The daily gazette., 1882-08-17
THE AaORNING SUMMARY.

ne Lumberman's Exchange of Chicago.
Iillhois, yesterday, advanced the prices on
ABOUT nail the grades quoted in the official
list from 80 cents to 81 per l 900 feet.
The Western Export Association held a
harmonious session at Chicago. H.. yester-
DAY, for the purpose of restricting their pro
uuction for the coming season, as they did
under the old organization.
Inc state Department at Harrisburg. Pa.
granted charter yesterday to the Pennsyl-
yAnia Watch Case Company of Philadelphia.
ior nahumIacturing m watch cases In Phila-
deiphia. The capital is $4,000.
Two regular freight trains collided yes
terday morning, near Hampton, Connect
cut, through a misunderstanding of orders
Inc engines and cars were badly damaged
out no person was reported injured.
The Dundee Land Company of Scotland
yesterday closed the purchase OF A, 900 acres
OF timber lands in Mississippi and Critten-
ueh counties, Arkansas, portion of 15O 600
acres to be bought in the State by that COM
pany.
AT brownsville, Texas, there were IL new
yellow fever cases yesterday, IL Mexieans
and Americans, and deaths, Mexicans.
Inc publication ofthe daily papers is sus-
pended, the handi being III with fever. At
Matamoras, Mexico, the fever cases are de-
cFeaslng. -Four new cases have been re-
ported for the "A hours ending at 9 a, m.
yesterday.
The dhe sales were perfected yesterday, at
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
way lands in Lincoln, jackson, Martin.
Facibault and Freesport counties, Mimi. to
a. bayson, the Danish Vice Consul at Mil
waukee, who has fifty families on the way
from denmark to settle on the lands. Other
colonists are coming.
The Convention called to meet at Duluth
Mimi, on Tuesday, to organize movement
Tor the construction of canal to connect
Lake Superior with the waters of the Red
River of the North, the Assiniboine, Sas-
katcnewan, and other large nayigable rivers
In British America, closed Its labors yester
day, by adopting resolutions calling on Con
gress for aid, and ON the State Legislature
for support in the appeal to Congress.
Advicee from Cumberland, MARYLAND.
last night, say that local assemblies met
the mining region yesterday,
ana approved the action of the delegates
VINO participated in the conference at Cum
Oerland between the operators and the
miners. The assemblies decided to continue
the strike. Thirty men from Washington
county, Md, procured by company agents to
take the strikers place, were taken to Elk
hart barracks yesterday.
The Post Office Department, at Washing
ton, having aecertained that Oliver b.
Varco of No. SIS Cedar street, New York.
and the Star Publishing Company of New
Haven, Connecticut, have been deceiying the
public by means of extensive and fraudulent
have directed the postmas
ters at the respective cities to decline to cash
money orders presented by them, and to re-
turn to the senders all registered letters
bearing their addresses.
meeting of colored citizens of Newport.
l., agreed last night to present the widow
Of John Brown fund which they had raised
TO aid In the prosecution of the Florida Rail-
road Company for having, through one of
is employees, elected Bishop Daniel Payne,
,f Florida, from one of its first-elass car
iages, ON account of his color. The prose-
.ution was abandoned at the instance of
5lshop Payne, who declined to engage in a
egal contest ON account of his advanced
lears,