWRENCE, Kan., Dec. 11.-The Simpson Bank, of this city, went into a voluntary liquidation today, and J.B. Chew was appointed receiver. It was the oldest banking institution in the city. It is believed that the assets of the bank, if not sacriticed, will be sufficient to pay the creditors in full.
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BY TELEGRAPH. DRIED UP. The Simpson Bank, of Lawrence, Goes Into Voluntary Liquidation. LAWRENCE, Kan., December 10.-The Simpson bank, of this city, went into voluntary liquidation, to day, and Mr. J. S. Crew was appointed receiver. The business of the bank has been unprofitable for some time, and, yesterday, by reason of the sudden falling through of an arrangement whereby large additions were to be made to the resources of the bank, it was deemed best to CLOSE THE DOORS and settle the affairs by the appointment of a receiver. The "Journal," to-morrow, says that all the drafs and collections of the bank had been provided for and protected. The monies received after banking hours on Saturday, had been kept distinct from the bank's funds, and will be returned to the owners. It is believed that the assets of the bank CANNOT BE SACRIFICED, and will be sufficient to pay the creditors of the bank in full. The Simpson Bank was the oldest banking institution in the city. It was started as early as 1858, and has always enjoyed the confidence of the best business men of the city, and the CLOSING OF THE DOORS took the people. generally, by surprise, and it is sincerely regreted. The event did not seem to create any excitement. At the other banks there was more money deposited than drawn, and new accounts were opened by those who had formerly done business at the bank which was closed.
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Another Bank Gone by the Board. LAWRENCE, Ks., Dec. 11-The Simpson Bank of this city, went into voluntary liquidation yesterday, and J.S. Chew appointed Receiver. It was the oldest banking institution in the city, and it is believticient to pay creditors in full. ed the assets, if not sacridced, will be suf surf
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LAWRENCE, Kan, December 11.- The Simpson bank, of the city, went into voluntary liquidation yesterday, and J. S. Chew was appointed receiver. It was the oldest banking institution in the city. It is believed that the assets of the bank, if not sacrificed, will be sufficient to pay the creditors in full.
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SUMMARY OF NEWS. Eastern and Middle States. Over three hundred liquor dealers in New York were arrested in one night because they could not produce & license to sell. Ex-Congressman John H. Burleigh askilled Me by his horse falling at South Berwick, from bridge. Two blocks in the business center of Millerstown, Pa., were destroyed by fire, and a large amount of property was burned. Greenbaum Brothers & Co., New York bankers, $250,000. have failed with liabilities estimated at The National Exchange Bank of Troy, N. Y., has failed. Harvey N. Thorpe was hanged at Anburn. 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 or education of New Haven, Conn., have resolved, by a vote of 6 to 3, schools. to dispense with religious services in the public The following the Democratic plu alities for New York State officers as declared by the board of State canvassers Lieutenant-Gov. ernor Beach, 11,264 Comptroller- Olcott, 36.111; Attorney-General- Schoonmaker, 11,541 ; Treasurer-Mackin, 13,657 State EngineerSeymour, 35,164. As two men named Tower and Long were driving across a railroad crossing near Millford, Mass., their vehicle was struck by a passing train and one man was killed and the other fatally wounded Sunday, the 9th inst., wasa memorable one in the history of liquor selling in New York, as the previous three Gays' excitement caused by the arrest of a large number of liquor dealers for failures to produce licenses culminated in the arrest of several bundred more and the shutting up of all the saloons in the city. Much anxiety in New York on account of the failure to arrive in Liverpool of the ocean steamer City of Berlin, which was overdue a number of days. was allayed by a dispatch sin: that we missing steamer had arrived on the Irish coast in tow of another vessel. The delay was caused by a broken shaft. Mr. Charles F. Smith a former president of the Philadelpais and Reading Railroad Company, bas come out W th statement regarding the condition of the company, in which gross mismanagement and malpractice are charged, as well as the concealment of important facts from him and the stockholders. The miners employed by the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company have had their wages reduced ten per cent. The