The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-10-29

OF the Jail Mt Cumberland, Md, while trying
to swallow large piece OF meat at dinner
was choked to death.
On a recent evening the new bridge of the
Sandy Creek Valley railroad over Big Walnut
creek, in Ohio, fell with terrible crash into
the water. Eight workmen were the
bridge, but were only slightly injured.
Rev. Joseph Ferrar, pastor of colored
Baptist church in Richmond Va, dropped
dead OF heart disease while officiating at a
funeral.
A package of papers that had been dropped
from the lost balloon Pathfinder on the shores
OF Lake Michigan has been found at Lake
Station, Ind, few miles from Chicago. The
package contained printed circulars with the
inscription, "Thrown from Professor Wise $
trans-continental balloon Pathfinder" 1t is
now believed to be certain that the air-ship,
with its two occupants, were lost in Lake
Michigan.
| William Hogg one OF the Oldest and most
highly respected citizens of Bloomington, H.,
shot his daughter Mary, aged eighteen, and
| his son William, aged twelve. Then stepping
| into the woodshed he put the pistol to his
| own head and fired. The father and daughter
were fatally wounded, but the son is likely TO
recover Hogg WAS always considered eccen-
trio, and recently had been unfortunate in
business speculations.
|
i Rush arrived at San Francisco from Ounalaska
without her commander, George W. Bailey,
who was lost overheard in heavy gale off
| Cape Flattery.
| An Associated Press dispatch says that near
Montgomery Landing, Miss, Mr.. and Mrs.
4 johnson and their two children, who were on
a trading boat, were attacked by party of six
colored men. Mr.. johnson was wounded, and
! Mrs. johnson brutally treated. The colored
men plundered the boat and cut it adrift. As
sistance was rendered by q passing steamer.
Frighttul abuses OF the prisoners in the Mil
waukee House OF Correction are reported. 1t
is charged that the dread furnished the con-
victs Is made from damaged cow iced; that
| embryo calves, dogs and glandered horses have
been furnished as 10 eat, and that the prisoners
are beaten and confined in a filthy hole OF five
/ feet four inches by five feet, where they are
compelled to remain twenty days ct time
| The account says the whole story is the most
revolving ever published in this country, and
it is claimed that all the charges can be
verified.
novel six-day walking and running match
] between men and horses has taken place in
| San Francisco, the four-legged contestants de-
teating their two-legged competitors by the
| following scores Horses-Pinafore $50 miles;
| Nellie, $50, and Dan Mccarthy Ell. Men
| Guerrero, 375 miles, and Brodie 262.
| At Strongville, Ohio, Jacob Muller a farmer
| fifty years Of sge was killed outright his wife
was fatally wounded and an idiotic son dan
| gerously injured. The terrible crime was
done in the night, and WINS the sole work of
! Louis Muller, another son twenty three years
old, who was arrested and made confession,
| saying he had been angered at the other mem
| bers oil the family for trying 10 take advantage
| OF him.
From Washington.
General Francis A. Walker, superintendent
OF the census, with view to securing greater
| accuracy and uniformity in the agricultural
statistics Tor the tenth censrs, has lust issued
a circular setting forth the aims and wishes Of
| the bureau with regard TO the method OF
| arranging such statistics. The census enum-
GRAFTON will begin June /, 1880, and end on or
| before June 80, 1885, and ali persons engaged
| in agriculture are desired to make notes from
| time 10 time OF the quantities and values OF
| their several crops gathered, and the number
of acres OF land planted, IN order that the
| statements, when made to the enumerators,
may be of the highest possible value.
| The forthcoming annual report OF the Pay
mast err General Of tho Army Tor the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1872 will say that the
! ceipts OF the Department were Sl5, 1853 900,
OF which amount $l2, 700 90 were disbursed,
! $500, 0oa have been deposited, and the bal
ance, 81 1885, 100 is on hand.
| The annual report OF Surgeon General
Barnes will be very long document, and
last FISCAL year the av erage number OF troops
| in service was about q 900 whites and ,942
| colored. The total number of cases of sick
ness among the white troops was about 3, 700,
and among the colored about 500. The aggre-
gate number OF deaths was: Whites, AL; col
| ored, 23l The report will give III detail an
| account OF the operations of the surgical divi-
! sion, and medical sta tement of the casualties
| in tho fourteen engagements between United
| States troops and Indians during the last fiscal
year. The report will also show that there
| were Gil new specimens added TO the medical
| museum during the year; that twenty five
| assistant SUI gcons were promoted, and thir-
teen candidates Tor appointments examined
and passed. The number rejected aggregates
| about thirty-onc. There are two vacancies in
| tho list OF regular surgeons. Fourteen men
are on sick leave, eight OF whom are incapaci-
tated for service Six are on regular leave
and l54 are on duty. There have been during
the year $500 new volumes and pamphlets
| added to the medical library, which now in
cludes 49, 900 volumes and over that number
Of pamphlets.
One OF the cases in which it is sought to
transfer actions against Federal officers from
State 70 Federal courts has been argued before
the United States Supreme Court.
Foreign News.
General Roberts on entering Cabul made q
speech to the following effect: 1t will be
NeCeSSiTy 10 lnillCt severe
ings OF the Bala-Hissar and of the city inter-
ferng with proper military occupation will be
destroyed. A heavy fine will be levied on
the citizens. A military governor will be
placed over the city and country within a
radius OF ten miles. All the inhabitants under
his Jurisdiction will be required to surrender
their arms within a week on pain OF death if
they tail to do so. Rewards will be paid Tor
the denunciation and conviction OF any person
corcencd in the massacre OF the British
embassy.
Sir Garnet Wolseley, COMMANDMENTS chief
OF the English iotces in South Africa declares
that the Beers must submit to Briteh rule
The Beers have adopted resolution that
not hing will satisfy them but independence.
Carl Eekert, the composer and conductor
OF the royal orchestra at Berlin, is dead.
A party of French agriculturists, numbering
seventy-nine men, women aud children, have
lett Havre Tor Southampton on their way to
Texas.
Four rowing bands OF armed Nihlists, aggre-
eating eighty persons, have been captured in
n wooded district near Kieff, Russia, after a
sharp resistance.
a few nights ago a hurricane in southeastern
Spain was accompanied by heavy rains which
overlooked the rivers Mundo and Segura, and
flooded the popnlous and fertile valley which
they water. The cities Of Lorca, O.ihuela,
Murcia and Crevillente, and large number
oil villages between Murcia, Alicante and Car.
tagena, were more or less injured. The rivers
| uLtenly ose several yards during the night,
and the Inhabitants were compelled to fly with
out saving any property. The streams were
covered with wrecks of farm houses, agricul-
tural mplements, dead cattle and some human
corpses. The churches and public buildings
were occupied by thousands of fIlgitiyes. The