Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-11-17
The East.

ABvICES of the Sth state that the recent
election i'll New York gave Joseph b. Carr
U,"Puhlican) for Secretary of State ma
jorIry of about 10000, the Democrats elect
ing the remainder of the State ticket by
maioriies rang ing from 10000 to $4,000.
The Legislature would stand as follows:
Senate, Republicans, 10: Democrats, 13.
Assembly, Republicans, 80; Democrats, %.
Pennsylvania gave Republican majority
of 10000, and both branches of the Legi>la-
tuTe would probably be Republican. Full
returns from Massachusetts give Robinson
(Repablican) majority of 10,1ol over
Bu. Ter. Abb tt (Democrat) was elected
Governor of New JERSEY by 1000 ma jority,
and the Democrats hold the Legislature by
five ma jOrity on joint ballot. Connecticut
chose Legislature in which the Repub-
licans would have on joint ballot 4 ma jor-
ity of Gj.
NUMEROUS friends of Ben Butler were
ON the Sth bemoaning their confidence in
his cleo, ion. A man in Lowell mort gagged
n house to raise $1,000, and los it all in
bets. One en- llu siast in Boston vaA1, sf1nr
s etfNtt M ffinan in Stoneham waSercd his route.
\ conductor on the Fitchburg Road won
$1,000 on Robinson.
At Buffalo, y. Y. gale on the 9th blew
down n four-story building in process of
construction, killing four men and injuring
eight others.
OK the morning of the 9th the boiler of a
tug i'll New York harbor exploded, making
spIintcrs of the boat and killing four of the
a flying piece of debris killed the
henlSman of a schooner lying near by.
Mrs. JULIA MORRISON, of Washington,
Pa. Il respectable colored woman, it was
announced the 9th had undergone a
complete transforna ion of color Two
years ago white spots began to appear on
her face and arms. They increased in num-
Der and ize until now they cover her en-
tire person. Physicians We're at a loss to
account for the remarkable change.
THE task of eating two quails day for
twenty days was acc omplshed the 9th
10y Joseph Webster, of Pittsburgh, Pa. He
suffered greatly during the task, being
restless and frequently needing to walk
two to ten miles i'll order to secure a few
hours sleep.
MEs. ELIZA BOWEN, of Staten Island, n.
", bu nci to death a few days ago by
her ,Io.hing catching fire while she was
lighting Ic;- pipe. She was eighty-three
years OF age.
W HILE four men were working upon
scaffold eighty feet high, at Newcastle. Pa,
n few days ago the structure fell, and one
of TIA" men killed and two were fatally
in jurel, while the fourth broke his fall by
catching cross-bar.
FEW evenings ago an alarm of fire
caused panic in the Thirty-Third Street
Theatcr, New York, as the audience was
leaving the house. Many persons suffered
severe bruises.
y FIRE recently destroyed the bark Mar
garita, at Bayonna, n. j., with $40 bar
rclS of oil on board.
IT announced the 10th that the
vote in New York at the recent election on
the proposition to abolish convict contract
labor from the State Prisons, with but a
few districts To hear from, gave majority
of 23I.9'G i'll favor of the proposition.
THREE children of George f. Barnes,
ho:cl-kecper ut Atlantic City, n. j., while /
out driving a few days ago were killed by !
FIRE giI: train.
DETECTIVES i'll New York the 10th |
caught William f. Brockway, the famous |
forGer, at his work, and he would be sent |
t" serve out an unfinished term of thirty |
years in prison.
OFFICIAL returns from the recent election
in Pennsylvania were announced the |
I0th, AMI showed that Niles, for Auditor
General, ami Livesy, for State Treasurer,
had majorites of 1920 and 1856, re-
spcctively. Both are Republicans.
y FIRE a few days ago destroyed James
c licry & Co.'S extensive tannery at Allie
Sheny City, Pa. Loss, $1OO,Oo9.
AT noon on the 18th a fire started at
Shenandoah, Pa, and ragged until eight p.
H.. burning over five squares of ground,
causing loss estimated at S150,COO. Two
hundred and fifty families were made
homeless and lost all their properly. An
appeal for immc liate aid had been issued.
IT is announced that the American end !
OF tie Bennett cable will be laid in the
town of Rockpo:t, Mass.
A SCAFFOLD fell at Lebanon, Pa, a few |
days ago, killing two men, and four others
were badly injured.
ONE HUNDRED cases of typhoid fever
were reported at Port Jervis, N. ", OH the
18th.
AN explosion was caused on the 125h at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, by a miner who entered
a passage with an uncovered lamp in his
hat. Three men were instantly killed.
ONE man was killed ard several others
were injured by a recent collision on the
West Shore Road near Troy, y. \.