New York baby show wound up by the distribution of prizes to the winning mothers and infants, at Steinway Hall. The mothers who did not win prizes were excluded from the hall by the manager. but they gathered before the building and loudly and vigorously protested, asserting that he had swindled them with promises which he did not keep. The manager discree escaped by a back door. Hon. Henry L. Pierce, the citizens' candidate, was elected mayor of Boston over Mr. Prince by 2,150 majority. The board of aldermen elected consists of six Republicans and six Democrats. Six prisoners escaped from the Kingston (N. Y.) jail by sawing the bolts and locks off the doors. The Homestead Fire Insurance Company of Watertown, N Y., has been ordered by the insurance superintendent of the State to close up its affairs, on account of a heavy impairment of its capital stock. A fire at Bethel, Vt, burned out several bus ness firms and private families. Damage, over $23,000; partially insured. A cat show has been opened,in New York. Western and Southern States. An election in Georgia resulted in the adopr tion of the new State constitution and the e selection of Atlanta as the permanent capital of the State Constable McElligott was serving a warrant f upon Alvina McGee, in Chicago, when she n seized revolver and fired upon the officer, ine flicting mortal wound, which caused death in a few hours. William D. Bergen, who murdered Thomas J. McBride. a hotel keeper, in June last, was e hanged at Mount Vernon, Ohio. When the drop fell the noose slipped and Bergen dropped heavily. half strangled. After fifteen minutes' le delay, Bergen was again placed on the scaffold and this time was launchedinto eternity. er Most of the business portion of Otsego. n Mich., was destroyed by a fire. as A number of men who took part in the Baltiid more riots during the railroad war, have been of ment. sentenced to three and eight months' imprisonDf Application has been made to have a red. ceiver appointed for the German Savings Bank of Chicago. at A detachment of the Eighth United States na Cavalry entered Mexico in pursuit of a body of de cattle days' thieves and marauders, and after a ten scout the soldiers came upon a camp of or Indian distillers of mescal. The troops charged is upon the camp, killing two Indians. wounding athree more and putting the rest to flight. The tents destroyed. and other articles found in the camp were ey ng Cochran & Fulton's whiskey house in Louis ville, Ky., caught fire and was destroyed, the burning whiskey running into the street and at filling the gutters. Other buildings were dam aged also, and the loss inflicted amounts to several hundred thousand dollars. At Fountain Bluff township, III., Charle Mulrich shot and instantly killed his wife and a then blew his own brains out. Domestic dif ficulties led to the crime. 10The official canvass of the vote in Wisconsin sy for governor shows the following results William A. E. Smith, Republican, 78,759 Jame es, Mallory, Democrat, 70,486 Edward P VAllis, Greenback, 26,216 Colin M. Campbell he Socialist, 2,176 J. C. Hall. Prohibitionist, 399 8 attering, 86 total, 178,122. by Hodge & Co., wholesale stationers of Sai ds Francisco, have failed with liabilities place at $280,000 and $240,000 in assets. 80 all A proposition has been made in the Ten nessee Legislature to fund the State debt a eat fifty cents, the new bonds to bear interes at four per cent. en the According to incomplete returns from th cotton-producing States the cotton crop thi ly, year will not be 80 large as last year, o en account of heavy rains and killing frosts. The suspension of the Simpson Bank ce, Lawrence, Kansas, the oldest banking house o dsthe place, is announced go The directors of the German American Ban ite of Chicago decided to suspend payment an go into liquidation. ned From Washington. an The President has again sent in for CO hey firmation New the names of the new officers of th York custom house, upon whose previous uld nominations The foller the Senate had failed to act. are
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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. In Fountain Bluff Township, Jackson County, III., on the 7th, Charles Maulrich, in a fit of insane jealousy, shot and killed his wife with a rifle, and then deliberately reloaded the same and shot himself. The parties had been married but four years, but had separated on account of various disagreements. Five persons were seriously burned by the explosion of a kerosene lamp in the house of Mr. Ragner at Glenwood, Iowa, on the night of the 8th. Two died soon afterward, and the condition of the others rendered their recovery doubtful. Mrs. Gaskill was fatally burned at Cincinnati, on the 10th, while kindling fire