Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
The East.

THE Inauguration of George d. Robinson
rs Governor of Massachusetts took place
on the Sd. His message stated that the fund
ei debt Of the Commonwealth was $31 1885,
6Sl. He recommended that weekly pay
ments to employees be made obligatory,
and ordered the strict enforcement of the
Liquor law.
In the Oxford colliery, near Scranton,
Pa, fire-damp explosion the other day
wrecked the mine and imprisoned fourteen
men for ali hour, three of whom were seri-
OuSly burned, one fatally.
RUSSELL SAGE, it is reported, lost one
million dollars in stock speculations in
New York on the 81
A COLLISION near Newcastle, Pa, of
mail and freight trains a few days ago IA
tally hurt two persorS, and a number OF
others were badly injured.
THE execution of Robert Martin, aged
fifty-three, and James b. Graves, aged
sixty five years, for. murder, took place on
the 5 at Newark, n: ].
THE other day E. H. Kabbc, who was
the confidential clerk of Sperry & Barnes,
commissio merchants of New York City,
and who fed with over ninety thousand
dollars belonging to the firm, was arrested
in Chicago and taken to New York, where
on the Sd he made confession, and about
from hiding-places in csterns and out
houses.
AT Boston on the 81 the annual record
of shipwreck and loss of life in the Glouces-
ter fisheries made up, showing that
seventeen vessels and 2O9 lives had Eeen
lost during the year. Forty of the men are
known to have left widows, and the num-
ber of fatherless children of which there is
a record is sixty-eight.
ARRANGEMENTS are being perfected by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to
construct its own sleeping cars, as the
twcnty-year contract with the Pullman
Company is about to expire.
DURING the year 1883 s., 900 900 bushels
of grain were exported from New York,
and specie imports exceeded the exports
by Sl3,5O0,OOO
On the 4th Robert A. Murray, who was
engaged in Ioaning money in Boston, fled
with 500 or more belonging to men who
misplaced their confidence in him. He
long since squandered a fortune of 500 ,COC
left him by his father.
j. V. GARvER's dwelling near Duke
Center, Pa, was consumed by fire on the
4th, during the absence of himself and
wife, and four children, nged from one TO
six years, who were left in the house, por'
ished in the flames.
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nounced on the 4th, had plenty of orders
on hand, and the outlook for the trade was
very encouraging.
AT Newport, r. l., a heavy gale pre-
vailed O few nights ago, blowing many
boats ashore. A drag with thirty men was
overturned, many of them being injured.
THE Dir cceors of the Northern Pacific
Road met in New York City on the 4tf
and accepted the resignation OF Henry
Willard, of New York, as President. VI
the same day Mr.. Willard made an assign
ment for the benefit of his creditors
After all his debts were Cancelled he de
sired that the residue be turned over to his
wife.
GOLDSMITH g. KAHN, diamond merchants
at New York, have failed The disappear
ance of Cronson, a drummer, with $So,Vo
worth of jewels caused the failure.
AT Philadelphia on tho 4th four railway
conductors, cunning between New York
, and Washington, were arrested for en-
bezzling money and tickets.
PUTNAM & PHELPS, of Boston, tanners
failed ON the 5th for $s75,0oo, and b. X