Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1871-11-10
AMERICAN NEWS.


boxes of smoked herring.
Fair Haven, Conn, exports five thousand
gallons OF oysters daily.
Gov. Curtin, United States minister at 81.
Petersburg, is in London.
Many Of the Chicago weeklies have trans
ferred their offices 10 st. Louis.
Cassius NJ. Clay says that 81. Louis viii
eventually be the largest city In the world
Gov. Cooks Of the Territory OF Columbia
reached home November 4lh from London,
Eng.
There are 447 periodicals published in
British America 255 in Onlaria 90 are
dailies.
Mr.. James G. Finn a prominent wal paper
manufacturer In Philadelphia, died In tha'
city Nov. 9th
A man in Memphis bought five hundred
tickets, at 81 each, in a church fair and
drew two So prizes.
At the last election iu New York city
1862, 502 votes were registered. Two ladiei
in tho 10Th Ward were registered.
A convention Of the representatives oil the
steamboat interests of the United states as
sembled at Loui sville, November 9th.
On Sunday, the line Of the Pennsylvania
hNllIOhNt UtAMtbu HOlhAo y ehN tA''N'
out Of Philadelphia, was Strengthened.
Mr.. Sweetapple of England, has succeed
ed Mr.. Carl Hoffman as manager ol the
Marley Paper Mills near Elkton, Md.
Watson & Clark's Phosphate Works
PHILADELPHIA, were destroyed by hre las
Saturday, loss $4,000, covered by insu
rance.
A broom factory recently presented th'
Mayor OF Charleston with broom which
his Honor ordered 10 be used in sweeping ou
the office.
Tie donation Of Rev. ]. g. Donelau, In
stead of being devoted 10 Georgetown Col
leqe. goes to Seminary in Howard county
Maryland.
Gen. E. NJ. Gregory, U. s. Marshall 70
the Eastern District Of Pennsylvania, die
in Philadelphia Nov. 7tb; born in New Yorl
state in 1904.
Cardoza (colored), Secretary oil State G
South Carolina, has resigned to accepta pre-
essorship In tho Howard University q
Washington.
Last week, 1886 negroes left the vicinity o
Yorkyille, 3. q for Baltimore TO go tn L'b'
ria. Africa, In the American Colonzillo
SOclety's ship.
The Charleston Courier, November AL
saws President Grants proclamation hs
had the effect Of putting The country enlirel
under cloud.
Two hundred colorcd emigranls arrived I
Fnitress Monroe Saturday from the interlo
and took passage on the bark Edith an
Rose for Liberia.
Arrangements have been completed viii
the Northern Central Railroad Company
place a postal car IRON Baltimore to Buha
J in fifteen hours.
i The ship Ilansa from Liverpool arrived
: Baltimore this week WITH fine c0lectlt
q of cattle, sheep, dogs aud iowls nom u
i Island ol Jersey.
c The General Council OF the LulheIli
i Church of North Ameiicl, In session at X
IS chester, N. Y, on Monday, elected ) Gro
If Fry OF Philadelphia, Treasurer.
!, Tho vault of Chicago jewelry stOI
L holding all lis valuable goods during 1
ie Are. proves TO have exploded through SOL
re unknown means, scattering all the conteI
N int0 tue surrounding hames.
u On Tuesday, fifteen sailing vessls ioadl
u with hreadstuffs prlnciDnllv, lori (kufoH q
a. six with cargoes lOr South ANGELICA snu
II West Indies, were in the port OF BaiIimo
a. q The President has appointed George
q, Boxer the Union League poet oi Ph
delnhia. minister to C0uslantinople, v
Wayne McVeigh, Of Pennsylvania, resign
The President has revoked the suspens
of the writ OF habeas corpus IN Marion co
Is tv, S. c., made in his proclamation OF
17lh ult., and suspended the writ in I'm
-, county.
u November 9Th, the President commissi
"A ed William Prescott Smith aud John
~ Davis, of Baltimore, as commissioners Il
., MARYLAND to the Philadelphia centennial
T. ebIation, thus confirming the nominauoi
he Gov. Bowie.
ne The Ohio river is 80 low at the falls
nd on The 9th inst, q gentleman drove aero
of with a horse and wagon. 1t has not bee
Isl. low at this point since 1866, and perl
ey not since 1912,
Ike In order to test the question whethl
nd foreign corporation doing busines in I'LL
10. is amendable to bankrupt courts in
sa- State. a petition In bankruptcy has
rst filed at Chicago against the Manhattan
nd rance Company oi New York.
i. Professor Hayden, Chief Of the GeoloG
'Sl- Survey OF the Territories, reports that, in
iy valley of the Upper Yellowstone river
lake, there are between 1000 and lOOU
no. no' spring, the tenn erature OF which raj
eS osS from lS0 to 1876 degrees.
ev- Treasurer Holden OF the Relief Fun
her Chicago, secured $4,000 and consicel
md supplies which lie refused to give up v
uIe requistlon was made by the proper aull
and ties. lie also caused to be seut 10 The r
and lar committee livery stable bill amour
10 S24O, of which payment has been ret'
way The chief engineer of the Topeka A
ais, son and Santa Fe Railroad has comp
'h ho the survey of that line to Port Uuion,
onJ Mexico, and reports the route praclicah
He now commences survey oil the
,ck, rom rolt Douge W ppneSlo ," New NJ,
int before The snow stops work.