with kerosene oil. The Simpson Bank of Lawrence, Kansas, has been placed in the hands of a receiver. It is believed that the assets of the bank, if not sacrificed, will be sufficient to pay the creditors of the bank in full. Frederick Shurer, an estimable citizen of Fort Wayne, Ind., after a few days' sickness became violently insane, and suddenly seizing his two-year-old daughter threw her out of a second-story window, causing fatal injuries. He then armed himself with an ax and drove his wife and family from the house, after which he locked himself in and began chopping the furniture to pieces. A squad of officers endeavored to capture him, but with his uplifted ax he held them at bay for three hours. He was finally overpowered and manacled and taken to the insane asylum. The family of a Mr. Roger, at Glenwood, Iowa, were seriously burned on the night of the 8th by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. Two children died of their injuries, another was thought to be fatally burned, and the father and mother were both seriously injured. George Ellis, a United States Deputy Marshal, on the night of the 9th undertook to arrest a notorious desperado named Tom Moore, in Casey County, Ky. Shots were exchanged almost simultaneously, and both fell mortally wounded and soon after died. By the explosion of a steam boiler in Clark & Buck's machine-shop at Vincennes, Ind., on the 11th, John Miller and James Coleman were instantly killed. Several others were more or less injured. A continuance has been granted in the case of Scott, alias Rand, the St. Elmo (III.) murderer, until the February term of the Knox County Court. The defense will set up a plea of insanity. The German-American Bank of Chicago suspended on the 12th. Its liabilities to depositors are $65,000; assets, $108,000. The stockholders will lose 30 per cent. Allen Congdon, aged 4 years, of Westfield, Mass., died on the 7th of hydrophobia after three days' sickness, caused by the bite of a Spitz dog, received six weeks previously. A. B. McCartney, of Mercer, Pa., was burned to death in the City Hotel at Beringer City, Pa., on the morning of the 12th. The hotel was totally destroyed together with several adjacent buildings. The Newark Savings Institution, of Newark, N. J., which has been doing business for over 30-years and has $11,000,000 of deposits, has been taken charge of by the State Chancellor, on a petition of its managers, to insure an equal division of assets
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'SMAN OF SUMMARY Eastern and Middle States. suspension of the National Exchange prounous #1 "X 'N 10 onL The New Haven (Conn.) board of three. to dis- education of x19 10 010A 49 appud our " 4PM estied any schools Greenbatim Brothers & Co., New York bank- being their popuedsus DAVO 000 095$ 18 peovid 'sia XIS pus A Spitz dog bit Allen Congdon, weeks aged after- four Jesse -o.id protors perp pus note NWM pv[ on 10 p.i.m three days intense suffering, the WEAL equities jo euo CHAC our Supunou At Auburn, N. Y., Harvey N. Thorpe 1876. of hanged for the murder, in September, Both men William E, Howard. colored man. the emp the 18 uospad up arem murder was committed. Two men named Long and Tower Milford, were driving across railroad crossing near passwhen their vehicle was struck by other our pus SUM tittle etio puv they Suj injured fatally. The following are the Democratic pluralties by State officers in New York, as declared 11,264 for board of State canvassers: Beach, the Olcott, 36,111 Schoonmaker, 11,541; Mackin, 13,657 Seymour, 35,164. fire in Lewiston, Me. caused damage persussion 000'98 moqu 10 amount em V 04 The Sunday liquor law in New York ninth was enforced with more strictness on the hundred than it has been before. Over three our 4q opsur 0.10M bredeer 1 10 arreets police during the day. The ocean steamer City of Berlin from her des- New for Liverpool, failed to arrive at cable our puv no MOT her arrival was allayed only by the by that she had reached dispatch stating in tow of another vessel. A Palay. you JO estivo om SUM Inelsud there jo broken contr The miners at the mines of the had Lehigh their and evay Company Code wages reduced ten per cent. The men accepted the reduction. President Charles E. Smith, of the has Philade'phia and Reading Railroad Company, mismade public A the statement affairs of alleging the gross company, and the management in concealment of important facts from on pus and The New York baby show wound winning up by the mothers distribution of prizes to the Hall. The mothers only more pepulite to puv did not win prizes were before hall who by the manager, but they vigorously gathered protestthe building and loudly and them with pelpuims puq eq this ed, promises asserting which he did not keep. The