The daily gazette., 1883-10-30
monNfNe suMMARY.


The U. s. coast survey steamer Eagre 10
safe, and arrived at New London yesterday |
morning.
Gustavus v. Fox who was assistant Sec
retary OF tho Navy under Secretary Welles, |
died yesterday morning in New York, in the
SD year of his age,
The Reading coal steamer Pottsville,
which grounded near Asbury Park last
January, was aosted yesterday. She is said
to be in good condition.
Two thousand bales of cotton, destined
for New York, we're burned yesterday morn
ing at the South Carolina Railroad yard, 10
Charleston. Loss, 100000.
A storm In BouEbon county, Kentucky,
on Sunday, blew down y tobacco barn and
warehouse and farm house, killing
family of four colored persons.
| Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co., stationers
and printers, of Chicago, suspended yester-
/ day. The assets are roughly estimated AZ
Ss25 900, and the liabilities at 100000.
A severe gale, with heavy rain, ragel yes
| terday at Gloucester, Massachusetts. Many
| Of the fishing vessels In the harbor dragged
their anchors, collided and went ashore.
General Sheridan left Chicago last evening
for Washington to assume commsLd OF the
army. General Sehoaeld 10 expected 10
Chicago to-day to succeed General Sheridan.
Daniel Ryan, the property man OF the
"Romany Rye" company, was found oean
in bed In his room, in Baltimore, last even
ing. He had complained OF rheumatism.
Francis McGloln, 80 years of age, com.
posItor on New York paper, eommitted
suicide yesterday morning by hanging him-
self with q towel. He had been drinking
heavily.
A committee Of the City Council OF Bos-
e ton, appointed to consider the proposed
: change of standard time, Will report In
I favor of the change as suggested by the as
4 tronomers OF Harvard University.
Peter smull, the horse thief, in the jail al
Belvidere, New Jersey, yesterday began the
J, 21st day of his fast He said he had no de
sire for food, shut his stomach felt solid
and he could Feep anything on 1t II hi
: tried"
4 A tornado struck Columbus, Ind, be
!. tween and 2 O'Clock yesterday morning
i unrooiDg a tannery and saw mill, parti
i ally demolishing a saloon, and hooking tn
corner of railway station. No person wa
injured.
- A tornado passed over Catahoula an'
- Tensas parishes, in Louisiana, yesterda
81 morning. As far as known, l6 houses ant
= a barn on different plantations were demo-
lie ished, and 10 persons were inJure sewers
m | uhuIJg WuAiO thIGC NA9el
>, peared.
Charles Gehring and John Isaaes, lelte
n carriers In Baltimore, were arrested yestel
n day on the charge Of having "opened enV'
I'd lopes containing election tickets SCI
as through the post-office addressed to varlou
-, parties, and destroying the tickets by burr
- ing them" They were held in VI 800 bal
- The total value Of our imports Of merchal
% disc for l2 months which ended on Ser
rs 30th, 1888 was S694 $50 0S6, decrease
by S54 744 ,662 compared with the imports q
Ice the preceding ~ months. The total walt
- of our ext orts during the 10 months whit
H. enced on September 30th last, was SSl2 ,2St
nt- 945,an increase of S74 ,G36 ,739 on the expor
of for the corresponding period of the prevlo
year.
a The suit of Hallett Filbourn against Jol
"a g. Thompson, ex-Sergeaut alarms of Il
United States House OF Representatives wi
10 hegun yesterday In the Circuit Court
ny Washington before Judge Cox. Kilbou
was imprisoned 40 days by order of 4
House of Representatives in 1875, for refu
in ing to give certain testimony before an
90, vestigating committee. After the Hou
"a adjourned he was released by a writ
habeas corpus. He then brought 81
an against Sergeal tat-Arms Thompson,
hen whom he was arrested, and was, in Apl
the 1882, awarded $1,000 damages by ju
,o The verdict was set aside by Judge M
Arthur, and the case now comes to II
M ,ne under an amended bill, claiming $780,
SOL damages.
tng The st. Louis Post Dispatch published
Mr.. special despatch yesterday from Aust
mes Texas, sts ting that telegram had been
this ccived by Governor ireland that 1900 color
' men were under arms In the town
ICE Cause, Milan county, and an outbreak v
i'm, momentarily expected" and asking for
atty mediate help. The late decision by
he Supreme Court regarding the Civil Rig
,,u bill is thought to be the cause of the trout
'y' Governor Ireland issued proclamst
IS calling the militia to arms, and over Il,
the men responded. A special military tr
Oh. was ordered, and the troops were wait
We orders at 2.3O o'clock yesterday afterno
-, The precise nature Of the trouble could
ueu be ascertalned, but there seeMs to be
the doubt that a disturbance of some kind
It's in progress. The Governor received L
the grams later stating that matters had quie
tho down, but no particulars were given.
'N' troops were allowed to disband.