The daily gazette., 1883-09-25
mORNINa SUMMARY.

a.sS llsag nv some vandal or relic hunter.
I m Meng, Postmaster at Vidslia, Louisi'
n'luI vas arrested yesterday for stealing
'D1..tered 'Ds. letters. Heconfessed his guilt.
Two new cases of yellow fever were re-
Ia Nv" on the naval reservation, at Pehsa-
~ on sunday, both the patients being
children. H."
Tho steamer Coptic, which arrived at San
,.incaco inc on Sunday, from Hong Kong,
LIMOS tlIosI news that the cholera has broken out
IN Pekin. ... -.
Missouri was killed on Saturday night by
lp ll6ert G. Layton, "a sporting character" /"
"a cause is assigned. Y.m',s.i,
plates for printing counterfeit $40 silver
..,t6eates and $40 notes on the Bank of
yo",reaI, Canada, were captured in Duluth,
yinnesota, on the 22d inst" fod 1..i
Tord Coleridge yesterday visited the stock
,sSs and packing houses in Chicago To.
s,y he win visit the North Side and lunch
Tiib *. Minister Washburne.
sledeubach, schwab u Co., clothiers of
Gn,nd street, New YORK, made an assign
wsnt Yesterday. Their preferepces amount
NSlls. .227, and their total liabilities to over
y0,OUO tl a1g il1tul
Dr Main, of the Marine Hospital Service
4 Brownsville, reports that A. Mier, on the
Ro Grande, "a fever ha Q appeared that Is
Htal in every case" But ''4ew cases are re-
yted ~ "'.
Work on the Washington Monument, in
Washington, is 10 be resumed on Monday
,prt The shaft is now $40 feet high, and
nj, expected that 40 feet will be added to il
lhis season.
Jacob II. Cronise, mailing clerk in the
gOauoke, Virginia, post Off e.was arraigned
vrs.erday in yDchburg, for f0bbing the
mails. lie confessed to q nutnber Of thefts,
lnl $50 was found upon himlpbuo ln
a bail storm prevailed along the Ohio
svt- on sunday, from CarolitoO, Ken
urN, 70 the vicinity of Lawreneebnrg, Iu-
6ua. The ground was covered with hail
depth of 2 to 4 inches, and the crops
Vere ruined.
The Corean Embassy returned to New
York Yesterday from Boston. They spent
he greater portion OF the day in visit to
b. Brooklyn Navy Yard and TO Governors
sl d, where they were entertained by Gen.
Hancock
special Agent Douglas, In charge of the
tl.0ms district at Chicago, reports that the
Ngpis TOR the year were "a 1888, l 12,against
S+j, 1856 during the preceding year. The
BaI expenditure of the customs service
!lng last year was S124, 1928.
Ia B. Fogg, farmer, living near Canaan
NT hampshire, was waylaid and nearly
murdered on Saturday night. He had not
fu0ered consciousness at last accounts. A.
Walker, owner OF an adjoining farm with
whom Fogg had frequent disputes, has been
'resied on suspicion.
The trial OF David Fraley, an alleged
"noonshlner," for the murder OF II. r.
Maker, revenue officer, was finished In
Concord, North 'Carolina,oG Saturday night,
tbe jury giving verdict Of 'fnanslaughter.
Ffaty was sentenced to 12 years fmprson-
nent III the penitentiary. ~ .,'.,,.,t.
4 demand was made yesterday upon VIII
liam sprague, under order Of the Supreme
Court Of Rhode Island, for the possession OF
Tie Quidneck Company's property, but
Spague refused to surrender 1t. He said he
did not recognize the authority upon which
The application was made" iat
Adispatch from Lordsburg, New Mexico,
reports fight between five Mexicans and
some "Rustlers" who were stealing horses.
Alter two hours contest two Of the thieves
we're killed. Subsequently they returned
reinforced, and At last accounts had the
AeIlcans surrounded In house.
anthony Comstock, with a large posse Of
deputy sherifis, yesterday raided the race
tracks and pool rooms at COney Island H'
tFst made some arrests on the Brighton
Beach race track, and then descended upon
he West Brighton pool rooms. Within
lali an hour after be left The island the poo
oOms were In ullf blast no. SODA
The projectors Of the Maryland and Della
ware ship canal scheme are circulating fol
signatures among business men in Wash
nglon petition requesting the Presiden
1 the United States TO call tie attention o
'ongress to the project, and urge, in hi
lekt annual message, the passage Of a bill
making an appropriation for the work.
Early yesterday morning large stfll il
dail, Flcischman & Co.'S distlllery, at Bliss
Vile l, l., exploded while being charged
aud set fire to the still building, which wa
burned down. The loss Is estimated a
bOpOO, John Snedecker, the still man
was terribly burned, aud internal rev emu
elhcer Cook was severely injured by jump
ag from window.
The Colored National Convention me
Yesterday in Louisville, about $50 delegate
oelng present. 1t was called to order b,
Mltoh Holland, of Washington. ReY. A
a, dreen, OF Louisiana, was chosen tempo
iafy chairman, and ]. N. Gregory, of Hasf
nglon, temporary secretary. Telegram
were received from P, s, B. Pinchback, c
louisiana, and Andrew J.. Chambers, I
~ kitchen range in the Scoville House,
waterbury, Conn.,, exploded ayesthrdf
Isofhlng, in consequence of the shutting G
" Tue city water which supplied It. SSver
teiSanis @ narrowly escaped With their live
sle building was fired in several plaees,
naldow ,hil and partition were shattered, al
,t te ooarders rushed into the corridors
Saan %elr night clothes. Fortunately no sbrio
uamage was done. Aai 7s
Delng asked the reason for the noh.co
amanon aidls of Frederick s. Wright, ch
Gnas %sA OF the Third division of theNew Yo
Gosan anIoln House, who was nominstsd
non.oI Robertson some time since
DAY Spu.y Collector, Secretary Folger yest
heooo: saiu Mr.. Wright was not confirm
nera's pevause the Civil Service rules would i
for f,.nhlG u, and Mr.. Robertson was bo
'0fhed long ago." = H'ea
co ane case Of the Pennsylvanias RailrC
RaiPtahy against the PHILADELPHIA "a
eont.ag tg Railroad Company, touching
rsiiso lol OF the New York and Long BraI
ei,aos.u ei.aosu " will come before the United Sts
6av 6ul' Court at Trenton, New Jersey,
Whit. An argument isnaBo. expected
WIN h,'ah sa B. Dinsrnore's 3 rule TO show ca
rairo I ens lease. Of the New Jersey Cent
lsiros ,oa1 70 the Philadelphia and Read
NI'oau should not be annulled. ssa
nss.an Sonn Bull, engineer Of the ''thunderbo
Tsnjo Tjsnger train on the New York, Penn
IEros a@I 0l Ohio Railroad, died yesterday