manager discreetly escaped by back door. Hon. Henry L. Pierce, the citizens' Mr. candiwas elected mayor of Boston over date, by 150 majority. The board of alder- and men Prince elected consists of six Republicans six Six Democrats prisoners escaped from the Kingston до Inclus pus eq: Supers &q ('A N) the doors. The Homestead Fire Insurance Company in- of N. Y., has been ordered by the Watertown, superintendent of the State to close of up howay U 10 incount uo service ## Demage quot peurnq "7A Bethel, stook " capital org V and business firms and private families. Particulty 000 828 JOAO A cat show has been opened in New York. The Beringer City Hotel of Beringer City. Producty Immorps BE IIem SV 'peu.ing SUM Pa. McCartney, a guest in the hotel, perA. ished B. in the flames, while the other guests had a narrow escape Watson J. Hildreth and James M. Tighe, partners in New York law collection agency, several after embezzling money for fled past, the total amount of their pecuDetaine to estimated AMERICA Sureq month 000'0018 puv 000'01's Bath, N. Y., Barney Donohue, leader of At along the Erie railroad last August, the strikers guilty to the charge of conspiracy SEM pus commission pus open pepsed to three months' imprisonment. The suspension of the Taunton Savings Bank, of Taunton, Mass., has taken place. A fire in the dye house of the Biddeford, York Me., Manufac- caused Aling : 00 ' 000 04 18 Suppanoms Company exemp turns Two colored men, named Samuel Chambers of Anily punof 9.10M Colling and assaulting George white women at Middleton, Del., and were sentenced to be hanged. Miss Bertha Von Hillern walked 150 miles in fifty consecutive hours at Philadelphia. A new telegraph company, with a capital city. of $10,000,000, has been formed in New York Western and Southern States. trial of a number of men for parti- the The the Baltimore riots during cipating in railroad troubles, resulted in a verdict of recent guilty, and they were sentenced to imprisonment for three to eight months 8 anow Mebbio 78 peSusq SUM Berren 'S milliam Vernon Ohio, last for June. The murdering first attempt to hotel keeper, failure, the noose slipping hang Bergen was stranBergen falling to the ground. half The and crying that he was choking evon gled. second and attempt, fifteen minutes later, was The German Savings Bank of Chicago 000 has deposits are placed at $360 and failed. the The number of depositors 2 200, many of them being poor Germans. are A fire destroyed the business portion of Otsego, fire Mich broke out in Cochran & Fulton's dames 111 pus "Ay 18 esnoy V whisky to other buildings, doing damage -lop pussnoq perpany several 04 Supunoms preds lars Lieutenant Young' detachment of the Eighth States cavalry followed party of cattle United thieves and marauders into Mexico, and came after they had been out ten Indian days the "distillers party mescal, upon they band of attacked and routed, killing two, and whom wounding three and burning the tents other camp paraphernalia Charles Mulrich, living near Grand Tower, his and killed his wife and then blew III., own shot brains out. Family difficulties was the cause of the act. vote for governor The official canvass in Wisconsin Smith, shows Republi- the can, following 78,759 216 Mallory Campbell, Democrat 70,486 Socialist, Allis, 2,176; do Hall. Greenback, 26 Prohibitionist, 399 scattering, 86; total, 78, 122 L John H. Hodge & Co., wholesale stationers San Francisco, have failed. Liabilities, $280,000 assets, $240,000. bill has been introduced in the debt Tennessee A proposing to fund the State us It fifty Legislature cents, the new bonds to pay four per ent. interest. in According to incomplete returns from the this no dose cotton our States Supupoid-uotto "reat [ast su ON eq you ITEM ear a of heavy rains and killing frosts. suspension of the Simpson Bank in of The Lawrence, Kansas, the oldest banking house he place, is announced. 2% directors of the German American Bank and f The Chicago decided to suspend payment to into liquidation. memorial hall in memory of Senator & Mor- cost 48 to erected 09 04 #! V on not less than $200,000. The legislature of California has tax passed of a esolution asking Congress to levy a 250 on each Chinese immigrant. W. Garrett has been elected presi- for John of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ent twentieth consecutive time. be J. W. Collins, the Republican candidate was for Senator in Beaufort county, S. C., tate lected by 1,500 majority. children named Dennis. of Benwood, and Two tub of boiling water, Va., fell into scalded a to death while the other astime. Tatal U JO SUM perside eu entire block of buildings was destroyed 22 An fire at Helena, Ark. Loss, $46,000. y The Indians near Florence, have Arizona, are been
