The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States


LOSSES from the forest fires in Elk county,
Penn, are estimated at = ,OOD,O00
TWENTY thousand people were present at
the formal opening of the new Produce Ex-
change building in New York.
HUNDREDS of CANNES of high and low de-
gree were on exhibition at the dog show,
which followed the pedestrian match at the
Madison Square garden New York. Presi-
dent Arthur was represt MED by red mastilf.
The III dogs on exhibition were valued at
over $350,000.
Hon. TRUMAN SMITH. ex-United States
Senator, and for several successive terms a
member of the lower house of Congress from
Connecticut, died few days since in SIAM
ford, Conn, at the ripe old age of ninety
three years
WILD excitement prevail ID in Wall street
financial circles upon the announcement that
the Marine National bank, supposed to be one
Of the most conservative and securest banks
in New York. had closed It's doors About
two hours lat II tn, banking house of Grant
a. Ward, of which General Grant is n
special, and his son, Ulysses :. Jr. neral
partner, also suspended, with lab lites esti-
mated at anywhere betwe n 100000 and
$1,000. 900 Pie ident Fis }, of the Marine
bank, is also "A $! g ,ia partn n in the firm of
Grant & Ward while the la t named part
ner Ferdinand Ward. is n director in the
bank. Thus tire bank and the firm were so
identified tinan tally that the collapse of the
one was closely folowe by the suspension of
the other The bank had large amount of
money on deposit. including Sl,00DO00 of
.ity funds. but it was thought the de-
)o-itors would be eventually paid in
full. 1t was claimed that Iresi-
dent Fish and Mr. Ward hal lost heavily in
joint real estate speculation, that the firm of
Grant q Ward had overdrawn it. account
at the bank t, the extent of more than $780,
000 and that this caused the banks susuen-
nj rpnOrtpH n
heavy loser by the double SUI pens on The
two failures caused n feeling of insecurity
and alarm in Wall street that has not pre-
vail I'd there in years.
SOME twenty-five friends of Congressman
w. f. Robinson, OF Brooklyn, in the House
presented him the other day with clock
and brass candelabra, in honor of his seven
tieth birthday
JOHN F. SLATER, the cotton manufacturer
and philanthropi-t who gave S1,00J,0O0 for
the edu alton of the coiored men of the
South, died the Other day at his residence in
Norwich, Conn, aged about seventy years
AT the General Conleren &c of the Metho-
dist Eps opal church, held in fhiladelpAl1
many questions of interest To the d, nomina-
ton were discus ell by the dele gates
The suspens, con cerniny fate of the
survivors of the ste IN hip state of Florida
fro m New y DIRK for Glasgow, was relieve by
a d spatch re 'oived in New Y DIRK from Cue
lie: announcing the arrival at that place of
the steam hip Titania with twenty four of
the survivors Oh loarl. Tn, state OF Florida
had tollid, IN mid-ocean with the bark
Polema, and both vessels went down Of
t bark's crew of fifteen only the captain
and two s,amen were saved. The steamer
carried thirty-tive cabin and fifty Storage
pass engeis, and a crew of eighty-one men,
and n stewardess. Tw nty nine o. the crew,
including the steward ess. and twelve pas m
gers, were aved by pa sing vessel after
drifting about in small boat tor nearly two
days. rwenty-four of the forty-four survi-
voIs were afterward trans.el red to the steam
ship Titania and taken to Quebec. In all
about l35 persons were reported lost.
THE remains of the late DR.. Samuel D.
Gross prominent fhila lelphia physician
were cremated at Washington, Penn.
OWING to the failure of the Marine bank of
New York and of the firm of Grant 81 Ward
General Grant and his sons. Ulysses s. Grant,
Jr, Jess r. Grant and Frederick d. Grant,
have all gone into bankruptcy
and ma le assignments for the benefit Of
their creditors The firm of Grant q Ward
is said to be involved t. the extent of Sl0,
OOO,O'0 James ID. Fish, president of the
Marine bank has also made an a gnment.
THE steamer City of Portland, from Bos-
ton to st. John S, \. F.. struck ON a ledge off
the Maine coast Her passengers and crew,
12S per.ons in all were saved. The vessel was
valued at Sl25,O0O.
JOHN F. SMYTH, the W, Unknown Albany
On. W politician, banker and broker has
failed.
GENERAL GRANT and his wife have trans
ferred their properly, including two houses
in Washington, house in had lphia, a
farm in the suburbs of st. Louis, a cottage at
Long Bran IN and a hoIsa in New York to
William II. Vanderbilt to pro;e t him on his
loan of $1,000.