The daily gazette., 1883-12-01
MoRNINa slinIMAaY.

steamer 1fenJOn.
man, supposed to be Albert Banks, was
Killed at Marion, New Jersey, yesterday
by an outgoing Philapelphia express train.
Professor J. H. Tice, the weather prophet,
died suddenly yesterday morning at his
home, In Cheltenham, . suburb of st.
Louis.
The Committee on Rules of the United
States Senate was in session In Washington
Yesterday and practically finished the revi.
sion Of the Senate Rules.
An attempt to arrest fouE burglars In
Shelby, Ohio, yesterday morning, resulted
ib the killing Of two of the burglars, and
the wounding Of two Of the arresting party.
The surviving burglars were captured.
The John P. King's mill In Augusta, ,Geor-
gia, began yesterday to bale goods for the
market. The mill has 90 800 spIndles and
500 looms. The company, with a capital OF
100000. begins operations with q surplus
dfS2J0,000.
1t is reported that the British schooner
Royal Star, with all bands numbering six,
has been lost at Gooseberry Island, Pla,
Centa Bay. The date Of the loss is un-
known. The vessel, bottom up, drove ashore
9n Tuesday.
Chief Engineer Melville has received q
letter from General Chernayeff, the Cover
tor of Yakootsk, stating that the Gear has
bestowed rewards and promotions on all the
persons in Siberia who assisted the survivors
Oi the jeanette expedition.
At meeting of the Town Committee OF
West Orange, New Jersey, yesteeday, $500
vas appropriated as reward for the ar
est and conviction of the murderer of
phehe Paullin. In addition to this sum
the citizens nave subscribed $500.
The schooner Mascot arrived at Glouces-
ter, Massachusetts, yesterday morning,
with 100 barrels of kerosene oil which she
picked up on Thursday, As miles east OF Cape
Ann An abandoned schooner with her
stern knocked in was in the vicinity.
The Navy Department has received three
new electric lights from Paris. Two of them
have been placed In the U. s. steamer Tren-
ton, aud the other will be used at the New
port torpedo station. 1t is probable that
these lights will be gradually adopted in
the navy.
7. X. Marshall, stage machInlst of the
Madison Square "Rajah" Company, opened
the wrong door in the Southern Hotel, in
Selma, Alabama, on Thursday night, and
walked off an exposed landing on the second
story, falling into the court below, dis
lance of 30 feet, and breaking his neck.
The Coroner's jury in the case Of the mur-
dered Maybees, at BrookVille, Long Island,
yesterday returned verdict that the
victims came to their death from strangu-
lation by some party or parties unknown.
There Is still no real clue to the murderer.
The two colored men arrested on suspicion
have been discharged.
In addressing petit jury, whose term Of
service had expired yesterday In Washing
ton, Judge Wylie said 1t might be that Jury
men had formed and expressed an opinion;
hut the opinions thus formed should not
disqualify man from serving as Juror.
lie knew from his own experience that first
opinions would yield TO the weight Of eVi-
dence.
The crew of the lumber barge Hamilton
j. Mills were yesterday rescued by the life
saving crew at Sturgeon Point, In Georgian
Bay, Ontario, after having been exposed to
Tie elements for two days. The barge was
cut loose from q propeller, became water
logged and drifted helplessly. Two other
barges were cut loose at the same time, and
II is feared they have fouhdered, with all on
board.
Members of the committee appointed by
the last New Jersey Legislature to investi-
gate the Executive Departments of the
State, have tried TO secure quorum half
dozen times, but without success. Another
effort was made In Trenton yesterday, but
only one member, Assemblyman Chapman,
OF Essex, put In an appearance, and "he
adjourned the meeting until one week from
to-day In Jersey City"
1t is reported from New Haven that the
Winchester Arms Company of that city, the
Union Metallic Cartridge Company, of
bridgeport, and large cartridge company
In Lowell have combined land will In future
act together as a syndicate, controlling the
manufacturing ofthe country" The Union
Company of Bridgeport employs 1900 opera
tives, and the Winchester Company nearly
tndanandaat M n largo har
working on guns.
The Iron Age publishes number of let
teFs from nail manufacturers given their
views on the present condition and future
prospects of the nail trade. One manufac-
turer says the production will be controlled
by suspensions of work; another considers
the outlook for 1884 decidedly gloomy, and
third says the nail trade is undergoing
complete revolution by the use of wrought
scrap, by which nails are manufactured for
% cents less per keg than from pig metal.
Since the adoption Of the new standard
time the Patent Once has received about
400 applications for patents for clock sdials
"and other devices intended to present the
"a hours In convenient manner and with
out unduly crowding the figures together"
large number of these applications have
teen rejected, "upon evidence found In a
musty old volume that Prince Soltykoff once
upon the dial of which appeared the hours
from one to "a, arranged in two concentrlc
circles"
The Consul of the United States at Flo
renee, Italy, reports to the Department of
State that there are now offered for sale q
gainting by Murilo, 25x1s inches, price
S5o,OOO; painting by Raffaello San zio Dur
hino, bearing his signature, 9x8 inches, price
$4,000, and marble statue, ga boy" the
only sculpture by d'Urbino, price S14O, 900.
The Consul reports the matter for the benefit
OF the museums and art collectors of the
Inited States, and says that the prices sare
PROBABLY double the amounts that would be
accepted"
In the Walnut Hills district of Cincinnati,
~ l o'clock yesterday morning, Frank
Atkins was awakened by the sounds of DIS,
sol shots. He got up, and seeing a street
car standing still went to It. Going insids
Rg,,ind ne iound John Cosgrove, the driver, and
William 2Nuff fho !