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SUMMARY OF NEW Eastern and Middle States Much anxiety in New York on account of failure to arrive in Liverpool of the oc steamer City of Berlin. which was over & number of days, was allayed by & dispa 8 ating that the missing steamer had arri on the Irish coast in tow of another ves The delay was caused by a broken shaft Mr. Charles E. Smith, & former president the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co pany, has came out with a statement rega ing the condition of the company, in wh gross mismanagement and malprac ice charged, as well 88 the concealment of portant facts from him and the stockhold The miners employed by the Lehigh Wilkesbarre Coal Company have had tì wages reduced ten per cent. The baby show in New York ended with distribution of prizes to the winning infa and mothers. The attendance was small spiritless but R number of mothers, wh babies did not get prizes and who were not mitted to the hall, became very indignant 80 demonstrative against Mr. Hitchcock, manager, that the latter, to avoid discussi retreated by a back door. Six prisoners in the jail at Kingston, N. made their escape by sawing off the bolts locks of the doors. The New York insurance superintendent ordered the Homestead Fire Insurance Co pany of Watertown, N. Y., to wind up paired. affairs, because its capital stock is heavily Several business firms and private fami were losers by a fire in Bethel, Vt. The da age was about $23,000 insured. Hon. Henry L. Pierce was elected mayor Boston over the present incumbent, Mr. Prir by majority of 2,150. He was elected on citizens' ticket, and the board of aldern elected with him comprises six Democrats six Republicans. A fire at Beringer City, Pa., destroyed Beringer City Hotel and other buildings. A McCartney, a guest stopping at the hotel burned to death. while the other guests I rowly escaped a like fate. Barney Donohne, the leader of the I railroad strikers last August, was sentenced Bath, N. Y., to three months' imprisonment the charge of conspiracy against trade commerce. The Taunton Savings Bank, of Taunt Mass has suspended. A fire at Biddeford, Me., destroyed the house of the York Manufacturing Compa causing a loss of $25,000. The female pedestrian, Bertha Von Hille walked 150 miles in fifty hours at Philade pl A new telegraph company has been fort in New York, with a capital of $10,000,000 Three of the Newark (N. J.) savings ba were besieged by scared depositors, m drawing out their deposits. The New York State superintendent of ba has requested the attorney-general to instit proceedings towards closing up the Orier Savings Bank of New York. John Kintzler and his wife, both of th over seventy years of age, were murdered thinly-populated part of Snider county, TI where they lived in an old log house. occupation was telling fortunes. and on night of the tragedy some of the neight heard shots, and soon after observed the ho on fire. On investigation the bodies of two were found burned almost to a cr while several circumstances led to the be that fired. they had been shot before the house An indictment was found against Sherr Breadwell, late president of the broken CI mont Savings Bank of New York, and he arrested. The charge against him is perju on swearing to the bank's condition. Western and Southern States The official canvass of the vote in Wiscon for governor shows the following resu William E Smith, Republican, 78,759: Ja A. Mallory, Democrat. 70,486 Edward Allis, Greenback. 26 216 Colin N. Campt Socialist, 2,176 J. C. Hall, Prohibitionist, scatter ng, 86; total, 178,122. Hodge & Co., wholesale sta'ioners of Francisco. have failed with liabilities pla at $280,000 and $240,000 in assets. A proposition has been made in the I nessee Legislature to fund the State deb fifty cents, the new bonds to bear inter at four per cent. Partial returns from the Southern St show that the cotton crops this year will considerably smaller than last year, owin bad weather. The Simpson Bank of Lawrence, Kansas, oldest banking institution in the city, has g into bankruptcy. It was decided by the directors of the ( man American Bank of Chicago to susp payments and go into liquidation. A bill to re-enact the usury law has I passed by the South Carolina Legislature bill prohibits he collection of interest bey seven per cent. per annum. A memorial hall, to cost not less than $2 000, is to be erected in Indianapolis, to e memorate the late Senator Morton. The California Legislature has resolution calli g upon Congress to levy passe a of $250 on each Chinaman immigrating to United States. John W. Garrett has been re-elected pr de of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad years. the twentieth time in as many consecu The two children