The Newtown bee., 1879-04-08
WIS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle Statas.

Isaac Edwards, aged flty-nine professor in the Albany law school, member of the board of public instruction, and distinguished tor his legal attainments, committed suicide in n bath room Tn his house, by stabbing himself in the abdomen with carving knife while in state ot mental alteration, brought on by severe labor and continued excitement.
 At meeting of the executive committee on the proposed worlds fair, held in New York, Mr. Vance reported, in behalf of the commit Ice appointed to select site, that they had Nlslted and examined several places, and that they had unanimously agreed that the most desirable one was Central park. Taken in con- neotion with Manhattan square there would be loo acres which could be appropriated to the necessary buildings, the construction and use of which would not interfere with the public walks and drives. Judge Hilton suggested that application be made at the December ses- slon ot Congress for the confirmation of the notion of the convention and of the committee, and tho passing of an act sanctioning the exhi- bition. The construction of the buildings should be begun on April 30, lSS0-the anniversary of tho inauguration of Washington in this city as first President. On motion of Mir Hewitt a resolution was adopted calling for the appoint mont of O committee of five to prepare an act of incorporation, and to confer with the German authorities in regard to the time for the holding of the worlds fair in Berlin. The chairman appointed A. S. Hewitt, s. D. Babcock Orestes
 
 ter as the committee. Benjamin B. sherman was made permanent treasurer of the com mittee.
 The Connecticut legislature has adjourned to January 6, 1880.
 Tho woman-suffrage measure has been de- feated in tho Massachusetts house by a vote of eighty-flve to eighty-two.
 One of tho New York elevated railroads has been consured by the grand jury for careless ness in connection with the recent collision by which several persons were hurt.
 The wife and infant child of Michael Garno, of Ogrlensburg, N, r., were fatally burned by the upsetting of kerosene lamp.
 A fro broke out at one o'clock in the morn ing in the office of the Fremont house. at Clnremont, N. H., and the flames spread so rapidly that the building soon filled with smoke, compelling most of the forty inmates to make their escape from the windows and roof. Not withstanding strenuous efforts to rescue them, Mrs. Hannah r. Gibson, mother ol one of the proprietors Charles Morgan boarderi Lydia Merrill, table girl; Anna Johnson, chamber maid, and Mrs S. A. Price cook, perished. There were many narrow escapes, and the cries for help were heartrending
 Tho Rhode Island Greenback- Labor State convention, held in Providence, nominated a ticket with Samuel Hill for governor at the head.
 Tho National bank of Poultney, Vt, has gone out of business. It is soid 10 be able to pay all liabilities,
 The Belmont oil works in Philadelphia have been destroyed by fro, causing loss estimated at about Sl00,000. One workman was fatally and another seriously burned.
 During March tho Philadelphia mint coined l,745,52O pieces of the value of S2 O3l, ,3S6.
 The recent storm throughout New England was the scverost of tho season, and did consid- erablo damage to shipping along the coast.