The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eas,eri, and Middle States.

New York business circles have been pro toundly stirred by the dedication and suicide ot Benjamin c. Bogert, treasurer of the Fro duce Exchange and merchant who nad been looked upon for the last twenty-five years as a model of promptitude and integrity The discovery oi the dedication was aecl- dental. Hearing that the stock of the bank in which MT. Bogert kept his account as treas urer was selling at a low figure, the trustees of the Produce Exchange ordered the with drawal ot a balance of $3l ,500 which MT. Bo- gert's book showed to have been deposited there. Mir. Bogert not being at hand, the president of the Exchange, accompanied by others of the trustees, called at the bank and drew a check for SS25, 900, when they were as- founded to learn that there was only balance of $50 to MT. Bogert's credit. MT. Bo- gert's residence was in Hackensack, N. J., but the night preceding the discovery of hls dedication he spent at house i'll New York, and on the following day he died there very suddenly. The coroner's inquest dis closed that he had bought and swallowed dose of laudanum.
 The following communication was sent 10 the Maine senate by James D. Lamson, who had been elected president of that body by the Fusionists: " l have the honor to announce that, by careful examination of the constitu- ton, as interpreted by the supreme court, in view of the fact that the office of governor has become vacant, it becomes my imperative
 
 the office of governor until another governor is qualified. It therefore becomes my duty to inform your honorable body that, in accord ance with the provisions ot the constitution, and in obedience to the imperative mandates of that instrument, 1 have assumed the office of governor tor the time being. The exercise of executive functions being inconsistent with my further acting as president of the senate, I cannot, in the meantime, discharge the duties of the presiding officer of your hon. orable body.'
 Frank Leslie, the well known pictorial | newspaper publisher, died in New York a few | days ago from affection of the throat. He was born ill England i'll 1921, and his real | name was Carter, '' Frank Leslie being an artistic pseudonym chosen when the wearer | began his career an artist, and it was also | the name which he afterward adopted in this country by erm ission of the New York legis- 1 lature. He began lite in this country as an 1 engrayer, and tor the last twenty-five years has been prominently before the reading pub l lie as publisher ot illustrated newspapers and magazines.
 William Winckle, proprietor of the New 1 York Turn hall, died in hospital from the ei- | fleets of injuries received when his place burned | down. He makes the eighth victim of that | fire.
 Sexton, the billiard champion, was defeated | ill @ match game in New York by Schaefer,
 who made 600 points to his opponents 585.
 The tolls on the New York canals in 1879
 were S94l, ,542.22. The total miles of boats cleared were s, ,226,947.
 On the twelfth the Republicans organized | both branches of the Maine legislature, while l the Fusionists held separate sessions. Hon. J. D. Lamson sent a communication to l General Chamberlain, commanding the State | militia, to know whether his (Lamson's) authority governor would be recognized 1 General Chamberlain replied that he could not under the present circumstances recognize | Lamsons authority, but that he would obey any decision order of the supreme court.
 The dangers oi ferry travel in New York were illustrated the other day in torcible manner in two instances. The ferryboat | Fulton, crowded with passengers, had been 1 waiting some time on the Brooklyn side to make a trip to New York. Finally deck l hand ascended to the wheel-house aI there l found the pilot, William A. White dead. i Had the ferry boat suddenly been deprived oi her guiding hand in midstleam the result | might have been tragical ill the extreme. In 1 the other case the steamer G. T. Oyphant, on one Ot her regular trips from the foot ot
 Wall street to Hunters Point, collided with l the terryboat Warren, of the Grand street | ferry. The Olyphant's bow was broken in, and she sank alter the passengers and crew, twenty-seven in all, had been removed by a | tug. The Warren was little damaged.
 In the United States circuit court Marcus | r. Morton has been awarded $63,t % damages | against PostmaSi CT Jones, of New 1o ork city, | tor the alleged illegal use oi patented stamp used in stamping letters. Postmaster Jones says that the stamp is being used by 10000 ! postmasters, and that he will apply to Con- 1 gress for relief if the award ot damages, made | oy referee, is not set aside by the court. | At public meeting in New York to further 1 the work of the committees who are arrang- | ing the preliminaries for the Worlds Fair in | that city in 1883, addresses were made by | President Jewett, of the Erie railroad, who | presided; United States Senator Windom, of Minnesota; General Hawley, of Connecticut, and Congrt ssman Hooker, of Mississippi. According to the annual circular issued by tho New York mercantile agency of R. G. Dun & Co.,, the number of failures in the United States in 1879 was 6,65S, compared with 10 478 in 1878, decrease ot 3,820. The liabilities in 1879 were $9S, LOGO, 900 and $234,- 0O0. 900 in IS7S