of a coal miner na Dennis, living at Benwood. W. Va.. fell in tub of boili g water, and one died insta while the other was fatally scalded. George Collins and Samuel Chambers, colored, were convicted of a criminal ase upon a white woman in Middleton, Del., were sentenced to be hanged. A fire at Helena, Ark., destroyed a bloc buildings, including the office of the I World, and damaged property to the exter $46,000 partially insured. J. D. Easter & Co., of Chicago, manu turers of agricultural implements, have pended, with liabilities placed at over $500, Two thieves at Tackville, Ala., were pure by citizens, caught and killed. From Washington. a The President, House military comm and army authorities deny that there is n danger of a war with Mexico. By the seating of Mr. Eustis, of Louisi in the Senate, that body obtains its full nain of members. which is now more than at previous time. Mr. Hewitt. of New York, has been appoi by Speaker Randall to succeed Mr Potter the House Pacific railroads committee. The President's nominations for collector naval officer have again been reported adverse th ly by the Senate committee. Judge E. G. Loring has tendered his re it nation as judge of the court of claims. seventy-six years old, and resigns under retiring act, which gives him full pay for remainder of his life. He was appointed Massachusetts and is the only Democrat or bench The President has nominated J Bancroft Davis to fill the vacancy, After an exciting and continuous exect session of six hours, the Senate rejected President's nomination for collector and officer 25 to 81 of the port of New York, by a VO
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Eastein and Middle States. The New York baby show wound up by the distribution of prizes to the winning mothers and infants, at Steinway Hall. The mothers who did not win prizes were excluded from the hall by the manager, but they gathered before the building and loudly and vigorously protested, asserting that he had swindled them with promises which he did not keep. The manager discreetly escaped by back door. Hon. Henry L. Pierce, the citizens' candidate, was elected mayor of Boston over Mr. Prince by 150 majority. The board of aldermen elected consists of six Republicans and six Democrats. Six prisoners escaped from the Kingston (N. Y.) jail by sawing the bolts and locks off the doors. The Homestead Fire Insurance Company of Watertown, N. Y., has been ordered by the insurance superintendent of the State to close up its affairs on account of a heavy impairment of its capital stock. A fire at Bethel, Vt., burned out several business firms and private families. Damage, over $23,000; partially insured. A cat show has been opened in New York. A fire at Beringer City, Pa., destroyed the Beringer City Hotel and the bu Idings. A. B. McCartney, a guest *topping at the hotel was burned to death, while the other guests nar rowly escaped like fate. Barney Donohue, the leader of the Erie. railroad strikers last August, was sentenced at Bath. N. Y., to three months' imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy against trade and commerce. The Tannton Savings Bank, of Taunton, Mass., has suspended. A fire in the dye house of the York Manufacturing Company at Biddeford, Me, caused damage amounting to $25,000; fully insured. Two colored men, named Samuel Chambers and George Collins, were found guilty of assaulting white woman, at Middleton, Del., and were sentenced to be hanged. Miss Bertha Von Hillern walked 150 miles in fifty consecutive hours at Philadelphia A new telegraph company, with a capital of $10,000 000, has been formed in New York city. The New York State superintendent of banks has requested the attorney-general to institute proceedings towards closing up the Oriental Savings Bank, of New York city. John Kintzler and his wife, both of them over seventy years of age, were murdered in aly-populated part of Snider county, Pa., where they lived in an old log house. Their occupation was telling fortunes, and on the night of the tragedy some of the neighbors heard shots, and soon after observed the house on fire. On investigation the bodies of the two were found, burned almost to a crisp, while soveral circumstances led to the belief that they had been shot before the house was fired. An indictment was found against Sherman Broadwell, late president of the broken Clairmont Savings Bank of New York, and he was arrested. The charge against him is perjury, on swearing to the bank's condition. At Whitehaven, Pa., twenty-three persons were dangerously poisoned by eating liver pudding that had been boiled in copper kettle. A native of Ireland, named Edward McGovern, died in New York at the patriarchial 109 of years. age Three business blocks in