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NEWS SUMMARY. Eastern and Middle States. Failures among New York business still continue, the most prominent one of cent date being that of Joel Hayden & manufacturers of brass work, with liabilit of $400,000. The New York chamber of commerce adopted a memorial to Congress against Bland silver bill. A great deal of conflicting testimony ing the condition of the steamer Metrop has been bronght out in New York during official investigation into the recent disaster the North Carolina coast. Three men were ser ously injured by an plosion of gas in a mine near Pottsville, Pa. The bridge over the Schuylkill river at street, Philadelphia, fell in, causing a of $100,000. A fire in the building occupied by the Times, $200,000. at Troy, N. Y., caused a loss of The Dorchester Saving Bank, of Dorchest Mass., and the Rockport Savings Bank in same State have been enjoined from further business by an order of the court on account of their impaired condition A demonstration in favor of a protect tar ff took place in Pittsburgh, Pa. Nearly the towns in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia were represented, from 12,000 to 15,000 men were in the sion. The meeting was held in the expositi building, and resolutions in conformity its object were passed. The schooner Speedwell arrived in New JO ouo inq 118 pus offeces the crew of the vessel Sallie M. Steelman, was discovered flying signals of distress east of the Bermuda islands. The told a horrible story of suffering and balism. They were without food for days, when one of the men, in his desperati attempted to kill & companion, but was shot dead. Tue rest of the crew then pieces of flesh from the corpse which boiled and eat. Some of the remains salted down for future use and the rest buried but, fortunately, on the next day Speedwell was sighted and rescued the vors. The International Trust Compamy, a City (N. J.) savings bank, has suspended. A collision between the English ship Amerca and the American brig Carrie low, off Sandy Hook, near New York, resu! in the sinking of the latter and the loss of captain and s:eward. The death of the Hon. Gideon Welles place at Hartford, Conn., on the eleven He was born in Glastonbury, Conn., in 1802, studied law, became editor and proprie of the Hartford Times in 1828, held a of minor offices, and in 1851 was appoin 8 cretary of the navy. under Lincoln. office he held until 1869, and since then he been a liberal contributor to the press of country. Dur ng the 1.st presidential paign he supported Tilden. The public school teachers of New York had cation. their salaries reduced by the board of The American Poultry Association Portland, Me., Charles A. Sweet, of Buffalo, *Supiseed "X The Pennsylvania Sta'e Senate has joint resolution in favor of protec ion and nouncing the bill for the revision of the before the Washington. committee on ways and The Cambric mill of the N. H. Slater facturing Company at Webster. Mass., was stroyed by tire and an estimated loss of ! 000 Freight charges on the trunk lines from East to the West have been materially Western and Southern States A suit for libel, brought in Cincinnati P. T Barnum and others for $50,000, ten days, attracting much attention, and solting in a vedict of $40,000 for the tiffs. The action was brought by a show publiction 8 10 4 nooor uo Aund defendants in the Utica (N. Y.) show. which, the plaintiffs charged, broke up A dispatch fr m New Orleans states tha 8 the sinking of the steamer Lessie Taylor the Atchafalaya river, a colored woman no child and four or five deck hands weredrow The steamer had a cargo of sugar. cotton, or cotton seed, and was valued at $40,000. J A fatal duel was fought at Matamoras, between Hon. Nester Maxan. a lawyer, and M De La Pena. After two I were fired, the latter gentleman declared S self satisfied, but Mr. Maxan demanded S other round and was shot through the a dying almost instantly. a The San Francisco chamber of commerce .I vassed resolutions in opposition to the : monetization of silver and the repeal of resupmt on act. ' The committee on federal relations in 0 Maryland house of delegates, to which a ferred the memorial of the Hon. Montgon Blair, on the 8th of January last, calling Congress to reopen the electoral question ascertain judic ally who was elected at the last election. and give effect to the 8 of the people, reported unfavorably on a
