The Newtown bee., 1880-11-03
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eaxteru and Middle statas.

Eastern and Middle States, Cornell university will send a crew to Eng. land next summer to row against crews from Oxford and Cambridge universities. In an ore bed at Port Henry, N. r., re- cently, petrided fish, weighing 2l9 pounds, fifteen feet long and three feet thick at the largest part, was found in shalt thirty feet below the surface, and twenty feet in the solid rock.
 The ship Carisbrooke, from Calcutta, arrived in New York the other day, having on board the fourteen persons comprising the crew of the American bark Witch, which was discove cred at sea in sinking condition.
 Boston has baby show aJ which 300 baby prodia including an Indian child, a Chi nese infant, double set of twins, one set of colored triplets, and other Infant1ie attrac- tions are on exhibition.
 The steamer Illyrian, which arrived at Boston n few days since, fell ill at sea with the Isaac Webb, from Antwerp for New York, in sinking condition, and took off the crew, twenty four in number.
 The seventh annual convention ot the Women's National Christian Temperance Union opened in Boston with eighty-seven delegates from various parts of the United States. The meeting was called to order by the president, Miss Frances E. Willard, of Chicago. Miss Willard, in her annual address under the heading of " Progress" reviewed the history of the temperance cause, affirming
 
 the world has ever seen in the progress of temperance reform.
 o. Risley & Co.,, New York dealers in coffee, have failed with liabilities placed at S800,000.
 The Ansonia clock works in Brooklyn have been destroyed by fire, causing a loss of about $800,0 1000, and throwing l,200 persons out of employment.
 After a three weeks session in New York the Episcopal general convention adjourned to meet at Philadelphia in 1883. A fire broke out & few days ago at Lynn, Mass, in the large steam blaming mill oi James N. Buffum, and before the flames could be subdued they destroyed the city's new engine-house, Allen $ Boyden's paper box factory, Timothy NewhalPs railroad house, Chapman Brothers die shop and J. Otis Marshall's woodwork building, beside other smaller buildings. The total loss will aggregate about $150 0C0. Western and Southern States. At Belton, Texas, Matthew A. Mcknight shot James Derrick, the ball passing through 1 the latter's neck and striking John w. Kemp under the right eye, killing him instantly. | Derrick was mortally wounded. From a table composed by the superlntend- ! ent of foreign mails for the forthcoming annual report of the postmaster-general, 1t appears | that the amount paid for conveying United States mails by sea during the fiscal year ended June 30 was $196,684 of which amount | SI53 908 was paid for the transatlantic mall service, $l2,637 for the carriage ot trans | Pacific mails, and $50, l49 to miscellaneous l steamship lines conveying United States mails | to the West Indies, Mexico and South America. The money disbursed for the transportation of | mails to Europe was all paid to foreign steam | ship companies, except $l ,964 earned by the i American line from Philadelphia. The largest amoants paid were to the Guion, Cunard, Hamburg and North German steamship con- ps 'lies.
 Robert Lowe, of West Albany, Minn., shot and instantly killed his wife and child, and l afterward blew out his own brains. Domestic | trouble is said to have been the cause of the tragedy.
 James w. Pugsley, prominent re ident oi Battle Creek, Mich, has been arrested on | charges of forging a note for $50, GOO and mortgage receipts for about the same amount. | Brigham Young, 8 grandson ot the Mormon | leader, committed suicide few days ago at | Salt Lake City after protracted spree. The English sloop Alert has been seized oh | the Pacific coast by the United States revenue ] cutter Walcot for cruising in American waters i without papers.
 General Terry proposes to send scout named Allison to Sitting Bulls camp to nego- | tiate surrender.
 From Washington. 1 Adjutant-GeneraiD Drum, acting chief signal officer of the army, furnishes for publication
 
 in which he says: For the benefit of agricul- tural and commercial interests l96 stations | have been maintained duling the year. Twenty eight stations ot a second class, hith- | erto described as '' sunset stations" at which a single observation is taken daily at the time of sunset, have been continued in operation. That commerce may be further benefited | propositions will be made to have vessels | engaged in the coasting trade of the United States furnish this office with transcripts ot their logs. The daily exchange of telegraphic | reports with the chief meteorological office of | the Dominion of Canada has been continued, and warnings have been regularly sent from this office to enable signals to be displayed at | the ports ot the dominion at times of threat ened danger. The series of daily telegraphic reports from the West Indies, extending from Cuba by Jamaica to Barbadoes and the Wind- ward islands, has been continued during the l seasons of special danger. These reports are 1 at times of importance for the preannounce- ment of cyclones approaching the Gu oi Mexico, and threatening the coast of the United States.
 The treasury "conscience fund " was in. creased the other day by $105.
 The cost of the bureau of engraving and printing for the year ended June 30 was $909, 045. Among the wolk done was S7S0, 240,950 worth ot notes and securities, and 330 822, 266 stamps of various kinds. Over 800 hands are employed.
 The east wing of the new building going uE for the state, war and navy departments was finished last year at cost of $S2, 672, 287. The south wing cost $s3, 373, ,939, and S975,074 has been spent so far on the north wing, and $850,000 more will be required to complete it.
 According to the report of the bureau O statistics 54, ,875 emigrants arrived at the ports of the United States in September. Fol the three months ended September 30, the number of enigrants arrived was l54, ,832 1ae%
 The total number ot national banks in the United States is 2,090, with an aggregate capital stock of Ss457, ,553 985.
 The annual report of the appointment division of the postofice department for th last fiscal year, just completed, shows that tn, number of postoffices in operation in tn, United States on the thirtieth oi June las was 42,989, an increase of Z, 134 during tn, year. One thousand seven hundred ant sixty-one of the postmasters are appointees 0 the President The remaining Al 228 office are filled by appointments of the postmaster general.
 Foreign News.
 aevere shock oi earthquake, accompanle let by storm, has been felt over different parts of Europe. In an Italian province severa houses were swept away by inundaEons ant 6 number of lives lost.
 A railroad train from Dortmund, Westpha lia, to Berlin, was precipitated down an em 7 bankment. Two persons were killed ano twenty-sx injured.
 , whole block of buildings in Russell street Bermondsey, London, occupied by leathe merchants, miller, wool merchant an' others, was burned. involving damage to mer |, chandise to the extent of Ss250, GOO. , A serious fire has occurred in the Centra
 telegraph office at Manchester, England. Tw,
 hundred wires converging there were melted and the whole system of telegraph wire ter s minatin z in Manchester was destroyed. The important town ot Iquique, Peru, l !. reported to have been almost totally destroye by fire.
 5 General Garibaldi and his son have with