Laconia, N. H., were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of about $10.000, on which there 18 $7,500 insurance and the Forest House, one of the principal hotels in Scranton, Pa., was the scene of an exciting fire, many of the guests having & narrow escape from suffocation. A colored baby show was opened in Gilmore's Garden, New York. Seventy-nine babies were on exhibition and competed for the various prizes. A coal oil car on the rack of the Erie railroad at Paterson, N. J., caught fire, and the burning liquid ran into the streets, communicating the flames to several buildings some of them half mile away. A number of houses, barns and stables were destroyed Eight men were convicted in Wilkesbarre, Pa., of rioting last September, during a strike, and were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and to pay fines more or less large. The seventieth birthday of Whittier, the poet, was commemorated by a gathering of prominent literary men at a dinner in Boston. Western and Southern States. According to incomplete returns from the cotton-producing States, the cotton crop this year will not be 80 large as last year, on account of heavy rains and killing frosts. The suspension of the Simpson Bank of Lawrence, Kansas, the oldest banking house in the place, is announced. The directors of the German-American Bank of Chicago decided to suspend payment and go into liquidation A memorial hall, to cost not less than $200 000, IN to be erected in Indianapolis, to commemorate the late Senator Morton. The California Legislature has passed a resolution calling upon Congress to levy a ax of $250 on each Chinaman immigrating to the United States. John W. Garrett bas been re-elected president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for the twentieth time in as many consecutive years. The two children of a coal miner named Dennis, living at Benwood, W. Va., fell into a tub of boiling water, and one died instantly while the other was fatally scalded. An entire block of buildings was destroyed by fire at Helena, Ark. Loss, $46,000. The Indians near Florence, Arizona, are killing and depredating. Troops have been sent in pursuit. J. D. Easter & Co., of Chicago, manufacturers of agricultural implements, have suspended, with liabilities placed at over $500,000. Two thieves at Tackville, Ala., were pursued by citizens, caught and killed. The border of Texas was the scene of a fleroe fight between State troops helping the civil authorities and band of several hundred Mexicans. The State troops were intrenched in the town of San Elizario, which was beseiged by the Mexicans, who were present in large force. Six of the State troops were killed. Governor Hubbard, of Texas, sent the following dispatch to President Hayes am officially informed that citizens of Mexico, in connection with citizens of El Paso county, Texas, of Mexican birth, were fighting all day yesterday in Texas with detachme of State troops who were aiding our civil authorities. The Mexican force being too strong to be repelled by Texas troops and it being impossible to raise civil posse from the citizens, who are nearly all of Mexican blood and sympathy, and having no re-enforcements within several hundred miles, ask tue aid of such United States troops as may be nearest to the scene of action to repel the invasion of our territory. The origin of hostilities seems to have been dispute in regard to the ownership of certain salt pits in El Paso county. The President ordered several companies of United States regulars stationed in the neighborhood of the scene of warfare to proceed to the assists of the State troops and aid in repelling the invaders of American soil. The Democrats of the California Legislature nominated J. T. Farley for United States Senator, the nomination being equivalent an election, as they have majority in both houses. The boiler in the oat meal manufactory of Stewart & Douglass, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, exploded, causing damage amounting to $20,000. From Washington The Senate finance committee at a meeting considered Mr. Wallace's bill authorizing the issue of one hundred million dollars' worth of four per centum sixty year bonds, in lieu of the four per centum bonds now authorized by law, the long bonds to be of the denominations of twenty -five, fifty and one hundred dollars, and to be issued for the investment of savings. The bill further provides that the coupons shall be payable either in legal tender notes or in coin, at the option of the government, and that the money received from the Sale of bonds shall be applied to the redemption of the five-twenty bonds. The committee did not take tinal vote on the bill, but the discussion developed the fact that the committee will probably report it