The Newtown bee., 1880-01-28
Western and Southern States.

Victoria, the Apache chief, and his follow CTS, on raid in New Mexico from Mexico, were overtaken by Major Morrow and POO troops and resisted an attack from noon until sunset, when he fled with a loss of seven killed. The troops lost one killed and two wounded.
 Andrew Rhorer, seventy years old, cashier of the louisville U<y.) savings bank, has acknowledged 10 deficiency in his accounts amounting to $67 900, and has been arrested. A Richmond (Va.) dispatch says there is a fleet of over forty vessels, organized under an admiral and fully equipped for war, in the Rap pahannock river, engaged in the illicit taking of oysters. The Virginia legislature has passed a bill appropriating $1 800 tor the sup pression of outruges by nonresident crews of oyster vessels in Virginia waters.
 AS E. B. Wells paynaster of the Southside Gaslght and Coke company, Chicago, was riding in buggy along Dcering street three masked men assaulted and knocked him sensclcss with slung shot, secured S4 600 in gold and silver, and escaped in buggy taken from in front ot grocery store in which it's owner was trading.
 John Dyer, who poisoned his wife two months after marriage, was sentenced. at Albion, Ind, to Imprisonment for life.
 Three silver mines at Leadville, Col, have been purchased by Western capi aliss for $5,- poo, 900.
 The anniversary of General Robert E. Lees birthday was celebrated at Mobile, Ala, by a parade, in which the foreign copsuls and city officers took part and by banquet, at which ex-officers of both the Union and Confederate armies were present.
 At Lancaster, nl., Albert Burnes shot Mat tio Ford, woundiug her perhaps fatally, and then killed himself Miss tord had refused Barnes suit alter giving him encouragement.
 A colored man named Jor0sn, gho had per. suaded respectable bU' weak-minded white girl to elope with him, @as taken from the Warrenton (Va.) jail and hanged
 The three powder mills comprising the Miami powder works, near Yellow Springs, Ohio were blown up by a recent explosion and two men killed.
 A report just made to the Kentucky legis- lature by a committee shows a deplorable state of affairs at the State penitentiary in Frankfort. The committee f1Hds that there are eight convicts confined there who cannot I've longer than a few months. There are at least fifty others, some of whom are confined to their beds, who in all probability cannot live longer than the latter part of this spring, and about two hundred others who are in q state of debility and weakness, practically un- fitting them for duty or work. The remainder ot the convcts do not present a healthy ap- pearance and seem affected by the injurious influences which have prostrated the others. Bad drainage, the overcrowded condition ot the prison, general uncleanliness, poor venti- lation and an insufficient quantity of whole
 
 Some 200 heirs to the famous Springer estate, involving the site of the city of Will mington, Del, and large amount of money deposited in the Bank of Sweden, met in St. Louis few days ago, coming from all parts o! the country. Their object was to consult to the best means of obtaining possession of the estate.
 The Maryland legislature has elected Arthur P. German to inc Uni ed States Senate, as suc- cessor to Senator Whyte, whose term expires March 4, 1881.
 On the forty-ninth ballot the Democratic legislative caucus at Jackson, Miss, nomi- mated MT. George to succeed B. K. Bruce as United States Senator from Mississppi; and at New Orleans General R. l.. Gibson was chosen on the second ballot by the Demo- cratic legislative caucus to succeed United States Senator Kellogg, whose term expires in 1883.
 By the explosion of sugar boiler on plantation at Baratario, La., the engineer and two colored men were killed and thirteen others wounded.