The Newtown bee., 1880-11-24
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern and Middle State.

Rev. Dr. Charles N. Sims, of the Summer. field M. E church, Brooklyn, has been elected successor to the late Bishop Haven as chan cellor ot the Syracuse university.
 Eugene Harding, known as Signor Blitz, a well-known sleight-ot-nand performer, acci- dentally discharged his gun while hunting in Bergen county, N. J., and was almost in- stantly killed.
 The executive committee of the New York worlds fair commission has decided that the Central park is the most favorable site for the fair.
 ascertained by the census count to be las fol- lows: Total, 846 980; msles 405, 899; females, 44l,08I; native, 642, ,648; foreign, 204, ,332; white, 815, 182, colored, 31,798. The colored include eighty Chinese, three Japanese and twenty five Indians.
 arrived in New York from Italy a few days ago.
 Boston has just celebrated the 250th anni- versary of the First church, denominated as the pioneer church ot America.
 boy only sixteen years of age has been sentenced in New York to fifteen years im- prisonment for burglary.
 Western and Southern States.
 A special train carrying four companies of the Sixteenth United States infantry struck a broken rail near Corsicana, Texas, and tour cars were thrown into ditch. Twenty-Five men were wounded, several seriously.
 When Daniel Burr, a watchman at Cleve- land, Ohio, left home for work a few nights ago, his family, consisting of his wife and three children, were in the best of health When he returned the next morning he found all four dead or dying, they having been suHocated by stove gas. A neighbours daughter and woman, a friend ot the family, were also found in an insensible condition.
 ! in Baltimore by the accidental discovery that the bodies of a mother and daughter had been taken from their graves in Baltimore ceme- tery and carried of by resurrectionists.
 The Alabama legislature elected James l.. Pugh for United States Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Senator Houston, which has been filled by Senator Pryor by appointment.
 The Louisiana sugar crop this year is esti- mated at 237, 900 hogsheads, an increase of nearly 900 hogsheads over last year. The yield of molasses will probably reach 13,000,- 000 gallons, against 12, lSe, ,l9o gallons last year
 Two white and two colored men were iu- stantly killed and two other men fatally injured by the explosion of boiler in saw and grist mill near Stevenson, Ala.
 J. 6 w. Hossack, grain dealers of Odell, Ill. have suspended, owing about $500, ,O00. United States Revenue Collector Blaine, ot Maysville, Ky, announces the arrest, in Rowan county, of nine illicit distillers, and the seizure of six distilleries, twenty two gal Ions of whisky, 200 gallons of singlings, and 2,400 gallons ol beer.
 The St. Louis refining and smelling works have been destroyed by fire, causing loss o' about $l25,000.
 From Washington.
 On November l, 1880, the estimated amount of gold and silver coin and bullion in the United States was as follows: Gold, $454, Ol2, ,030; silver $l58 27I, ,327; total gold and silver, S6l2 2s3 357.
 The National Grange has beeniin session for several days at Washington. Delegates rep resenting thirty States were in attendance. The statement of the condition of the corn, tobacco and potato crops has been issued by the department of agriculture. The corn crop shows slight decline for the whole country. The Atlantic States all show an increase, par ticularly the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Texas almost doubles her product. There was less land planted in tobacco this year than last. The decrease was principally in Virginia and Maryland. The average yield per acre, as reported November l, is TAO pounds against | 795 last year. The area planted in potatoes was about equal to that planted in 1879, but | in the total crop there is quite decline. The l yield per acre is reported this year an average | of ninety-one bushels aeainit ninety eight in 1olSJ dilu SiAGy -ohe HI 1oS oniy tuTee SudUeS | viz., Texas, Arkansas and California, report 1 an increase in yield.
 Joseph Neverson and Edward Queenan | both colored, were hanged few days ago il | Washington for the murder of George Philil 1 Hirth, young groceryman, while on his wa, 1 10 his sweetheart's residence. Another colore' man, Sandy Pinn was also convicted, bu npon recommendation of Attorney-Genera | Devens the President commuted his sentence | to imprisonment for life.