The daily gazette., 1883-06-26
MORNING SUMMARY.

nantucket Snoals.
The Washington Monument, at Washing
ton, has now reached a height of $40 feet.
The,liabfities Of McGeoch, Everieghan q
Co.. fhe suspended lard dehierB,of Chicago.
are now eetim ated % over &, 100, 900.
The schooner, Wye, from Baltimore for
Petefshnrg, Vlrgthia, with eosl, sank in the
Appomattox river on Sunday evening
A tornado passed over Elberton, Georgia,
on Sunday, levelling sixteen buildings,
three of them churches, and killing one
man. =.
John H. Alexander, colored, has passed
an excellent examination, and been ad-
mitted to the Military Academy ut West
Point.
-Four frame buildings in Milford, Massa Z
chusetts, were burned on Sunday night,
and Captain William P. Burkes was burned
TO death. "
William H. Harrison, welI-known cot
tager Of Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and a
resident Of Philadelphia, died suddenly at
Ocean Grove yesterday morning, Z 7
The Kaaterskill railroad was opened yea
terday FOR business. With Its copRectiopa,
/ II forms an all rail- route from Rondout to
the top Of the catskill mopntains,, ,saita
L 1B Bids for post Office scTeena for the new.
post office in Philadelphia were opened yes
terdayr Ia Washington a Hall Brothers b
Wood were the lowest bidders, ,At $40, ,$sl, vi
The President yesterday appointed Joseph
II Durkee to be U. 8. Marshal for N orthern.
Florida, and st. eyer A! Tauhay, OF! the
District of Columbia, to be Consular Clerk
of the United States. 'v %. t-'a .IHr>
| A.H Hinkle, prominent member of the
| Cinci natl Chamber Of Commerce, died YES
terday in Andover, Massachusetts,, where he
L. Az.lsn -
SON He was so years of age .t .'li r
Great di tress Is reported among the dsh-
/ ing population along the coast OF Labrador,
owing TO the detention of their supplies by
| the ice jam along the shore, 1t is feared
that several deaths from starvation have oc=
Cured.
| Commissioner LoriDg has Rppointed Rev.
| ". H. EgglestQn, of Williamst0wp, Massa4
chusetts, to be chief Of the Forestry Division
| Of the Agricultural Department, 1t Is said
Ar. Egglef ton "has made 3 special study Of
forestry" .s.....I,-, tf''I,',".,
The steam schooner Walker Armington
grounded Ola the rocks in Boston harbor
during fog on Sunday, but hoated yester-
day at high tide. Her captain attributes
the accident to the failure of the Boston
| light keeper to sound the whistle. .fNu5
No duel was fought yesterday between
/
Beine, but telegram from Richmond says
sit is now pretty certainly ascertalned that
the fight will take place some time to-
morrow, probably in the morning, and out
| of the State" Ws5 7aui .5ii':e
The Woodbury. Savings Bank, at Wood
| hurry, Connecticut, was robbed on Sunday
! night of 81, 500 In cash and all the securl-
ties in the vault. The burglars, who are
supposed TO have been four in number stole
horse from Rev. Mr.. Wyckoff and drove
70 Southbury, where they exchanged it for
| better one. -'--'t'5 ~
Near Hartsboro', Alabama, yesterday;
| Joseph Broom, white, expostqlated with
Rena Polite, colored woman, for insulting
his wife, Yhereupon she stabbed him with q
butcher knife. He wrenched the knife
from her hand and stabbed her to the heart,
causing her TO tall dead. BrOom's wound
is likely TO prove mortal,
The Planters Cotton Seed OH works In
Algiers, Louisiana, was struck by lightning
and destroyed during a thunder storm last
evening. Several cottages adjacent were
alse destroyed. The works were the larg-
est of the kind 10 existence, and the loss
is estimated at 81 900, ,OO0. Five fremen
were slightly scalded by the explosion of a
tank. .7'.
The Union compositors in Chicago have
|
setting on morning, and 40 for setting on
afternoon papers alter the I'd OF July. They
are now paid 40 and 81 cents respectively.
The publishers OF the Tribune, the Inter.
Ocean, the Daily Mems and the Journal say
they will not grant the increase, but rather
employ new men. '-i t'''' +" -H@ .
Colonel B. L, Farinholf, of Essex county,
Virginia, was killed on Saturday by bIack-
smith with whom he had "a misunderstood
ing" a few days before, The day Farinholt
WAS killed he went to the blacksmith IS
shop armed with fve7pound weight, but
| before he could use it the blacksmith struck
him on the head with sledge hammer,
killing him instantly. Farinholt was d
man OF considerable wealth and promi.
nence.
Chicago experienced an extraOrslinary
spell of weather yesterday. On Sunday
: midnight cold wave set in which lasted
! until last evening. The mean temperature
of the day was about 80 degrees, and IRE,
were built in many offices and dwellings
"Winter underwear and top coats were IL
much request. At the races the spectators
with overcoats buttoned up, had to keen
? moving to prevent being chilled through
A slight rain set in at O'Clock in the even
ing.
General Crook has been ordered TO Wash.
ington for consultation in regard to the
final disposition to be made of the captured
J Apaches. The War Department has moi
! been officially informed OF the arrivalof the
, captives at San Carlos, and 1t is said thai
General Crook was not instructed to send
them there. A telegram from Agent vii
cox, dated Sunday, was received by the In
! terror Department yesterday, ANNOUNCING
j that the renegade Indians were forced OF
, the reservation on Saturday. Secretary Liz.
coins attention having been called to The
matter, he said that ''the agent must be IL
General Crook to keep the renegades apar
from the other Indans.' He added, thai
he would reiterate the orders to Genera
Crook. ..#
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R1-FOr five cents Wells Richardson A. 90,