The Newtown bee., 1880-06-23
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Eastern and Middle States.


 Professor Comstock, of the agricultural de- pal tment at Washington, has ma te an lnvestl- Eatlon into the rayages of the army worm III Delaware. He reports that thepest is working north. The worms still continue the work oi destruction in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Farmers are in utter despair in tho localities whero this scourge Is found. Prospect park, Brooklyn, has been vigorously attacked by large swarm. The worm much resembles a common caterpillar, such as in- tests elm trees. 1t varies in length from one inch to two inches. The heal is black and the body green in color. It crawls rapidly and eats voTaciously, hurrying from one head of grain or grass to another.
 The Amer ican schooner Eunice F. New comb, Captain Anderson, which arrived at Boston few days ago from Port Antonio, re- ports that when twelve miles of from the Cuban coast, she was fired upon by Spabish frigate. The irigate fired two sho,s, when the schooner hoisted the American flag and hove to. Then an officer and crew, armed with pistols, boarded her and searched for arms. The matter is to be investigated by the State department at Washington.
 During dense fog the ocean steamers Queen ot the National line, from LLndon bound for New York, and tho Anchoria, of tho Anchor line, from New Yo bound for Glasgow, came into collision about 300 miles east ot Sandy Hook. Both vessels were badly damaged and a hole was made in the Anchoria about fifteen feet long. The passengers ot both vessels were greatly frightened until as- sured that neither would sink. All the pas sengers the Anchoria were transferred in boats to the Queen, and then both vessels made their way to Now York.
 A farewell breakfast was given few morn ings ago at Delmonico's, in New York, to Edwin Booth, the well-known magellan, who is about to visit Europe.
 In the international regatta on the Scekonk o PpFTT fan Gj n I four mile race of professionals. Wallace Ross, of St. John, N. B., came in first; James Rley, ot Saratoga, N. Y. was second, and James A. Ten Eyck, of Peekskill, N. r., third. Hanlan, the champion, who was looked upon as a sure winner, led at the outstart, but was taken with a pain in his side and had to stop rowing, The prizes were $500 to the first man; $l ,50O to second and $500 to third. Flank k. Holmes, of Pawtucket, R. l., won the amateur three mile race and receiveda a mas sive silver cup va ued at $l ,000.
 Three workmen were killed and four in- jured by an unexpected explosion of powder in blast at the loot of West Forty fifth street, New York.
 4 nine yeGr. old Brooklyn girl has heen arrested for picking pockets and her father is charged with re eiving what she stole.
 The census returns show Brooklyn to have population Of 555 900 against 482 ,000i in 1875
 There IS great excitement in the neighbor
  coyery of gola.
 Chit aman in Paterson, N. J., when asked by the ceII:as enumeratOr how old he was, thought the enumcrator was an agent of the army and wanted to drafl him into the military service. Hence John answered that he was ninety ycals oldee alice timee," but when a policc,. was called he admitted that he was twenty five.
 The ship Liverpool arrived al New York few days ago having on board the crew of a bark that had collded with and been de- moliskcI by an iceberg.
 About forty survivors of the recent Nara gapsett disaster on Long Island Sounl met in Bostor the other day and resolved to tnke ali possible steps to obtain indemnity for losses sustained.
 foreign vessel arrived at Boston the other day, having aboard eleven Algeria:ts who had escaped from the French penal settle ments at Cayenne. The Boston authorities refused 10 permit them to land. The noted tTottcr Lew Scott, after inning a f.ee-tor-all race at Brad ford, Pa, was stricken with D lralysis of the heart and died almost instantly. On the same day during the steeple chase on the Coney Island race course the horse Glengariffe ran into fence rail and was killed.
 George F. Slosson defeated Jacob Schaeter, the billiard champion, in a match in New York for tho championship ot the "cham- pions' game"
 The steamboat Adelaide, running from New York to Long Branch, was run into and sunk in the North river, New York, by the Rockaway excursion steamer Grand Republic, but luckily there ere few passengers on board ot either boat and no lives were lost. fire al Batavia, N. r., destroyed every building in Ba'a street.
 A Methodist minister ill Jersey City (N. J.) church denounced the officers and crew of the steamer NGrmgansett as "a set ot towards" when a man in the congregation jumped up and called the preacher n liar. He was arrcste2 and proved to be ". S. Youpg. captain oi the Nnrragansot.