The daily gazette., 1883-11-08
mnnN1No suMMARY.

nhnodore II. hanuOlpn, eA-Ou uiteu oOhtob
senator from New Jersey, died yesterday
mo,TS,iut NOR Siate, He was in the 5Sth year OF his
age a...,,. p,o.,ao .a,,rts
S''C q. Berkencomp, Philadelphian,
,,lnocd ,na' himself at Lakeside on Tuesday
morning.
Mar LulinR, Texas, ON Tuesday, daugh-
o, Rev. MI. Newton was shot dead by
snr m husband while she was making bread.
jealousy was the cause.
N Fleming was yesterday shot dead
r. l.. Cunningham In quarrel at Fort
,gor,h Texas. They were rival market
,op1eners np1, and had been drinking.
Tho apprentices In the Pottery Works at
o,a,,henJilIe. Ohio, have struck because the
ao,nnapy has Joined an association requir-
,Og i've instead Of three years apprentice
ship.
e ohio resumed work yesterday morning,
',ecntlng the 10 per cent. reduction. The
miners Of one shaft had been on strike for
elH months.
Judge Brown in the United States District
Court at New York; yesterday, decided that
minor may be enlisted without the con-
,rpt Of his parents into the marine service
of the UnlJcu OthJeb.
Conventions of chairmakers and metallic
hurIal case manufacturers are In session In
,ipcInnaii for the purpose of fixing prices
and making other provisions for the benefit
Of their respective organizations.
The body OF James A. Colligan, promi-
pept Young man Of Troy, New York, was
lound at the entrance TO q basement yester-
doy morning. There were marks of violence
on the body and foul play is suspected.
The suit of Hallet Kilbourne against ex-
Sergcant-at-Arms Thompson, in Washing
ion, for $50, 900 damages for false imprlson-
mtnt, resulted yesterday in verdict for
100000. A new trial was moved by the de-
fence.
At LuliAg, Texas, on Tuesday night, 100
armed and masked men surrounded the
house Of John L. Martin, who was under
guard on confession OF having murdered his
wife, took him out and hanged from q
neghboring tree.
The State Department at Washington Is
IN receipt Of information from the United
States Vice Consul at Turin that there will
be no division or distinction Of nationality
among the exhibitors at next years Elec-
trlcal Exposition.
Col. John A. Martin, Secretary of the
National Republican Committee, has sent
out call for a meeting TO be held in Wash
inglon, d. T., on December l2, to decide
dpou the date and place for holding the next
National Republican Convention.
TIE United States steamer General Bar
uard, with the Special Senate Committee ON
hoard, arrived at Vlcksburg, Mississippi, on
Tuesday night. Yesterday the committee
took testimony regarding improvements,
and last evening left for points below.
An election riot occurred in Wakefield,
Sussex county, Virginia, after the closing Of
the polls on Tuesday night: Il. W. White,
prominent Democrat, was fatally wounded.
W. II. Morris, proprietor Of the Hotel Wake
field, was pursued by q mob and has not
been heard of since. He is supposed to
have been murdered.
Nathan Szkolny was arrested yesterday on
the steamer Marathon at Boston on war
rant issued at the instance of the German
Consul charging him with forgeries at
Bromberg, Prussia. The accused was q
banker, and 1t is said that, becoming en-
lari assed, he forged acceptances to drafts
amounting TO nearly $4,000.
At meeting OF the Governor and Council
of Massachusetts yesterday George L. RufIin,
colorcd lawyer, was nominated for Judge
Of the Charlettown District Court. 1t was
voted to ask the opinion OF the supreme
Court as to the legality of Mrs. Glare L.
~
Health, Lunacy and Charity.
The will Of Kate Townsend, killed In q
dsreputable house In New Orleana by Trois-
Vile Cor Treville) Sykes, last Saturday, be-
Quoaths all her property, rea! aud personal.
TO hcI murderer. The estate is valued at
S243,0O0. The crime Of Sykes disquali6es
him from inheriting q g bequest, which, un-
der the law Of Louisiana, ought to go to the
State.
The President has not yet filed the
vacancy In the Court of Claims caused by the
appointment of Judge Bancroft Davis to the
position OF Reporter of the Supreme Court
Of the United States. 1t is understood that
Secretary Lincoln and ex-senator lDavid
Davis are urging the appointment OF "a gen.
tIeman from Illinois, but the name OF the
candidate is not given.
The members Of the Corean Embassy are
in New York and expect to sail for Corea in
The L. s. steamer Trenton on the 10th inst
special dispatch from Newport says that
while out practicing on Tuesday, piston
in one of the Trenton's heavy guns cracked
and it will be necessary to repair the dam
age at New York. This will cause furthel
delay in the sailing of the vessel.
Pcre Hyaelnthe was giving reception ID
Washington, d. c., last evening,by Rev. DR..
aud Mrs. Bartlett. There were present manl
prominent ministers and several Justices
the United States Supreme Court Per-
Hyacnthe was accompanied by his wife ant
son. He took occasion to explain mi
present position" and said "he was not
Protestant, nor a Roman Catholic, but ;
Catholic reformed"
A telegram from Chicago reports tina
several cases of contagious disease, know
as "swell head, ;" have developed from tn
cattle in the stock wards there. After
scientific examination of the disease, mad
yesterday under direction Of the Unite
States Cattle Commission, is was decide
that the malady was caused by the lodge
ment of microscopic plants In the teetf
when the disease extends to the jaws
nearly always proves fatal. 1t can be con
municated to man."
Willard Carpenter, a prominent ex-me
chant and canal man of Evansville, lndiani
'iled in that city on Tuesday, In his 81
Year He was born In Vermont. It is r
lated of him that "the first money he ev
earned was digging sarsaparilla and selliT
It to his uncle. 1t realized him % cen
from the sale, and this amount he imm
dia'cly loaned out at 6 per cent. interest
annum" Later In life, after he had acc
muated wealth, he gave literally, his pri
eipal gift being the "Willard Carpenter !
brary, valued at 100000.