The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-19

Adams eut the throats OF her i've children, set
fire to her own clothing and was burned to
death.
Stettauer Brothers, of Chicago, who tailed
recently, have furnished statement showing
their lab lities to be $1,519,861 and ter
assets 1914, 1923.
One whole family and number of other
persons were killed by a terrific cyclone which
passed through the northern portion of Craw-
lord county, Ark. The Storm was about one
and three quarter miles in width, and leveled
houses, lumber, barns, fences and everything
that came in its path.
Rear-Admiral Augustus H. Kitty, United
States navy, died the other day at his resi-
dence in Baltimore, Md, aged seventy three
years.
Edward G. Palmer, late president of the
| Louisiana Savings Bank, was arrested at New
Orleans upon two indictments, one charging
| him with the embezzlement in June last OF
| $47 ,437 belonging to the bank, the other
charging him with publishing false reports and
wilfully concealing facts as to the banks
| condition He was imprisoned in default OF
| $40, 900 bail.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey have just closed
a series of revival meetings in Cleveland
| Ohio.
| The annual meeting of the Army of the
| Tennessee, held in Chicago and presided over
| by General W. L. Sherman, was made the oc-
casion Tor rendering reception, devoid OF
political significance, to General Grant. A
! procession several miles in length was re-
viewed by General Grant, and the buildings
| along the line OF march we're profusely deco
! rated. After the review Grant was formally
welcomed by the mayor, and he briefly re-
| sponded. In the evening reception was
given to General Grant in Haverly's theater.
The distribution of the estate of w. S.
O'Brien, of San Francisco, amounting to
SO, 900, 900, which was to have taken plar e last
4 August, by decision OF the probate court has
been indefinitely postponed, as the estate is
defendant in four of the suits brought by John
/ Ell. Burke against j. G.. Burke and others in
volving $3S, $4,000.
From Washington.
The estimates tor the consular and diplo-
matte service for the next fiscal year will
exceed those Tor the current year by about
$685. COO.
An appropriation of So, 750, COO will be
asked for taking the census in the next fiscal
year.
Professor G. v. Riley, Chief of the United
States chronological Commission, has re-
| Gently returned from the South, where, under
the auspices OF that commission, he has been
making thorough study of insects which in
| jariously affect the cotton plant. He reports
that the results OF the years work are in
| every way satisfactory and valuable and says
they will be ready for publication at an early
day.
Colonel w. B. Thompson, superintendent
of the railway mail service, has completed his
| annual report for the last fiscal year. 1t ex-
hibits an increase of over 400, 90 900 pieces of
mail matter handled on the postal cars during
| the twelve months ended June 80 last, the ag-
gregate being nearing $780, 900, or about
twenty per cent. more than the preceding year.
General Thomas j. Brady, Second Assist
ant Postmaster General, has completed his
annual report, covering the entire field OF in
land mail transportation. 1t shows that dur
ing the fiscal year which ended last June mail
service was in operation in the United States
npon ,059 railroad routes, aggregating 70, 99l
miles, at a cost OF S9, 567 500; and upon ll2
steamboat routes. of a total length OF 81 $40
miles, at a cost of 1854 1888, and 9, 225 "star'
routes, aggregating the enormous total OF 1915
49, miles at cost OF sc, 401 $3.50. The total
| increase as co impaired With the preceding year
was 479 routes, l4,745 miles and $689, 1877.
A Washington dispatch says the effect of the
passage of the arrears of pensions act will be
brought forcibly TO the notice of Congress this
winter by an application for 49, 0 1908 addi-
tional for the additional annual appropriation
for the payment of pensions. 1t seems that
the act developed an overwhelmingly surpIis-
ing number of hitherto unheard- OF pensioners
Last years appropriation, amounting to 800,
lOoJOJt, WIS duOut JpA5JUU,VUU SllOEt. lie
deficiency must be met Commissioner
Bentley's estimate for next year will be 1872,
4'4, 600.
The annual report OF Acting Commissioner
Armstrong, of the general land office, shows
that during the last fiscal year g. 1913 1853 acres
of public lands were disposed OF. The dis
posals were mainly as follows Homestead
entries, 5,26,,lll acres; timber culture en-
tries, 1885, 74 acres; cash entries, 622,574
acres, including l65,996 acres entered under
the desert land law; grants to railroads, 27S
334 acres; swamp lands patented to States
388 acres; other grants to States, 1856 49,
acres. There was falling off of about 773,
0JG acres in cash sales, State selections, scrip
locations and lands patented for RAILROAD
grants, but the increase in the area taken u,
by settlers under the homestead and timbe
culture laws was sufficient to rake the az
gregato disposals for the year greater by CAT,
J 204 acres than the total for the previous year
The increase in homestead entries was "a ,76t
acres and in timber culture entries 1886, 13
| acres. The total receipts during the yea
| from all sources were 81 1888, 49, Sc. Nearl.
) 100000 undelivered patents remain on fiji
? in the land Office and cover $50 200, 600 acres
The report says that notwithstanding effort
to prevent the destruction OF timber on tn
) public lands, the depredations are still yer,
extensive in almost every timber region Q
6 the United States, and the annual loss to TIL
= government is about $500, 600.
Foreign News.
Nearly Toe lives have been lost by floods ii
the island of Jamaica, West Indies, and tn
t coffee crop has suffered heavily by the rain.
A Paris dispatch says the sale of the Rus
sian st. Petersburg Gazette is forbidden in tn
i streets oil towns in Germany on account {
i several articles entitled "German Women,
? which are full OF insults to the German nation
:. President Grevy of the French republic ha
u | COMMITTED the sentences ct five ou1nrits wi
were condemned to death, including the nc
torious assassins Abadie and Giles. Tn
9 president is adverse to capital punishment
y and this looks like its practical abolition.
:. NJ. Philippart the great fnancier OF Pari.
= has failed, and, has absconded, owing th
e. Banque Europenne So $4,000. The Bours
2 has posted him as detaulter for ST., 100000
a The Banque Europenne repudiate M. Philip
a parts Bourse transactions on their behalf.
/. The French grape crops this season are II
d ported to he very poor. The loss in th
e champagne district by the failure of the viz
Q tage is estimated at $6,000,000.
The Catholic clergy of Ireland have appeaie
q to the government for help tor the poor.
The government OF Madrid has received
telegram which states that two Kabyle tribe
g in Morocco have had desperate conflict, du
y ing which 100 were killed on one side an
: ninety ON the other.
. Pisagua, Peru, has been captured by tn
CHILEAN land and sea forces alter a five hour
d bombardment during which the attackin
0 party lost 500 men.
= The Irish local government board has mad
= a special report to the British government II
= specting the state of affairs in Ireland. II
= report says that the potato crop is everywhe1
. deficient and inferior, and this, combined wit
= the absence of peat fuel, owing TO rain, is re
= garded as the leading causes of the distres