The daily gazette., 1882-08-12
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THE MORNING SUMMARY.

Edgar s. Brooke, prominent merchant
of Washington, ID. c., was drowned yester-
day at Lower Cedar Point.
James w. Pease, of Lowell, Mass, fired
two Intellectual shots at his wife last night
and then shot himself dead.
The body of John Clark, an English coal
miner, who had been missing for some days,
was found yesterday in the water near Val
ley Falls, Il. /.
First Comptroller Lawrence signed, yes
terday, a warrant for So, ,605.39, in favor of
Mrs. Lucretia II. Garfield, the amount due
her under the act of July 27, 1882.
A dispatch from Montreal states that
Bishop Laireeche of Three Rivers has for
hidden the ladies of his congregation to
wear curls, under the penalty of committing
sin.
The body of Mrs. Drisco was found few
days ago in a corn field near Lebanon, H.,
with the skull crushed in. Her son has been
arrested on suspicion of being her muir
derer
Six suits have been brought, each forS1O,.
900 damages against the owners of the
luclIless steamer Sciota, These suits arise
out of the collision between the SciotO and
the Lomas.
The business failures reported during the
past week are Eastern States, 1S; Western,
So; Middle, 49,; Southern, 1S; Pacific
Coast States and Territories, II and New
York City, 2.
Abraham Tremper, while leading his
horse and cart yesterday near the tunnel
of the West Shore railroad, at Haverstraw,
N. Y, tripped and fell. The cart passed
over him and killed him instantly.
BY the bursting of dam at Kohinoor Col
liery, Shenandoah, Pa, yesterday the work
ings were flooded, which will necessitate
the suspension of mining for several days.
1t is believed that all the miners got out
safely.
A woman, giving the name of Catharine
Taney, and who says she is a sister of the
late Chief Justice Taney, applied recently
to the County Superintendent of the Poor
at Troy, New York, for aid. She was sent
to the Albany Almshouse.
Three brothers named Steel opposed the
marriage Of their mother with a man named
Green, near Galveston, Texas, Two of the
Greens and one of the Steels were mortally
wounded in fight yesterday. One of the
Greens is reported dead.
Naomi Carr was killed and number of
other passengers severely injured yesterday
morning by collision between a north
bound freight and south-bound passenger
train on the Ohio southern railroad at Par
rott's Crossing, Ohio.
The morning train south-bound for Lake
George collided with an extra engine near
Putnam, N. Y, yesterday morning, killing
Il fireman, ,wreeking both engines and throw
ing baggage and drawing room car down
an embankment. None of the passengers
were killed or badly injured.
The police of Milwaukee have been noti-
fled by the authorities of Prague, Bohemia,
that Hermann Ables, the owner of a large
millinery establishment in that city, had
abscor ded with S2S0, 900 belonging TO his
creditors. The dispatch says that the de
faulter is at either Chicago, st. Paul or Mil
waukee.
Fifteen tons of powder exploded yesterday
morning at the Hardy Powder Works, Val
lejo, Cal, blowing to atoms the mixing,
glazing and drying houses as well as the
magazine. The. ruins took fire and de-
stroyed the remainder of the works. George
Edgrum and Ferris McArdle were killed
and A. II. Hall, the Superintendent, badly
burned.
dispatch from Shasta, California says
that Forest fires are raging all around
here. Last night nearly all the citizens
were out fighting the flames to keep them
from the town. Communication between
Shasta and Redding is cut off Several
residences on the outskirts and a number of
fine orchards and vineyards have been de-
stroyed."
Toronto, Ontario, advices state that during
the past fortnight the weather has been so
treacherous and violent that through a large
part of Ontario the farmers will suffer very
serious losses. The reports go to show that
south of line drawn from Goderich to a
point few miles north of Toronto the
actual yield of the crops will be very
seriously reduced.
The Grand Commandery Knights Tenn
plar of Virginia closed their annual SEES
sion yesterday at Lvnehburg, and elected
for the ensuing term Peyton s. Coles, Grand
Commander; John L, Roper, Deputy Grand
Commander; Frank A. Reed, General
issimo; w. II. II. Lynn, Grand Captain
General; G. w. Dame, Grand Prelate o.
M. Marshal, Grand Treasurer w. B.
Isaacs, Grand Secretary.
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A Wisconsin man bit Off the lobe of his