The Newtown bee., 1879-03-18
Western ana Southern States.


 Dutch Gap, James river, Virginia, resulted in the killing of M. c. Haggerty, government con- tractor for widening and otherwise improving Dutch Gap, Elias Hall, who had charge of the operating of the glycerine, and Aleck Brown 8 colored man.
 The boiler belonging to the sawmill of Selden Blackburn, st Leavenworth, Ky, exploded, in | turing five men more or less seriously, and damaging property to the extent of $200, ,000. | The Greenback club convention at Chicago, elected R. E. Hoyt, of Michigan, president. A | platform was adopted affirming the heretofore 1 expressed creed of the Greenbaek party, and l declaring that postmasters should be elected :; that the government should prohibit the im- portation of Chinese servile 1abor and that 8 | labor bureau should be established. l The financial embarrassment of Archbishop | Purcell, of Cincinnati, has been brought to a | crisis by formal assignment Of all his prop l erty, except the Catholic churches, the title of l which is vested in his name, to John B. Man. nix as an assignee for the benefit of his credit ors, whose claims amount to over $4. 100000.
 The Michigan Republican State convention nominated ticket headed by Judge James V. Campbell for associate judge of the supreme court, on platform opposing any change in | the present financial system.
 The creditors of Judge Culvers banking house, at Pontiac, Il., have closed the institu. tion. The banks liabilities are $80, 900, and it's suspension will occasion much suffering ir the neighborhood.
 Between one and two o'clock in the morning 8 fire broke out in the wagon shop of Mrs Henrietta Bausch, on Broadway, East St. Louis Ill. One brick and five frame buildings were destroyed, entailing loss of about $10,000 In the second story of the wagon shop, whicl was occupied as 8 residence by Mrs. Bauseh there were sleeping her three children by former marriages, named Charles Guchenbach aged sixteen years, and John and Emma Zipp several years younger, together with Henry Shoepperkoetter, blacksmith, and Mrs. Gath arina Borst, who was spending the night witt Mrs. Bausch. These persons were all burned to death, being unable to escape by reason O the door leading to their apartments being asleep in the same house at the tfme but sh, jumped from the window and was fatally in jured.
 The citizens of Columbus, Ohio, became ter ribly alarmed and excited by concerted at tempt to burn the city, no less than seven fire evening and thenceforth every night for week the incendiary attempts were renewed The losses from the many fires reached $125, GOO. At last the city council met in specia session and offered rewards for the apprehen sion of the incendiaries, and ordered the clos ing of all saloons and places of public resor after 10 P. M. All persons found on the street after that hour were to be arrested unless the of themselves. Special policemen were or duty on every block, and all the military com panIes were under arms patrolng the streets The police commission and a number of promi nent citizens held 8 conference, and as reHul , large number of citizens were sworn in 8 detectives and assigned to duty. Every ale and avenue was patroled by armsd men.
 From Washingt0n.
 The total number of bills and joint resolu tions introduced in the House of Representa- tives during the Congress which has just ex pired is 6 ,826, and in the Senate, is 1886. Tn , principal measures which have become law during the last session in addition to ten of tn regular annual appropriation bills are: Tn bill reducing the tax on tobacco and otherWis amending the internal revenue laws the cen sus bill the bill to aid the refunding of tn ! national debt by authorizing the issue of sma treasury certificates; the bill to prevent tn introduction of infectious or contagious dis eases, and bills providing for the payment C arrears of pensions for service during the va } of the rebellion.
 Among the measures which failed of enac ment by the late Congress are the following