The daily gazette., 1883-12-05
MORNING SUMMARY.

latlng the coinage OF nickelb
The agricultural works Of W. Z. Whit
man, at Winthrop, Maine; were burned yes
terday morning. Loss $4,000.
A fire in Ladiga, Alabama, on Monday |
night, destroyed three stores and the rsil-
road depot, causing loss OF $4,000.
A Gre at Lynchburg, Tennessee, yester- |
day, destroyed ~ houses, including the |
Sentinel Office and several stores, causing q
loss of $3.50
The Qusdneck Millsfn Rhode Island were
surrendered Yesterday By Mr.. sprsgue 10 !
the receiver, Farnsworth, 10 accordance with
| the order OF the Supreme Court.
II Is announced that the Secretary OF ihe
Treasury will make an adverse report on
the application Of Mary A. Miller OF New
Orleans, for license as master OF q steam
boat.
Andrew JefFrick and Andrew Tomssh
| were fatally burned IN Reliance Colliery, at
Mount Carmel, Pa, yesterday, BY the ex-
piqaicn ota keR ofpowdsr into which spark
he'd fsllsn. 0r. f.aea.. g
By N exploa'on Of gas in tbs Youngtown
coks company's mines ct stanburg, nser
0reansburg, Pa, yesterday mornlng' VII
Lam Ham was Ruled and six Others were
severely injured.
The Kni0hts Of Labor In Pittsburg are CIR
culatine petitions to be presented to Con-
Rress protesting against the importation Of
| foreign labor under the contract system.
| The petitions are being numerously signed.
| The trial of James Mutt for the murder of
| N. L. Dukee, in June last, will begin today
| in Uniontown, Penna. II is expected 10 oc-
cupy the remainder Of the week. ON all
| sides sympathy Is expressed for the prisoner,
but there is general belief that he will be
conVicted.
An inquest was held yesterday IN Chicago
on the body of Mrs. Mary Hyde, aged 90
years, who died from drunkenness aud star
walton. She claimed that she was niece
of the Duke of Argyle and Msrouis OF
Lorne, but had married below her station"
She was widow.
In case involving the defaulting OF
debtor who was governed, In his appear
ance before Commissioner Of Insolvency,
by the new standard time. Judge Holmes,
in the Supreme Court at Boston, decided
Yesterday that the debtor chad q right TO
be governed by the new standard, which,
by its universal adoption, became the usage
, OF the community the day 1t went into
/ effect"
A caucus Of the Democratic members Of
the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates
was held in Richmond last night. The
nominations made were president pro tenn.
y | Of Senate, John L. Hurt, OF Pittsylvania;
Y clerk, J. d. Pendleton, of Orange; foI
I Speaker Of House, c. E. Stuart, of Alexan'
dria; clerk, j. B. Bigger, OF Spottsylvania
The Legislature will meet to-day and elect
the above nominees.
It The Arbitration Board Of the coal miner
g and operators of the fourth pool, met II
Is Pittsburg yesterday, to consider what a fai
a price for mining that pool would be wheI
3X cents is the ruling rate for the thre'
lower pools. No conclusion was reached
D. and the meeting adjourned until the 10tl
n- instant. The miners state that the pool ha
n been offered q reduction of 4 Of q cen
- per bushel, making the rate 3 cents, and
" meeting will be held tomorrow to conside
?, the advisability OF striking.
y, An attempt was made to ditch and rob
r Memphis and Little Rock Railroad train
We miles west of Memphis, on Monday after
n noon. Several spikes had been drawn iroT
'T the rails and the witch displaced, but onl.
AZ one car left the track. When the trai
ed stopped four men, armed with shot gum
=, mounted the platforms and demanded tina
m the doors should be opened. This was n
ho fused by the train men, who fired at th
ruffians. The latter, after sending she
ny after the engineer, disappeared in the wood
ais When Judge French was presiding at II
a trial Of q case In the court room at Prescott
"a Arizona, few days ago, Attorney Generi
Churchill and District Attorney Ruch b
u came excited and finally came to blow
'er While the officers were endeavoring to r,
at store order, McAtee, the defendant, drew
ne long knife and fatally stabbed man name
=. Moore, 20 years old, aud c. W. Beach, AT
was about to assault the Court reporte
nis when he was shot by Beach. Moore al
ed McAtes will die and 1t Is thought BeaC
Ter will recover.
II At a meeting of the shareholders of II
- Exchange Bank, In Montreal yesterday,
iAs X. Greene, director, acknowledged tn
Fh, the Institution Is hopelessly insolvent,
ed consequence of the proceedings Of Thorn
a Craig, the president, who bad carried I
lob transactions without the knowledge of d
Board. 1t Is reported that Craig has a
seconded. 1t was stated at the meeting th
the banks loss would amount TO $500 ,5S
te. Vice President Oglvy and two OF the dire
tors were appointed 10 wind up the busine
I. of the bank. 1t Is believed the shareholde
ear will be called upon for double liability.
ON The trial of eight women who broke In
rTR the schoolhouse at Wequetequock, Co
to necticut, was begun on Monday aiternoo
The testimony OF twenty witnesses show
that ION the 25th ult. the women went
!. the building, found 1t gua'ded by nen a
,rly resolved TO hold Sunday school services
,nd spite of them They armed themselN
iAN with sledge hammer, axe and crowbs
VIC and forced an entrapee. The prosecuti
lcle claims that one woman entered the roC
Ion through an aperture 1S by 20 inches, a
,ths uniastening the windows, admitted
others. During the melee several men WI
'ase injured" Four of the women testified y
lain terday. They did not deny breaking I
ot window and door, but claimed the right
Who hold Sunday school services, and deni
80, having struck any of the men.
The Grand Jury Of the Husting's Cou
ne at Danvilie, Virginia, charged by Jud
do Blackwell with the investigation Of the {
nv cumstances of the recent riot, yesterday
,av- ported that they had no presentment to ma
-, but submit I'd paper which was ordered
WIN be recorded. The paper, among other thin
sets forth that after a fight between a colo
and white man, "there was determinat
md on the part of the crowd of negroes asse
rect bled to intimidate the whites by threats o
ails. menaces; that they gave expression to
!, os marks calculated to excite the passions
the whites; that at last the whites fred
tisn their pistols In the air, hoping thereby
ited cause the crowd to disperse; that the negr
ed rushed upon the scene from all quarters,
vancing upon the whites with drawn postt
that firing commenced and the whites u
ated their firearms In defence of their lives, a
oua- by their courage and pluck In standing
ose, against such odds, saved the lives OF h