The bee., 1884-02-02
THE NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States

PRESIDENT ARTHUR was the principal
guest al reception given by the New York
Union League club The Pres dent was at
tended 10y Secretaries Folger and Teller and
Attorney General Brewster and spent TWO
hours in shaking hands with members of the
club, visitors their wives aud daughters.
After the dinner there was dance.
Two hot-headed young Brazilians residing
IN New York made arrangements to go 10
Canada and fight a duel but repented when
arrested, and shook hands in court
A COMMITTEE of Pittsburg doctors report
ed to the court that they had examined James
Mutt, the slayer Of Norman Dukes, and found
him perfectly sane at the present time.
lie Judge thereupon ordered his
release As Mutt passed into the
street he was loudly cheered and followed by
large crowd. He left with his mother and
sister for Uniontown, and at that place, as
wei as at various stations along the route,
the young man met with an enthusiastic re-
ception from large assembiages
NATHAN ID. M0REY, the inventor O. a
gasoline illuminating machine aud L. S.
Green, foreman of the Hathorn Spring bot
Ting house, We're as hgXiat0d at Sara -oga
n. Y, by gas0l.na. The spring buildings
are illuminated b. gasoline, ami the men
were engaged IN filling the gas reservoir with
this huld, when the poisonous flames over
came them. Medical aid failed to restore
them to consciousness
THERE was great variety Of fine poultry,
pigeons, fish, rabbits, gu nea pigs, cats and
other household pets on exhibi ion at the
second annual exhibition Of The New York
Fanciers' club IN Ma lis1n Sfuare garden.
THE New York State senate has passel a
resolution providing for an Investigate IN Of
the manufacture Of oleomargariae.
ANOTHER cremation has just taken place
at the Lemoyne crematory in Washington,
Penn, the body burned being that of Albert c.
Rupe. a manu- acturer a. Las Negas n. NJ, who
died In New York Of c assumption. The re-
mains Were taken to Wa hin yton by the
docaaseis wife and fether-in-law aud the
burning Of the body occupied about two
hours.
COMMODORE FRANCES p. ELLISON. OF the
United States navy tretired), died few days
ago IN Boston, aged cighty-ole years.
Four THOUSAND dollars were raid for q
st Berna"d dog thirty-fiy iucleS high by
Emmett, The actor, in Fas ale, n j. The
dog is the largest IN the w0r and the sum
paid for him the greatest ever reliiz d by
the sale of n canine.
A LAEC a,ting s'ed c0ntai:iing thirteen
young men came down a s. ep Hill at
WaynesbOrO, ena., wjth sHcl terrific sreed
that all control Of il was lost ly the steers
man. Tie sled struck a young woman.
throwing her twenty fee, breaking her
lee and lphlctinr other Sc! ious Injuries:
then it dashed into and sEa tered a heavy
oasen hitshmg post, fiaally coming to stop
against the front Of a brick house Foar Of
the yOuug men received aal Injuries, and
the other nine were all more OF Jess seriously
hurt.
LAST year there was d total Of Go acci-
dents in the mines OF tie anthraci e region Of
Pennsylvania. OF these :i.!5 reSu ted fatally,
making l53 widows and rende ing 512 chill
dren iatherless. During the IA t ten years
2,463 lives have been lost in this d st ict. l.
pa women made widows, aad :, l,a5 children
made fatheilesS
J. b. WADsw0RTE, of Molr sviiir, n. Y. Tro-
prietor Of eighteen cheese Ia tories. has failed
with liabilities Of $4,000 ana assets OF about
$4,000
DIR. JOHN b. WOOD, q prominent New
York iourna 'ist, and few years ago pre5I-
dent of the New York Press c,u5, lost his
life the other day in melanch0 ma 1ner
He was fifty-:eyen years old, and his eye
sight was bad. While walking after mi l.
night along the North river front he fell
from pier upon the ice twelve feet below
and received in yuries which soon resu ted in
death.
A FREETHINKFRs' assoc alton was t, rmed
at a convention in Boston.
PETMECKY, the murderer Of Mrs Froitz
helm in Auburn, n. u. las been senta. cd
10 be hanged on Friday, March q.