Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1886 — THE EAST. [ARTICLE]

THE EAST.

The British steamer Hylton Castle foundered off Fire Island, New York Bay. One one boat with ten men effected a landing, but another boat containing the captain and ten of the crew has not been heard from, and it is believed the men have perished. Sevey & Co.'s stamped tin and ironware manufactory at Cambridgeport, Mass., was burned, causing a loss of SBO,OOO, with insurance of $55,000... .Mclntosh’s boot factory, the Bay State Corset Company’s Works, and a residence at West Brookfield, Mass., were destroyed by fire, the loss reaching $73,000. The lower House of the New York Legislature passed the bill incorporating the Grant Monument Association, and empowering it to hold $7,000,000 worth of property free of taxation. Telephone stocks dropped heavily in Boston as a result of Secretary Lamar's decision in the Bell patent case... .During a performance at the Opera House in Philadelphia a burning candle fell from a table on the stage, setting fire to the tablecloth, but Miss Mary Anderson hastily extinguished the flames amid tumultuous applause. ■ ' '