The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
New Hanpshlre.

New Hampshire.
 The Amoskeag corporation at Man chester has bought two more Brush electric lights for l0,00o, making three, under which colors can be distinguished as well is in daylight.
 The state prison has 15i convicts, :: decrease of 29 from last year, credited to the tramp law passed by the last legisla- ture. The prison has paid the state $4325 during the year.
 The project is revived of building a railroad from the Mast Yard station on the Concord and Claremont line, to East, Andover on the Northern railroad, l9 miles away, shortening the route from White River Junction, Vt, to Concord. The Prevalent mutual relief association of the state at Concord Wednesday chose as president B. T. Prescott of Epping secretary, A. c. Hardy of Concord |; treasurer, J. H. Gallinger ot Concord. The state historical socieoy has fund Of S3934, an increase during the year of $445, and has 5000 yolums, and prom ised gift of 400O more from the widow of Lorenzo D. Sabine of Boston Highlands For the first time in its history, the soci- ety admits women, the new members being: Misses Amahder B. Harris of Warner, Alma J. Herbert of Concord, | Catharine A. Sanborn of Hanover, Annie Nesmith of Franklin and Eliza J. Cate | of Northampton, Mass.
 The supreme court at Concord decides that the Manchester city government is beyond the control of citizens meeting | and has the power to make contracts for as expensive bridges as it pleases. D. W. Eagerly of Dover delivered the l annual address before the New Hamp- shire dental society at Concord and W. M Jarvis of Claremont tbe oration.
 The state debt is $3, 5l2, ,466, a reduction during the year of $6l,0s5, 1 Joel Eastman, of Conway, in his 84th year, was the oldest delegate to the Chi cago convention. The last he attended was the whig convention which nominat- l ed 'Wm. H. Harrison.
 John K. Flanders, young convict, testified in the state-prison investigation that when he asked permission to write to good girl, the overseer called her d vile name. Filled with rage he struck the insulter, for which he was made to 1 stand with bare legs on a bench, while a deputy whipped him severely. He was afterward made to stand facing bare wall for three days.
 Vermont. l The old Norton tavern, which marks l the place of the Westminster massacre in the Revolution, is being torn down.
 Mir. Ely, of Vershire, is sued for l S2,000, ,000 by shareholder of the Yer mont copper mining company, on the ground that the plaintiffs shares were sold at auction to Ely to pay assessments.
 4 serious cattle disease prevails at Fairfax and Georgia, soon passing from | weakness to violent trembling and breathing, swelling of the throat, with mucous discharge, and death. Ransom 1 Stevens, of North Fairfax, who tried to skin COW dead of the disease was ih- oculated, and will lose hand.
 The rear drive of 30, ,Oo0, 900 it. of the Connecticut river lumber company will not get off the Fifteen mile falls above McIndoes this spring unless the water rises.
 The Boston, Concord and Montreal Southeastern, and Portland and Ogdens- burg railroads have agreed with the Wells river road that all freight from Lake Champlain and the West shall gc over the Portland and Ogdensburg; the Wells river line confining itself to loea business.
 The controller of the currency has de. 1 clared dividend of 20 per cent in favor | of the creditors of the national bank o Poultney, making in all dividends of 6( per cent.
 The Chittenden county Republican convention is called at Burlington, July | ', to nominate candidates for senators assistant judges of the county court judge of probate, state attorney, sheriff and high baliff.
 Col. LeGrand B. Cannon of Burlington i pledges GOO toward permanent funC for the support of the bishop of the Yer. mont Episcopal diocese, providing $I5,. 900 more is raised within year.
 A strange blight has affected the oat crop in portions of Addison county, tht ends of the growing grain for severa inches looking as if killed by frost while corn growing near 'by shows nc sign of frost.
 Rev. Byron G. Russell of Rockpor Mass, accepts call to the Univ versalis church at Rochester.
 The Central Vermont railroad offer. half-fare to the Norwich university com mencement on Wednesday and Thursday the 30th and July l.
 Massachusetts. l A young woman of Cambridge, jealous of the honor of the students, on hearine :. of the late defeats of the Harvards d baseball, remarked, responsibility q the young gentlemen had paid more at , tention to their baseball and less to thei t,nx |,