The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-01-08
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Eastern and Middle States.

HE Eastern and Middle St-tes nave e4-
perienced some of the coolest weather known
in years. In New York city the thermometer
registered five degrees below zero, and much
suffering has ensued, many people being frost
bitten and requiring medical aid. The Their
mometer at several cities registered the fol-
lowing figures below zero: Baltimore, one;
Philadelphia, five; Washington, D. c., four.
BENJAMIN K PHELPS, the New York city
district attorney, is dead in his iorty-ninth
year.
fl New York city during 1880 there were
81, 1856 deaths 1855 births and 1902 mar
riages During 1879 there were IS. $40 deaths,
25,573 births and S,446 marriages. The total
emigration at the port of New York in 1880
was 800 sos, the largest number that ever
arrived in one year. the number Of failures
in the city during the past year was 344. with
aggregate liabilities OF SIS, 29l, $50 and IS l46-
29l in assets.
"ELLERsLIE," the home OF James R.
Keene, the weu-known nnancier was con-
sidered one of the finest OF the numerous
costly and attractive villas at Newport, r
I. A few mornings ago it caught fire and was
entirely destroyed The house was filled
with costly works OF art OF every kind, and
Mr.. Keene estimates his loss at $3.50, 900.
A NEW YORK daily paper says that the year
1880 was remarkable for the destruction Of
steamships, no less than l47 having been lost.
OF these 107 were British, 10 French, 9 AmeIi-
can, s German, 3 Spanish, 2 Danish, Q Nor
wegian, Russian, / Italian, l Swedish,
Greek and / Austrian. Seven Of them were
built of wood and l40 OF iron. Fifty-six
were stranded; 80 sunk by collision; 81 found
cred at sea; II are missing, with no clew &c
the manner of their destruction; were
burned, 8 sunk by icebergs; 3 abandoned al
sea, and l was capsized.
The Mount st. Vincent hotel, one OF tbs
best known landmarks in New York, situated
at the upper end of Central park, has beel
destroyed by fire. An adjoining art gallery
containing many art treasures belonging to
the park, was also damaged and part Oh ii
contents destroyed. The loss is estimated q;
more than Sl0o, 900.
AT a fire in Kingston, n. z, two men were
killed by falling walls and damage amounting
10 ABOUT SZS, UUU was done.
The gross debt oil Boston is S26 SIS, 456
which is reduction OF 81, 5Sl 1871 during the
past year.
The New York legislature organized by
slecting as speaker George H. Sharpe, who
received eighty Republican votes to fortyone
Democratic votes cast for Erastus Brooks.
In the senate acknowledgements Hoskins
made the opening address.
MASSACHUSETTS furnishes more veal to the
market than any other State.
GOVERNOR CORNELL, in his annual message
10 the New York legislature, says that the
State debt is IS, 936, S79.S3, and that during
the past year it has been reduced IS, 600. The
receipts for the year were Sl6,353 921.3 and
The payments were Sl2, 905 7ll.96-leaving a
balance in the treasury OF 50, AS, 2l5.3S. The
State tax has been increased from Sc $1,000
mills to 81 mills. The revenues OF the canals
were 81 200. l34 GO, and the expenses $685.
115S4 The number OF schoolhouses
in this State is IL $50, OF teachers 80. 1870
and OF pupils l03l, 593. The average
number OF prisoners in the three prisons
Clinton, Auburn and Sing Sing-was
1910. From the reports OF 1913 savings banks
it appears that the number of depositors last
year was 9l2, 1853, an increase OF S5,0ll; and
that the amount On deposit was $685., 46l $40,
IN increase of $50 769, 231. OF fire insurance
companies 167 are now doing business in the
expenditures during the year reached about
$4,000, 600. The total number OF insane per-
sons in the various asylums during the year
was 9.543
AT the annual auction sale of pews in Mr..
Beechers church, Brooklyn, 500 WIS paid
for first choice, and the to,al sum realized was
S29, 536.
THE Dixon Crucible company, OF Jers ey
City, n. j., the Oldest and largest establish
ment in the graphite trade in this country.
has failed tor about 81 100000. The COM
pany's failure was brought about by the sus-
pension of Fowler, Champion & Co., New
York importers of chemicals, who owe aboat
$500, 900, and who hold large quantity OF
the Dixon Crucible company's paper, while b
thatconcern will be unable 10 meet at mat urity.
Iuc doSttS Will S4dli It's
liabilities.
GovERSoR-ELECT A. G. PORTER, of Indiana,
was married lew days ago il New York to
Miss Cornelia Stone.
THE handsome Hodge opera house building
and the Gargliug oil brildipg, adjoining, in
Lockport, n. Y, together with a number of
stores and offices, have been destroyed By
fire, entailing loss OF about Sl5O,000.
INTENSELY cold weather has prevailed
throughout the West. On one day the Their
mometer at various points showed the follow
ing figures below zero: st. Paul Mimi, Is;
Milwaukee, Wis, 10; North Platte, Neb. %;
Leavenworth, Kan, ID; ST. Louis, No., Is /;
Detroit, Mich, 10; Indianapolis, Ind, Il;
Cleveland, Ohio, 4; Cincinnati, Ohio, zero
A SPECIAL dispatch from Fort Buiord says
that Gall, one of the chiefs under Sitting Bull,
has surrendered Internationally to Major
nges. The savages ale poorly clad, have few
guns and ponies and are in no condition ior
an engagement with well-equiPped troops. I
is now believed that Sitting Bull will march
toward this point without further hesitation,
and that his final capitnlation will occur within
a short time. He has with him ahout IN