The Newtown bee., 1880-01-28
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States.

By an explt sion of coal-gas in the hold of the steamship Greece, shortly alter her arrival at her wharf in Hoboken, N. J., from an ocean trip, two 'longshoremen were instantly killed and eight other persons more or less seriously injured. One oi the men killed was blown up through three hatchways and into the air, distance oi fifty feet.
 Dennis Kearney the California agitator, addressed large audience in the Cooper h. stitute, New York, the other day.
 fire in Broadway, New York, & few nights ago, destroyed property valued at $l50,O0o.
 On the 18th the Maine supreme court de- cided in favor of the Republican members of the legislature the questions submitted to it by those members regarding the legality of the rival legislatures. On the same day the Flu sionist legislature elected Joseph L. Smith (Green backer) as governor, but General Chamberlain refused to recognize his author ;ty. On the following day the Republian leg islature elected Daniel P. Davis as governor, md his authority was recognized by General Chamberlain.
 Twenty-two children, inmates of the "Shephe rd's Fold" ot New York, were taken into the supreme court the other day, the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren having charged that the little ones were not properly cared for, were ipsutficiently ted, education was neglected. The emaciated and diseased condition of the children and the testimony unfolded in court tended to show that the charge was not unfounded.
 Saturday night raid by the New York police upon one ot the many moi orious dancc houses which infest the metropolis resulted in the arrest of 294 persons-247 men and 47 women. Next morning they were taken to court under guard of 120 officers and the ma ority fined from one to ten dollars.
 Richard G. sAlexander, of Delaware City, Del, was bitten by a dog last September, and few days ago he was taken with symp- toms ot hydrophobia. His case rapidly grew worse, and alter being sick i've days death terminated his spfferings.
 The long trial at New Haven, Conn.,, oi Rev. Herbert H. Hayden for the murder of Mary Stannard, resulted in disagreement of the jury, who stood eleven for acquittal to one for murder in tho second degree. The case is one of the most remarkable in the criminal annals of the country, and it's trial occupied many weeks, during which an inn mense amount of testimony was taken.
 Margaret Anderson stabbed and killed her sister Lizzie with pocket-knite in the streets ot Boston, few days ago. Both women were disreputable characters.
 On the 20th the Republican members of the Maine legislature, in session at the capitol in Augusta, passed a motion offered by Eugene Hale declaring the State government to be fully established. Several Fusonist members took their seats. When the safe in the secretary's office was openedby machinists it was found that the State seal and election returns had been abs racted. The Fusionist legislature met in Union hall, and commit tees appointed to recommend future course of action reported in favor of submitting another series of questions to the supreme court.
 A syndicate ot New Y ork bankers and rail- road men have made heavy purchase oi Central Pacific railroad stock, buying 50,000 shares at seventy-two (S3 600 0OO) with the option of taking 50,000 more shares within six months at eighty (S4 000,oC0).
 At the annual meeting of the New York State Agricultural Society, held in Albany, the president, Horatio Seymour, delivered an address upon "The conflict between Ameri can and European agriculture"
 Daniel Searles, negro, was hanged a few days ago at Owego, N. Y. for the murder, last June, oi Eldridge Rewey, an old bachelor farmer, the object of the crime being robbery
 Twelve countereiters were captured at Oswego, N. r., in the act of coining money.