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NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States

NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States
The New York Legislature met in Albany
md ORGANIZED, James W. Hustled CRepubllcan)
oeinp elected speaker Of the assembly.
John Bonner i Co., well-known stock brok-
,rs Of New York city, failed. The amount m
yolyed by their failure is about sl;Uoo'o wv,
ahd upon the heels of the financial lal OF tne
6rm came the suspension OF the NC" i?ih
and Brokers' Associa1loI; " Mn.n
NJ Ronne, was president, and all OF whose
ava;lable resources he had utilized. many
hankers and brokers had left securities IN the
bands of the firm as collateral for loans, ana
theae securities could not be found, as Bonner
had fled from the city just before fhe CRASH.
Tbree more bodies have been recovered from
The rims OF the New York candy mandatory.
The Pennsylvania Legislature met at Harris
burgh and organized.
One hundred failures and slgnmentS were
reported in New York in December, me aggpe-
cate liabilities of which were nearly Se'ooo,ooo.
Miss Lizzie Davis, aged nineteen was stabbed
and INSTANTLY killed in her home in Ferndaie,
by John Haddock, aged twenty-one, who
then proceeded to his house, q few doors OH,
and shot himself through the heart. jealousy
is believed to have led to the double Tragedy.
Thomas s. Lambert, ex-president OF the
Popular Life Insurance company, ol
New York, recently found guilty OF perjury IN
to false statements OF tne company D
condition, was sentenced to i've years imprlson'
ment at hard labor in the State prison.
A fire at Salem, N. j., destroyed a number OF
buildings in the business part OF the place,
doing damage to the extent OF ABOUT S4o'ooo'
Two excise bills and q New York city charter
amendment have been introduced IN the New
York Legislature.
At a meeting of the directors OF the Bulis
Head Bank, Of New York. 1t was resolved 10
wind up the affairs OF the lnsututlon.
Governor Conner was inaugurated at Angus
ia, Me-, and Governor Rice at Boston, MASS.
Four of the former managers of the Charter
Oak Life Insurance Company, OF Hartford,
Conn.,, have been indicted for conspiring to de-
fraud the policy holders, as alleged in the
complaint
The Woburn Five Cent Savings Bank, Of
ffuulh ggff bus MaaRggy, has 8 been e nssaHHsl1 tfa9 sh aqlRg
Bank, Of Salmon Falls, N. H., has given notice
that it will pay up depositors as fast as possible
and retire from business.
A fire in Harrisburg, Pa, destroyed the malt
house Of B. M. Greider Il Co., causing o loss of
$40, 900, on which there is SIS, 800 insurance :;
and q fire in Franklin, Pa, burned down
Bailey's block, causing q loss estimated at $780,.
900, on which there is a partial insurance.
Several vessels were wrecked and many lives
were lost by a severe storm Of wind and snow
along the Atlantic coast in the vicinity Of Cape
Cod.
The census Of New York State, just pub
lished, gives the total population at 4,69S,-
95S. Native born, 3,5O3, 300 ; foreign, 1885,
ST., PIT came from Ireland 367, 351 from Ger
many and 119, 900 from England. The total
number of voters in the State reaches l ILL.,
462, Of whom 747, 280 are natives and S94, 1872
foreign born.
The committee Of New York aldermen ap-
pointed to investigate the ring frauds have
made their report, after taking q vast amount
of testimony, including that Of Tweed. The
report says that the evidence brought to light
the fact that frauds had been committed upon
the city to the amount Of thirty millions of
dollars. Of which enormous sum only $876, 900
had been recovered, The report says the
evidence shows that officials and representa-
tiyes Of all political parties were engaged in
these gigantic robberies; and the committee
are Of opinion that they have brought SUI
fcent evidence to light to enable the city
successfully to defend actions pending against
it for 81, 900, 900.
At a meeting Of the New York board Of alder
men q resolution to recommend the attorney
general and corporation council to release
VIM. NJ. Tweed from imprisonment after secur-
ing his property for the city and taking proper
means to obtain his future testimony, was oar
ried by q vote Of thirteen to seven.
The disasters along the Atlantic coast during
the recent heavy storm were numerous. A
large number Of vessels were driven ashore.
The steamer Old Colony, running between New
York and Fall River, was disabled by accident
to her machinery and drifted for eleven hours
at the mercy of a high sea, but was eventually
towed into Newport harbor by a wrecking COM
pany's steamer.
The bank commissioner Of Connecticut has
restrained the Thompsonville Savings Bank
from doing further business until an examine
ton into its condition can be made.
A large fire broke ont in a mine ct Summit
Hill, Pa, and burned fercely for a long time,
causing a loss Of over $50, GOO and the de-
s~truction of q breaker at Shenandoah, Pa, be-
longing to the Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany. caused a loss Of 500, 900.
Mayor Ely, Of New York, asserts, in his
annual message to the common council, that
the city government is too complex and the
police department to expensive.
A fire broke out in the drying room OF the
publishing house OF Houghton & Co., Cam
bridge, Mass, and destroyed al immense
sheets of portions Of Webster's dictionary,
a large part OF the February number Of the
Atlantic Monthly, and q large quantity Of sheets
belonging to other works. The total loss il
about $40 900.
Iu compliance with a resolution Of the board
Of directors of the Pottsville (Pa.) bank, thai
institution was closed to depositors.
Eta Hazeltine and Sadie Sharp, aged respec
lively fifteen and eleven, broke through the
ice on a pond near Hyannis, Mass, and were
drowned.
Dennis Donnelly was sentenced to be hanged
at Pottsville, Pa, for the murder Of Thomas
Sanger. He is the sixteenth "Molly Mcguire
condemned to death.
Western and Southern States.
The German Savings Bank Of Lafayette,
Ind, has failed. Its liabilities are placed al
$89, 900 and nominal assets at 1874, 900.
While making New Years calls in Cleveland
Ohio, Charles T. Boyer and G. Meitzer, clerks
in q clothing store, were thrown from theil
buggy. Boyer was instantly killed and Meitzel
was seriously wounded.
Colonel F. W. NJ. Holiday was %inaugurated
governor Of Virginia with much display, this
being the first occasion since colonial times
that a governor Of Virginia has been inaugu'
rated with such imposing public ceremonies.
Recent Western failures Joseph B. Helmer,
Of Chicago, real estate and loan broker, with
about $3.50, 900 liabilities Jacob Bum, OF
Springfield, ILL.,, banker, with about $500, 00C
liabilities, and ,Hickox & Spears, Of San Fran
cisco, bankers, with liabilities unknown.
Seven men were instantly killed by the
explosion of two tons Of nitro-glycerine that
we're about to be removed to q railroad car near
Negaunee, Mich. The force OF the explosion
was 80 terrific that it was felt distinctly three
miles away q locomotive was thrown fifty
feet into the air and landed q shapeless wreck,
and Of the seven men killed three were blown
into a thousand fragments.
A wagon containing Mrs. Goodloe and fou,
children was backed by a frightened team of q
bridge over the Odin river, near Nashville,
Tenn. and all the children we're drowned.
According to dispatches from various parts
of Iowa. Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Wis
consin nearly all business was suspended,
owing to the extraordinary amount Of mud
prevailing in the localities mentioned. Every
city, town and country road, lane or alley was
covered with the liquid Nuisance to such an
extent that traffic was at q standstill, and far
mers ventured out only in cases Of necessity,
while cattle, hogs and grain and all kinds OF
produce were kept from market. In Laporte,
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