The examiner., 1882-02-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States.

companied Napoleon in his famous march to Moscow, died near Easton, Pa., few days ago in his ninetieth year.
 ASHTON D. BILLINGS well-known New York actor, became despondent through the recent death of his wife and committed suicide
 THE streets of Boston are to be illuminated with the electric light
 Ko KUN HUA, Chinese professor at Harvard college, and the best educated pagan Ill America, died the other evening at his resi- dence in Cambridge, Mass, of pneumonia. He was man of high rank in his native coun- try and leaves widow and six children.
 THE Allan line ship Glenmorag arrived the her day at New York from Calcutta, having on board thirteen shipwrecked persons, all Of whom were rescued at sea in an open Doat a1ter they had left the steamship Bahama, of the Quebec and Gulf Ports Steamship com pany, from Porto Rico for New York, which was in sinking condition. The Bahama foundered at sea, and was abandoned by all but two of those on board of her. The cap- tain, B. Field Astwood, of Bermuda, and nineteen others were reported lost. The second cook and another man remained on board the ves- sel, saying that they preferred to go down with it than to risk their chances in the boats in such tempestuous sea. A second cabin passenger, whose room was on the starboard side of the vessel, is supposed to have been washed overheard. The seven- teen others were iR the captains boat, which was swamped almost as she left the vessels side. Two of those in her, one of whor4 was Charles Smith, were seen to swim back to the vessel and were hauled on board. Tuu r,a i11o11 inf "a he of the victims of the late fire in Park row, New York, has rendered verdict censuring MT. Potter, owner of the building, and his agents for neglect.
 CURTIS CHRISTIAN returned to his home near Cold Spring, N. Y., the other evening and in- formed his wife that he had killed Jonas Tomp- kins, his brother law, with whom he had left in the morning to buy cows He said that the body would be found in the woods. Suddenly he sprang at his wife and attempted to kill her, but she succeeded in putting him out of the house. Tompkins' body was found with the head crushed in by stone. The next afternoon the body of Christian was found in Lake Osca- wanna, near the scene of the murder, he having committed suicide. Jealousy of Tonlpkins be- cause he managed his father-in-law's farm is thought to have been the cause of the murder. kH explosion of two of the three boilers in Jewel's large Touring mill, Brooklyn, resulted in the death of the engineer, injuries more or less serious to thirteen other persons and the total demolishment of the boiler-house.
 A FIRE at Chester, Pa, totally destroyed the Pennsylvania Military academy. The academy contained 143 students, all of whom escaped. The total loss is estimated at s200,O ,O00
 WHILE loaded coal train was passing over an iron bridge twelve miles north of Belvedere, N. J., tue structure suddenly gave way, pre- ciptating about one-llalf the train into the creek, fifty feet below. Two laborers on the train were killed and brakeman was fatally injured.
 | made it hard for the fremen to make stand against the progress of the fire. It was not until 3:3O A. M. that the fire was controlled, and then l it had burned itself out. The fire covered six acres, the territory burned embracing the larger part of the boot and shoe manufactures. Out of a total of nearly 100 shoe and leather firms | only three escaped the fire. Seventy-three | 2,5OO persons thrown out of employment. | Twelve tenement houses were destroyed, turn ing eighteen families into the street on one oi the most indictment nights of the winter. Over 300 firms and business men were burned out. John St. Germain, fireman, was killed by | falling walls, and two other persons also lost their lives. The total loss on property will probably foot up to over g, 100000 The 1 buildings burned were valued at $350, ,00O, ex- | elusive of fcontents
 THE great fire which destroyed the public edifices and almost the entire business part of ctar ta6 f ohont 1 | in Endicott & Arnold's sole leather establish ment, wood block, on Washington street. The alarm was immediately sounded, but when the fremen reached the spot the flames had | gained such headway that the local department could do nothing to stay their progress. The fire spread with great rapidity, the buildings | being mostly of wood, and soon got beyond the control of the fremen. Engines were sum- moned from Newburyport and Dover, and other places from twenty to thirty miles from Haverhill, but despite the heroic work of the men the fire continued to spread, and at 80 A. M. it seemed as though the whole town was ab.aze. At that hour engines had arrived from Lawrence, and others from New buryport and Lowell arrived soon afterward. A sharp wind from the northwest, with the scarcity of water and the freezing of the hose,
 THE fishing schooner Corinna H. Bishop, of Gloucester, Mass, lost six of her men, who were caught in a violent h urricane while visit ing their travis in dories
 LATER reports put the number of lives lost by the burning of the fireworks factory in Chester, Pa., at over twenty.
 THE Merchants bank of Watertown, N. Y, has suspended. It was affected by the failure of Kenyon & Co.,, of Chicago.
 V. W. MACFARLANE & Co.,, of New York, one of the largest lard refining houses in the coun- try, have failed for $250 1000.
 South and West.
 JOHN NoNDERAN, 8 well-to-do German of Cleveland Ohio, has been heavily afflicted, diphtheria having entered his family and car ried off six out of seven children within few days.
 FREDERICK NULL teaches country school at Hammond's Corners Ohio. Recently he was arrested for the alleged excessive punishment of a Miss Lambert, one of his pupils, for some def- aacc ofhis authority. Subsequently she brought suit, and Null was bound over to answer. Mir. Lambert, the pupils father, now voluntarily "ithdraws the charge and pays the costs and 8 atOrney's fees Null made it all up with the girl, they fell in love and are to be married.
 A DECLINE in the price of cotton caused the