The Newtown bee., 1879-03-25
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

| l There has been second failure to elect a ! mayor of Rockland, Me. Of the ], APO votes | cast the Republican candidate received 580, the Greenbacker 516 and the Democrat 324.
 The remains of Bayard Taylor. the late min | ister to Germany, were received in New York on the steamship Gellert, and were escorted | by 400 members of German singing societies and by delegations from other associations. At the city hall the coffin was taken from the | funeral car, and in the presence of several thousand persons the German societies sang | the funeral dirge. The Hon. Algernon s, Sul. livan then delivered an oration, reviewing the | life and work of the dead poet. The remains were placed in state in the governors room of | the city hall, and were removed to Kennett Square, Pa., where the burial took place at | Longwood cemetery.
 John J. Evans, Calvin Mowery and Willette Lloyd were burned to death during fire at | the Mahoning powder works, near Danville, | Pa. Lloyd was one of the proprietors of the | works.
 An unusual event in New England was the recent execution of three murderers in diff | ferent sections during the same day. At East | Cambridge, Mass, W. H. Devlin was hung for | killing his wife aud infant in December, 1877 Devlin was fireman in one of the Lowell mills, and claimed he was "crazy drunk when | he attacked his wife in the presence of their children. He beat and stamped her to death and afterward stified the infant, to stop it's | wailing. He fled, but was captured at Bellows Falls, Vt., retaken to Lowell, tried, found | guilty and sentenced to death. On the morn | ing of the execution Devlin was calm and evil | denoed no concern as to bis fate-dividing his time between smoking and listening to the re- | hgious counsel of several Catholic priests. | When on the gallows he made & short speech, | saying: "I thank all my friends for their kind ness to me. l recommend all my friends to | abstain from rum, and recommend my soul to God" Death followed closely upon the fall of the drop. The second hanging took place at | Concord, N H., the victim being John Q. Pink | ham, farm laborer employed by Marian Der ry a widow. In January, 1877, Pinkham had 8 controversy with Mrs. Berry about ohopping | some wood, and ended by shooting her dead with gun in the presence of her daughter and boy. Pinkham fled, and was found lying in l the snow near the house, having attempted to cut his throat. After his conviction Pinkham expressed great eontrition for his deed, and wrote 6 letter to his mother indicating his re- gret that in her old age she should be made to suffer such sorrow on his account. The usual religious exercises preceded the execution. After finishing cigar Pinkham said: "This is my last smoke" and was conducted to the gallows. His face was tightly set in one ex- pression, and his eyes fixed in 8 vacant stare. He made no remarks, and had an apparently painless death. The third man hung was Henry Grsvelin, a wealthy French Canadian farmer, who suffered the extreme penalty of the law at Windsor, Vt., for murdering Herbert o. White, against whom he nourished feelings
 
 discovered in well near Gravelin's house, and the latter's trial resulted in conviction upon strong circumstantial evidence. He maintain ed his innocence to the last, saying upon the gallows: "All that I have to say is I am go- ing out of this world forgiven, and hope the Lord will forgive my trespasses, as l forgive those who trespass against me-" His neck was broken by the fall of the drop, and at the end of thirteen minutes his body was delivered to his friends
 The New Jersey legislature, which has just closed it's sessions, passed about 200 bills.
 Governor Robinson has removed County Clerk Gumbleton, of New York city, on the ground that he failed to keep proper books, refused lawyers access to his accounts, charged excessive fees and omitted to make the return required by law.
 Although rainy and disagreeable weather pre- vailed. there was the usual large procession in New York on St. Patricks day. More than Is, 900 Irishmen were in line, and in the even- ing the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick celebrated the ninety-tifth anniversary of their foundation by banquet.
 Western ana Southern States
 H. H. Vickery, sheriff of Douglas county, Mo-, went with a posse to the house of Shelt Alsope to arrest him. Alsope resisted the pro cess and fired & number of shots at the sheriff's party, one of which killed the sheriff. Alsope and his little girl, five years old, were then killed by the sherif's posse and two other per
 
 tended
 deplorable tragedy has taken place in the office of the State treasurer at the capitol in Atlanta Ga, the parties engaged being Col. Robert A, Alston, member of the legislature, and Capt. Edward Cox. The difficulty arose from Aston having power of attorney from United States Senator Gordon to sell the lat ter's interest in the State convict lease. Cox is sub-lessee under Gordon and desired AL ston to sell Gordon's interest to Walters, who had promised to buy Cox out. Aston sold to another person. Cox threatened Aston at noon that he would kill him before sundown if the sale was not cancelled and then made with his man. They met in the capitol, drew pistols and exchanged shots at close quarters Aston firing three times and Cox twice. AL son was shot through the brain and died at GAO P. M. Cox was shot in the mouth and through the left hand and throat.
 Captain Boyton reached Cincinnati on his long swim in his rubber suit from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, and rested few days before resuming the journey He had made 620 miles of the 3,200 miles constituting his trip.
 Ex-United States Senator George Gold thwaite died suddenly, few days ago, at Montgomery, Ala, aged sixty years. His term in the United States Senate ran from 1871 to 1877.
 From, wasnlngron-
 Dr. J. M. Woodworth supervising surgeon general of the marine hospital at Washington,
 
 mission appointed by Congress, is dead in his forty-third year.
 In the Democratic caucus to nominate speaker of the House, Randall received seven ty-ive votes to ffty-seven for Blackburn and nine scattering. The nomination of Mir. Ran dall was made unanimous upon motion of Mir. Blackburn. In the Republican caucus General Garfield was nominated for speaker, and the Greenback candidate for the office was Hen drick B. Wright.
 ForeIGn NeHs-
 The people of Cashmere, India, are reported to be dying of famine like flies, and at the present rate of mortality it is said the province will be nearly depopulated by the end@of the year.
 The royal mail steamer Severn ran down pilotboat in the English channel, and ten of the pilots and five of the crew were drowned
 A scene of great uproar took place in the German parliament, the other day, during the discussion of 8 report explanatory of the gov ernments action in instituting the petty state of siege in Berlin. The measure was strongly censured by Herr Liebknecht, socialist who defended the course of the socialist members for not rising in their seats when cheers were given for the emperor, and continuing, sad: " If republic is established in Germany The sentence was unfinished on account of the uproar it provoked, and the president threat ened to deprive the bold member of his right of speech. Coant Von Eulenburg defended the measure, saying Berlin was in great danger