The daily gazette., 1883-11-16
moHNIS0 SUMMARY.

closed on December let "unless sooner
closed by ice."
The steamship Argonaut, which II was
feared had foundered in Lake Huron on
Sunday, has arrived at Port Huron.
The town clock in Petersburg, Virginia,
will be run by the new time standard, which |
will also be adopted by the jewelers. of that
city.
The Washington Mills at Lawrence, Mas
sachusetts, have discharged 60 wcavers,
stopping over 100 looms for an indefinite |
period.
The boiler iu smalley & Harris saw mill, |
at Moraceo, Texas, burst yesterday, killing |
one man and injuring three others, one |
fatally.
The report that George Shaw had mur-
dered his wife and children, near Canal
Dover, Ohio, Is contradie:ed BY Cleveland |
dispatch.
The Oglethorpe Barracks, in Savannah,
were yesterday sold at uction By the Gov
ernment, and bought BY hotel company
for $67, ,3Sl.
A telegram from Quebec says "a nugget
of gold weighing 20 ounces aud valued at
$500 has been taken out Of the river Gilbert
ut Beauee."
The Treasury Department decides that the
word "ton," wherever used in the Tariff
acts, must be construed to mean ton OF
2,24O pounds.
Alfred Jones, Of Nanticoke, was fatally
shot by William Surtees, OF Pittston, In
quarrel at fCot-race at Wilkesbarre yester-
day afternoon.
| A New York dispatch denies that the
| Novelty Rubber Company has failed, and
| says the stockholders have simply concluded
TO go into liquidation.
Second Assistant Postmaster General Ell
mer, who has just returned to his post from
New York, positively contradicts a report
that he intends TO resign.
A FIRE at Ann street and Theatre alley, in
New York, early yesterday morning, caused
an aggregate loss Of SCI, 900, distributed
among number Of tenants.
An order from the British War Depart
ment, abolishiug the shaving regulation in
the army, was yesterday pl omulgated to the
garrison in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The whites Of the eastern part of Con-
zales county, Texas, have organized COM
pany OF minute men, upon rumor that
"the negroes are drilling by night"
Mrs. John w. Garrett, wife of the presi-
dent OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
died yesterday at Montebello, near Balu-
more, from the effects of q fall from her
carriage several weeks ago.
vessel struck on Long Point Beach, six
miles from Port Huron, Ontario, during q
snow storm yesterday. A life boat and
crew went TO the rescue, but the vessel s
crew OF eight men were drowned.
The Governor OF New Jersey yesterday
ordered special election in the Second AS
snmbly District of Bergen county on Dec
cmber 18th to I'LL the vacancy caused by the
death of fAssemblyman-elect Doremus.
The dead body Of Mrs. J. IL. Eldred, aged
~ years, was found on Wednesday (the
fiity-second anniversary Of her marriage) in
a pork barrel at North p etersburg, n. Y.
, wound in tie forehead indicated that sh,
had been murdered.
John McGraul, a nine year. old boy, Of
Hoboken, New Jersey, loaded a toy pistol
with powder and tscks Yesterday morn
ing Harry, his three -year-Old brother, fired
of the weapon, and the charge tore of part
= OF the hand Of Willie, another brother, five
! years Of age.
; The recent gale which swept the Lake Re
y gion and the Middle States assumed the
l force of tornado In portions Of Maine. II
r several countiss houses and barns vert
damaged or destroyed, tho losses in Oxfor(
aud Franklin counties alone being estima
ted at $3.50, 900.
h A telegram from Milwaukee says tba
Bay View FishplAte Mill and the Nortl
. Chicago Rolling Mill Company shut dow
d on Wednesday, throwing several hundre,
r, men out of work, Lack of orders was tn
n cause, 81 the season for rail-layiDg beint
, about over.
' About 200 stockmen met yesterday ii
i Chicago to organize "National Stock AS
a ISOLATION" A resolution was adopted pledp
II ing the Association ito make an effort L
J., have the National Government take actiol
! to prevent the spread OF contagious diseas
among cattle"
The House Of Representatives AZ Harris
i. burg last evening reconsderud the adjourn
~ meut for final resolution Oh the 5th prox
a imo, and laid it over. This was from fea
, that the Senate would concur In the adjourn
Il ment resolution and refuse to concur In tn
II Appropriation bill.
In New York, yesterday, at mid. day, Wi
. liam Lyon, from Albany, was seized By tw,
L highwaymen in front OF the Tombs prison
d One of them held him by the throat Will
fs the other rihed his pockets. One of the rui
fans, John Mccarthy, was captured by tn
police, but the other escaped. The stree
- was full of people at the tine.
The Actors Fund Association of Amerle;
Ie yesterday amended the bylaws prohibiting
N the application of more than one-haf OF tb
,r income of the corporation In any one yea
,s for relief purposes. The large demand O
the members Of the fund, it is said, mad
1t necessary to allow the use Of all the in
=, come or as much Of It as was required.
~ The compositors in the offices of tn
" World, Star, Morning journal, Truth an
he Tribune, in New York, last night demande
e. an increase Of pay from 10 to 40 cents pe
1000 ems. All the papers granted the dc
mand except the Tribune, which employe,
only IL Union rompositors. The Tribune
" n-Union men refused TO joiu the H. whe
T, the latter quilted work.
1e The American Clydesdale Associate me
" In Chicago on Wednesday night, with a
attendance OF about 40 members from dlI
ferent parts OF the country. The compile
az tion of the second volume of the Stud Boo
was announced, and it was decided to negc
'r tiate with the managers of State Fairs fo
the exhibition of Clydesdale stock, 'i
order to bring their merits more prom
nently before the public"
Mayor Edison, of New York, yesterda
- nominated John j. German, Fire Commi
sioner and Tammany Democrat and DAM,
le O'Reilly, county Democrat, to be Polic
Justices in place of Messrs. Morgan an
e. Herman. Both were promptly conlirme,
by the Board of Alderman He subst
quently appointed Richard Crocker, Tan
many Alderman elect to be Fire Comm
lg sioner for the uneXpired term Of John /.
German.
Thomas Burrows, farmer of Hitter,
ty Maine, was found dead in bed on Wedne