The daily gazette., 1882-08-05
THE MORNING SUMMARY.

The wife Of Frederick Douglass died yes
terday in Washington of paralysis.
The weather throughout Canada ycster-
day was very warm. At Ottawa the
thermometer marked $50 in the shade.
Chinese agents are buying public lands
in British Columbia with view to settling
Chinese families as farmers upon them.
Artemus Hale, the Oldest ex- Congressman,
died at his home in Bridgewater, Massachu-
sctts, on Thursday night, aged 9S years and
2 months.
NJ. j. Kane, a farmer, of Silver Lake;
Penna., committed suicide by shooting, yes
terday morning, at hotel in Binghamton,
New York
Mrs. Ford, Martin johnson, William Bor-
sum and John Fehiman were drowned yes
terday by the upsetting of boat at South
Park, Chicago.
Emma Stone was fatally burned while
trying to escape from Lewis Nickerson's
factory, at Lynn, Massachusetts, while it
was on fire yesterday afternoon.
The Democratic Congressional Conven-
tion of the Twelfth Illinois district had taken
| ,153 ballots at noon yesterday without
effecting a choice.
Hugh Buchanan, present Congressman
from the Fourth District of Georgia, was re-
nominated yesterday by the Democratic
Convention of that district on the 159th
ballot.
James Goold, aged 25, and James Barnett,
aged 16, We're drowned while bathing near
Springfield, Massachusetts,, yesterday. Bar
nett perished in trying to save his COM
panion.
The ship Abbe G. Hart, at San Francisco
on Thursday from Liverpool, reports that
on June 27th she passed two vessels bottom
upward-one of them apparently 400 tons
burthen.
A man named Neff and his wife were muir
dered and horribly mutilated by robbers in
Valusia county, Florida, last Tuesday night.
The house was fired to conceal the crime.
but the neighbors extinguished the flames.
A court martial will meet at Fort Grant,
Arizona, on the 18TH inst, to try charges of
insubordination preferred against Colonel
Eugene A. Carr, Of the Sixth Cavalry, by
General Wilcox, commanding the Depart
ment of Arizona.
Franklin Hawkins and. Lewis Minks at
tempted to drive across the railroad at Bay
View Junction, near Baltimore, last even
ing, and were struck by an engine. Their
wagon was demolished and they We're seri-
onsly, If not fatally, injured.
Convicted murderers were hanged yester-
day as follows: Walter Hamilton Yeats,
at Chatham, Virginia: Merrick jackson,
colored, at Fernandina, Florida; Armand
Coleman, eolored, at West Point, Missis-
sippi; and Harrison Carter, colored, at
Baldwin, Florida.
man was found lying in the road near
Blissville, Long Island, yesterday morning,
with fatal bullet wound ia his abdomen.
He said his name was Anton Bogar that
he resided in New York, and had shot him
calf hana IIsp there was sonnet hintr tho mo ttar
with his head. He died soon after.
The Grand Couneilofthe American Legion
of Honor, in session at Wilkesbarre, yester-
day elected the following officers: Com
mander, John G. Graham; Vice Com
mander, E. L. Perkins; Secretary, Samuel
w. Wray Treasurer, q. @. Storrie; Guide,
George II. Huddle; Warden, j. r. Canary,
and Sentry, F, G. Hawkins. All the above
are Philadelphians. Isaac P. Hand, of
Wilkesbarre, was elected orator. The next
annual session viii be held in Philadelphia.