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NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States.

NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States.
Judd Mann, the engineer, and James Nc
CURE, the fl mi Of an express train that ran
into q freight train at Onreonta, N. Y, were
killed and both locomotives badly damaged.
William r. Nottingham, DID,, LID,
Protestant Episcopal bishop of Maryland,
died at his SUNNI or residence In Orange, Nd,
a few days since, aged seventy-iour years..
The business failures IN the United States
for the first nine months of this year are given
in Dun, Barlow & Co.'s circular as $500 in
number, with liabilities aggregating $8l,054,-
94G. For the same period in 1878 the number
OF failures was 8,678, with liabilities aggregat-
ing Sls7, I'll, l29.
The destruction by fire of a sin-story brick
building in New York, used as a storehouse
tor grain, entailed a loss exceeding $1,000 600.
Eighty thousand brick have found q resting
place on the bottom OF the Hudson. me
schooner Catskill, containing that amount OF
brick, was run into at night off Newburg by
the steamer st. John and sunk.
The assembly OF governors to arrange the
details OF the centennial anniversary OF the
6uIE6QQor VI LUc Guku6u dIluy az
met for organization in Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, a few days ago. Governors
Andrews, OF Connecticut; Holiday, of Vir-
ginia; Hoyt, of Pennsylvania; Simpson, Of
South Carolina; Jarvis, OF North Carolina;
Hall, of Delaware; Carroll, OF Maryland, and
Colonel Lincoln, representing Governor Tai
bot, of Massachusetts, were present. Governor
Holiday was chosen president of the meeting,
and Colonel Lincoln, secretary. There was
speaking by Mayor Stokley, Governor Car
roll, Governor Hoyt and Governors Holiday,
Hall, Jarvis and Simpson. Governors Hoyt,
Simpson and Holiday wore appointed O COM
mittee on resolutions, and they reported reso-
lutions which were adopted. The cele-
bration was commended, and O committee
OF arrangements OF one from each State, to be
nominated by the governors thereof, of which
committee Governor Holiday should be chair
man, was advised.
The eighty. -four hour walking match in New
York, in which the contestants walked or ran
fourteen hours each day for six days, was
poorly attended. Fitzgerald came in first
with q score OF 377 miles, and took first prize
of 81, 200; Colston made 80 miles and won
$500; Campann, 1863 miles, $500; Vint, $50
miles, $500, and Waters 1888 miles, 5000.
At Saratoga, N. Y, the second trial Of Jesse
| DllllDRB, CUdIE6u Will luuluok1uS III viz "ao
postponed by mutual consent until the first
Tuesday in January, 1880. Billings Hos re-
admitted 10 bail in the sum of $4,000.
James H. Riley, OF Saratoga, defeated We'll
lace Ross, of ST. John, N. B., in a three-ma1e
scuiling race at Norwich, Conn.
William Blake, referee in the recent Chau-
tauqua Lake boating affair, has written letters
to Hanlan and Courtney suggesting That the
l:<pz.1k~~ ,Lo.k <ba noproap$ nf tho pllrna ho
settled by the men actually rowing a lace to-
gether on the same terms as before.
The trial ut Newark, N. j., of Joseph A.
John Armstrong, his coachman, at Montolair,
resulted in q verdict OF not guilty by the jury,
who were out ninety-seven hours before they
came 10 n decision.
Mrs. Adele F. Lucas, who demanded $l5,-
900 under the c~ivil-damages act from George
Bulwinkle, a Brooklyn liquor dealer, charging
that he had in spite OF her warnings sold liquor
to her husband and made him q drunkard,
was awarded $50 in the Brooklyn city court.
Three little Pittsburgh ~girls-Stella, Lila
and Mary D~unn-obtained possession Of a
railway signal torpedo, which they attempted
to open by pounding on it with a stone. An
explosion followed, which fatally injured
Stella, aged three years. A fragment struck
Lila in the face, cutting out one eye and
probably destroying the sight OF the other.
Mary, the oldest. aged seven, who handled
the torpedo, escaped with no more serious in
! jury thnn badly laceratcd hands.
About thirty farmers and other prominent
gentlemen identified with agriculture interests
met in the rooms OF the Farmers Club in New
York, for the purpose of organizing a national
agricultural society. Mr.. j. H. Preall called
the meeting to order. and announced the OBJ
jects of the proposed society, which he said
we o to provide tor meetings of agriculturists,
at which an interchange OF opinions could take
place, and for the advancement and protection
OF agriculture in this country. The plan plo-
posed is a model OF one which existed in the
United States before the war, with the addi-
ton OF many OF the leading features of the
Royal Agricultural Society Of England. An
nual fairs are to be held, which is conceded
would be of practical benefit to the farmers of
the United States, as we'll as OF particular
States. The diffusion OF agricultural knowl-
edge and the encouragement OF emigration
are all included among the aims OF the society.
On motion the t~ollowing-named officers were
chosen: President, Victor L. Prolette, Of
Pennsylvania; vice-presidents, ex-Gov. Hyde,
OF Connecticut, and DR.. A. S. Heath Hsecrc-
taries, Ezra Whitman and d. W.. Wilson. A
committee was appointed 10 draft o constitu-
ton and bylaws tor tho proposed society.
Montauk, the great Indian reservatio on and
peninsula ut the southeastern extremity OF
Long Island, has been cold at auction, realIz-
ing ISL 600. The trnct sold is from nine to
ten miles in length; in width varies from
about one mile and a halt to three miles, and
including land under water contains about
1900 acres.
fire at Sag Harbor, Long Island, destroyed
the Montauk Steam Cotton Mills, entailing a
total loss OF about two hundred thousand dol
lars, on which the insurance is about eighty
thousand.
Western and Southern States.
General Merritt's troops operating against
| the Colorado Utes have been ordered to return
to their proper stations, leaving al the White
River Agency only a sufficient number OF
men to guard the government property. This
action was taken to prevent the troops from be-
il z showed Up in the heart OF the mountains.
A force will he concentrated Mt some point in
the Southern Ute reservation, to conduct
operations against that tribe should they fail to
deliver up the individuals eng aged in the kill
ing OF Major Thornburgh. Regarding the
feeling among the people OF Colorado, Inspec-
tor w. j. Pollock telcgraphs to the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs from Denver, Col,
as follows: "The Governor and leading citi-
zens here unanimously affirm that the Indians
must be removed from the State, or extermi
mated by the State if not by Federal force
Confidence, they say, can mover be restored,
and it is only a question whether the result
shall be attained at once or by slow and tedious
warfare"
The official returns OF the California election
l~- $Lo$ tLn xyNfn IN (lhtnnQn am1DrQflOn
was: In favor OF it, 1888, and against it,
l54, 638.
Many valuable blooded horses were burned
to death in a fire which destroyed a large barn
and outbuilding near Springdale, Ohio.