The Newtown bee., 1880-08-04
\ WEEKS EVENTS.
Ea.tsrn and Middle States.

Eastern and Middle States.
 General D. s. Grant has been elected presi- dent of the San Pedro and Cancn de Laqua company, which owns 40, ,000 acres of land in New Mexico including copper and gold mines, and has capital of $Io,000.000 Boston and New York capitalists are largely interested in the enterprise.
 Eight large seq lions and two big turtles, comp ising nearly the whole of an aqua ium on Coney Island, made their escape the other day and swan out to sea, to the consternation ot timid bathers along the beach.
 party while out bluehshing in small yacht, just outside of New York harbor, came across an immense school ot sharks, about two acres in extent and comprising u Lousands of the yoracious monsters.
 Constantine Herring, M. D., the founder of homeopathic practice in this country, and a physician of great eminence both here and in Europe, died suddenly the other day at his residence in Philadelphia, aged 80 years.
 Jonathan Wasley, superintendent of coal eolliery at Keely Run, Pa., Frank WillmaIi and John Reese, were killed by white damp, gas that is almost instantaneously fatal in its effects. The men were overcome while trying to discover the source of the damp-
 During the absence at dinner oi part of the officials of the Middletown (Conn.) savings bank number of men entered the institution, and while several of them engaged the clerks present in conversation accomp1ices stole into the vault and carried off $S, ,5o0.
 The Massachusetts Prohibitionists will hold State convention at Worcester, September 5.
 The rtOld Pine Street Church," we'll known Boston landmark, has been destroyed by fire; loss, $25,
 At Democratic mass meeting to ratiiy the nomination of Hancock and English, held in the Academy of Music, New York, Samuel J. 1ilden presided. The meeting was addressed by MT. Tilden, Samuel J. Randall, t2HDQrRt Thomas EUin af Florida, and others.
 The Massachusetts Republican State con- vention has been called for Worcester, Sep tefnber Is.
 Captain James H. Stanley, g. prominent citizen of Pennsylvania, was bitten by pet dog about five weeks ago, and the other day he died apparently of hydrophobia. When the symptoms first became manifest he bade his friends goodbye and submitted himself to the care of keepers, but the next nighG during violent spasm he escaped, and was found subsequently, in the suburbs biting at every thing within reach.
 The third annual session of the American Paper Makers association has been held at Saratoga, N. Y.
 The boiler of mill near Fowler's Station, Pa., exploded, killing one man, severely in- | turing two others and destroying the mill. 1 It showed on the summit ot Mount Wash 1 ington, N. H., few days ago. fire at Buffalo, N. Y., destroyed De- | Wits blaming mill, one of the largest in the 1 country, as well as two other blaming mills, two large lumber piles, a ship yard and a float 1 ing elevator, entailing a total loss of some 1 Ss25, ,00O.
 Ward Haight, his wife and daughter, and Belden Wilmot, of Stamford, Conn, were lost | in Long Island Sound while returning from a 1 blaokberrying excursion in small sha1pie which was overloaded with drittwood.
 Western and Southern States.
 A party ot boys accidentally exploded railroad torpedo which they found on tn track near West Manchester, Ohio. The ex- plosion killed two boys and badly injured tive
 Nearly the entire upper portion ot Empire City, Oregon, has been destroyed by fire.
 The water in the Petersburg (Va.) reser voirs has become so impure that the board 0 health has warned citizens against using it iol drinking purposes.
 Stephen c. Spence, a young farmer 0 1 Kingston, N. C.. was arrested and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail for kissin! Mrs Nj. E. Waller, whom he met in the road The Kansas Greenbackers have nominatet H. F. Vroonin for governor.
 4 fire at Quincy, H., destroyed five bushes blocks, eutaiiiDg loss ct about SSl50, ,000.
 The Ohio Greenbackers, in State convention at Columbus, nominated ticket headed b, Charles A. Lloyd for secretary of state ant accepted the national platform adopted a l Chicago as the State platform.
 At Leadville, Gel. John Crowder, faro dealer, shot and killed Richard Dillon, th former owner of the Little Chiet mine. Tn, latter demanded permission to gamble ol 1 trust, which Crowder refused wheroupoI Dillon pulled revolver, but Crowder fret first. and then made his escape.
 The population of Oregon is 175, ,533, an in crease ot ninety-three per centum in ter years.
 The Democrats of West Virginia have nominated ColonelJ. J. Jackson for governor
 A party ot fifteen disguised men, twenty miles from Atlanta, Ga., went to the house o Joe Thompson (coiored), dragged him out beat him teariully, and fatally shot his sor and killed his daughter, A citizens meeting at Jonesboro demo Inoed the killing ant offered 8500 reward for the murderers Several arrests were made. Thompson sait he recognized as leader of the crowd Johr Gray, whom he recently prosecuted and hae convicted for assault and battery.
 The steamer City oi Vicksburg sank at he wharf at Memphis, Tenn, the other day, jus before her time to sail tor Vicksburg. Al the passengers escaped. The steamer wa valued at $50,000.
 The population of Arizona is fl ,530, in clnding 1,600 Chinese and 4,545 Indians, bu excluding reservation and Pueblo Indians who were not taken in the census.
 William H. English has transmitted iron his home in Indianapolis, Ind, to the commit lee ot notification, letter accepting the Dem ocratic nomination for Vice-President. Nil English says that he cordially approves tn platform ot principles adopted by the nations convention at Cincinnati, and pays hig tribute to General Hancock, who is, in hi judgment, " eminently fitted for the highes office on earth-the presidency of the Unite States" Continuing, Mir. English says tha the Republican party has been in power lon enough, and that it's continuance in powe four years longer would not be beneficial t the public or in accordance with the spirit of ou republican institutions; that the four last year oi power held by the Republican party "wer procured by discreditable means and hel in defiance of the wishes of majority ot tn people;" that "the constant encroachment which have been made by the Republican party upon the clearly reserved rights of tn people and the States will, if not checked subvert the liberties of the people and tn government of limited powers created by tn fathers, and end in 8 great consolidated cen tral government-strong, indeed, for evil and the overthrow of republican institutions; that lit is certain beyond all question tha the legitimate results of the war for the Unio