The daily gazette., 1883-07-05
woRNINa SUMMARY.

Tvn blocks in the cenIe OF Oausuen, Ala
ma mostly frame storehousea, wer
burned yesterday. Loss, SlOO,OOO.
telegram from Atlanta says Genera
cardon Yesterday resigned the Presidency o
We Georgia Pacific Railroad Company.
Tho temperature in Harrisburg yesterda
reacbed 30 degrees In the shade. Severa
nersons were sunstruck, but none fatally.
rIom. the Virginia duelist, was reported
.o he doing well last night, and it is said h'
win probably be able to go out IN few
days.
,bn were burned in escaping from the aim
%n,,se near Harrisburg, died last evening
Rotb were about 20 years of age.
,rehbishop Purcell, who was supposed tC
no dying on Tuesday evening, rallied some.
,pbat Yesterday, recovered consciousness, ,and
',as reported a little better last night.
Rnns P. March, City Superintendent OF
uiats and Trucks In Boston, died of sun.
ltroke last evening. Five policemen were
ai.o overcome by the heat In Boston, yester-
day.
,Iobn Leyan, a hat manufacturer of Read
ng prnpsylvania, was terribly injured yes
,sr5ay morning, at o'clock, by the explo-
sion Of cannon and bottle Of powder. 1t
is feared he will lose bis eyesight.
The cash, messenger and bundle boys In
tho employ of Strawbridge q Clothier, OF
Philadelphia, numbering nearly 300, were
entertained yesterday at the residence of
Isaac H. Clothier, at Sharon Hill, In Della
ware county.
The eony!cts In the State Prison at Salem,
orrpan. Yesterday attacked the officers and
made deprrate attempt to escape. Three
ni them were killed and two wounded, but
elgbt succeeded In getting out. None of the
officers were wounded
Ezra Daggett, of New York, who drove
his horse 80 miles in Is hours, while racing
with catamaran, was acquitted In New
Haven Yesterday OF the charge of cruelty.
II was testified that the horse was "well
treated and cared Tor"
The corner stone OF the State Normal and
Collegiate Institute near Petersburg, Vir-
pnia. was laid yesterday, with Masonic
ceremonies, colored Masonic lodges and
military companies rom various parts oil
the State being present.
Returns of the special election for Con
pressnan in the First district of Alabama,
held on Tuesday, indicate the election OF
lanes L. Jones, the Democratic candidate
The Republican opposition was badly or
panfzed, and in several counties no tickets
wer presented.
About 500 Philadelphia newsboys yester-
6sy partook OF the annual dinner provided
by George W. Childs. 1t was served at Bel
mont, in the West Park. Each boy was
also furnished with ticket of admi ssion to
the geological Garden and car ticket TO
carry him home
Early yesterday morning neighbors heard
n disturbance in the house OF james Jack,
at Nurrisown. Entering they found hi
wife, Mary, aged 35 years, strangled TO
death in bed. Jack and q neighbor named
Alfred Harvey, who 1t is said Was in the
house at the time, are under arrest.
During Fourth OF July ceebra ion at
MontTose, Penna., yesterday, II. Ii. Lud-
lum attempted balloon ascension. When
at the height OF 40 feet the trapeze rope
caught IN tree, and be was thrown to the
ground He struck upon rock, and sus-
taned injuries which may prove mortal.
Right Rev DR.. William Pinkney, Bishop
Of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Mary
land, died suddenly yesterday morning, in
the rectory at Cockeysville, Baltimore
county He resided In Washington.
Bishop Pinkney was born In Annapolis, and
at the time of his death was about "A years
OF age.
Right Rev. John McMullen, Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa,
died yesterday morning, after long illness.
He was greatly beloved by his people, and
was also much respected by the Protestant
community. His funeral will take place on
Friday, aud Bishop spalding, OF Peoria will
preach the sermon.
A street ear in Brooklyn was run into
yesterday by Manhattan Beach railroad
train. All the passengers escaped except
Catharine Kelley aged so years, who was
parayzed by fear and unable to move. She
was killed and the driver severely injured.
The fagman and the engineer and conduc-
tor OF the train were arrested
wooden awning, which extended over
The sidewalk in front of a building, on
Broadway, st. Louis, tumbled down on
Tuesday night, carrying with 1t Solomon
Gruen, his wife and two boys, named Marx.
Gruen was fatally injured, and died soon
afterwards; the boys were badly injured,
aud Mrs. Gruen received some scalp
wounds.
severe hail and thunder storm visited
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, doing
great damage to buildings and crops. James
kllley, prominent farmer, was killed by
lightning. The storm moved up the Beef
river, from New Chicago. At Mondowi five
barns were demolished. In Frempeleau
county farmer named Williams had his
buildings blown down and five horses aud IL
cattle killed AT New Chicago two men
We're badly injured. in Washington a dwell
ING house was wrecked and other damage
was done
= The second day of the Tertio-Millennial
Celebration at Santa Fe, New Mexico, was
marked by ten-mile foot race by Zuni In
Ilans, who "painted their bodies white in
hohor OF the Americans" and also by a
sham battle between the Zunis and the
Apaches in the evening there was "a
scalp dance around the numerous camp
hres." An excursion party of 800 CONNER
cal travellers and their families, from Mis-
sour, Kansas and Iowa, has arrived in
santa Fe. The exhibition has received ad-
lltiohSi articles, among them precious ores
IRON the Pacific slope. The exhibition of
Ii NHe fancy work and fligree jewelry is
desc 1bed as 'superb." An attraction in
chief Al, nc1 is ali aged Mexican and his wife
splnnng - I'd weaving with the kind of
loom used 200 ears ago.