The Newtown bee., 1879-05-13


 special train on it's way westward. The trip from New York to Chicago was made in a few minutes over twenty-iour hours-the shortest time for Q freight train on record.
 A hostler known as " Boston Jack" and fifty horses were burned to death during fire in the stables of James Colvin, Newport R. l. Loss, about SEQ 900.
 Brodie, a New York newsboy was thevictor in n six days pedestrian contest in Philadel- phia covering 300 miles in the time specified.
 At New Preston Hill, a mile north of New Preston, Conn, Egbert Cogswell, aged fifty, shot with R gun and instantly killed his wife, aged iorty-hve, He then cut his own throat with q knife, expiring almost immediately. Cogswell was an habitual drunkard, and was crazed with rum at the time the deed was com mitted
 Heavy losses have been incurred by the de- struction by fire oi hundreds of acres of timber land in Berks county, Pa.
 Western and Southern States.
 A man going under the name of NJ. Floren- tine, stopping at the Hooper House, Toledo Ohio, shot his wife, known as Miss Lillie Ellis, playing at the Adelphi Variety Theater, through the neck with revolver, dangerously wounding her Florentine then put the weapon to his head, fired and instantly killed himself.
 Tho Governor of Tennessee has issued a proclamation calling m election, to be held August ', for the purpose of ailolding the peo- plc of tho State an opportunity to express their approval or disapproval of the settle ment of tho States indebtedness at fifty cents on the dollar and tour per cent. interest.
 Theodore B. Weber, member of promi- nent Chicago boot and shoe house, was shot and fatally wounded while in his lawyers of Ice by Mrs. Ada Roberts, who alleges that Weber had led her nstnly.
 Dr. Luke r. Blackburn was unanimously nominated for Governor by the Kentucky Democrats at their convention in Frankfort.
 Ezekiah Bradley, eolored, was hanged at Bryan, Texas, for the murder of q colored man named Pollock on Christmas, 1878.
 Crop reports from Ohio and Indiana show that the acreage of wheat is from ten to twenty-five per cent. greater than last year. Oats are looking well, and there will be the usual amount of corn planted.
 The village of Hillsdale, Mich, has been partly destroyed by fire.
 J. T. Young and John Riley who had been confined in jail for drunkenness at Overton, Texas, attempted to escape by setting fire to the building. The flames spread rapidly, and, being unable to extinguish them, the men were both burned to death.
 Samuel Pnvey and his son, Taylor Pavey, extensive dealers in live stock, were shot and instantly killed near Leesburg, Ohio, by John Link, Pavey's stepson. Link, who surrendered to the marshal, states that he was engaged in conversation with his mother at the gate of her residence, when the Paveys came up and after some words, attacked him with clubs when, to save his life, he drew a revolver and shot both. The cause of the trouble was ill., treatment by Samuel Pavey of his second wife, who is Links mother.
 George c. Harding, editor of the Indian npolis Qnd.) HerGtd, entered the residence of Calvin A. Light, editor of the Democrat, and attempted Co shoot the latter because of certain publications in the Democrat Mir Light grasped the pistol, getting his finger under the hammer, preventing m explosion, and hold ing on until assistance came Mir. Harding was arrested and remained in custody until the next morning, when he gave bail. At SEQ o'clock the same morning he entered Mir. Lights office and fired at him several times, missing Mir. Light, but hitting an employee named Gerhard Lizius infiicting serious wound. Another employee of MT. Light, named Richard Walters, jumped out of the second story window during tho firing break ing both ankles. Mir. Harding was arrested.
 From Washington.
 The fnanclal statement for April shows an increase In the national debt of Sl9, ,952. .l6 Decrease of debt since June 30, 1878, SS, 966,- 6l3,S3. Total cash in the Treasury, SS44S, ,467, ,- l56Sl. Debt, less cash in the Treasury May l, 1879, $2, ,027, l20, 90. Oi the debt bearing no interest there is outstanding; Old demand and legal-tender notes, $346, ,742, ,631; certih- cates of deposit, S3l ,635, 900; fractional cur rency, $l5, ,009.52; gold n d silver certih- oates, Sl7, 749, 620; total, SAP, ,0f0, ,26052. The payments made from the Treasury by warrants during last month were: On account of civil and miscellaneous, S5, l2l ,232.65 on account of war, S3926, ,05436; on account of navy, $993, ,068.2l on account of interior Indian and pensions), l,9l6,759.97; total, $ll ,957, ll5.l9.
 A recent Washington dispatch says: "The action of the Secretary of the Treasury in re- fusing to sell the four per cent refundng cer- tiicates to the banks for speculation has had tendency to stir up the postmasters, who see profit in elfecting heavy sales. Prior to Wednesday last there was one postmaster whose bond was SEQ, ,000, the others ranging from $l ,000 to S5, ,000 and few as high as $l0,000 or $l5,000. On that day the Bal timore postmaster gave bond for sS25, ,000, md to-day the Chicago postmaster filed bond for $50, GOO. Harrisburg, Pa., increases from S5,000 to $25,0 ,000, and Trenton, N. J., from $l2,o00 to $ll2,0oo Ottawa, H., Mattoon, H., Easton, Pa., Stamford, Conn.,, and Port Henry, N. r., are also added to the list of de- signated depositaries."
 The Posioffice Department has advertised for mail carriage on certain routes m all the States and Territories. There are l l274 routes, being mostly those established by the last post route bill. A large proportion of the routes are located in the Northwest, although
 
 In the six New England and five Middle States there are only l04 new routes advertised. Proposals will be received until July 10. The decision will be announced on or before July 3l, and services will begin October l.
 The receipts from internal revenue for the ten months of the present fiscal year ending April 30, were S89, ,024 ,8S3.5l. Last year. for the same period they were $S9, ,5S5, ,354. 50, showing decrease of s560, ,47l.08
 A circular has been issued in relation to the organization of the census service, which states that the census of 1880 is to be taken under the direction of officers to be styled "Supervisors of Census'-one or more for each State or Territory, not exceeding l50 in all to be ap- pointed by the President. Applications for appointment as supervisor may be addressed to the Secretary of the Interior, but nomna- tions will not be made before December next The actual work of enumeration will be per- formed by enumerators, who will be designated to tho Superintendent of Census, at Washing ton, by the supervisors. Application for ap pointment us enumerator should be addressed , to the supervisor of the district in which the applicant resides.
 The proposed bill to establish bureau of labor statistics, introduced in the House bv Representative Murch of Maine, provides that the bureau shall be located at the sent of gov- ernmont, and shall be composed oi one com missioner and four associates, who shall be ap- pointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and shall be chosen from persons actually employed in productive labor. The duties of this bureau will be to investigate and at each state session of Congress report upon First, the wages and hours ot labor; second, the division of the joint production of labor and capital between the laborer and employer; third, the social, educational and sanitary con- dtion of the laborers; fourth the effect upon la- borers produced by the existing system of com- merce, finance and currency, the number oi laborers employed, and q classification of the various grades, and all other subjects which affect tho condition of the laboring classes. The bureau Is authorized by the bill to examine witnesses any where in the United States,