Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1871-08-10
Miscellaneous lstelllxencc


There was no formal Cabinet meeting yester-
| day, but the Cabinet officers now in Washington
called upon the President. Secretaries Fish and
hObeson and Postmaster General Creswcll were
| absent.
The report that Hon. Charles Francis Adams
declined to be arbitrator under tho Treaty of
Washington is incorrect. The President yester-
| day received telegram from Mr. Adams accept
| ing the position
The President and General Horace Porter left
Washington last night on their return to Long
Branch.
A postal money order treaty has been conclt,-
ded with Germany, to go into effect October lat,
1872.
Official information has been received in WASH
| ington that the ku Klux act Is enforced in the
South more successfully than was anticipated,
under instructions from executive authority.
Two negroes we're taken from Jail at Frankfort,
Ky, by MASKED mob at A, NJ, yesterday and
lynched.
At Phoebe, Nevada, on Saturday, George NJ.
Harris, a notorious rough, was shot dead by D,
| A. Meyendorifs, an asssyer. Harris had slapped
Meyendorf's face to provoke fight.
l At London, Canada, Mrs. Campbell has con
1 fessed the murder Of her husband on July 18th,
ipplieatins : man named Doyle A. accessory.
cas.s / ssss e. 81 Al. I'M u! !.
tody. ehste Sstdg no evidence sga{net him !
The lower gates OF lock No. is, in the ST. Law
renee canal, were broken by propeller on Mon
day night, and navigation will be suspended for
| q few days.
bush fires " are reported to be still raging
along the Northern Railway in Canada, and de-
stroying large amount Of property.
The body Of Isaac Stephens, OF Hartford
Conn, was found in the woods at Pittsfeld,
Mass. on Sunday with tho throat cut. The YER
dict OF the Coroners jury was suicide.
The number Of deaths from the Wcstield dis
| aster has reached 100.
Governor Hoffman has refused to commute
| the sentence Of Joseph Messner, to be hanged
for murder at Rochester on Friday next.
William Carroll and John Harrington, the
boys who were ARRESTED for attempting to throw
| an Erie Railroad train OF the track, escaped
from the policemen. and are now at large.
| At st. Louis, yesterday morning. the boiler of
wager II Co.'S Union Steam FIGURING Mills ex-
ploded, killing John Scott, engineer, and James
L. jones, tiremen. One side OF the building
was blown out, and fragments OF the boiler were
| thrown to distance of half mile.
small towboat was sunk in the Ohio river
| on Sunday night, aud the mate and coored
| chambeImaid were drowned.
fire at Catskl N. Y, yesterday morning,
destroyed the CatskA House. Baptist Church,
and Clark's blacksmith shop and DIV SLING
| Total loss s33, 900.
Isaac S. Marcy, inventor of the soap-s,one
hair curler committed suicide at Nashua, N. H.,
on Saturday night.
In Louisiana, delegates 10 the Republican State
Convention were elected Monday. Among those
| elected in New Orleans are Lieutenant Governor
| Dunn. U. ). Marshal Packard, Postmaster Lowell
Collector Casey and Colonel Carter, Speaker of
the House. Eight wards voted against Governor
Yarmouth and four in his favor, one being
doubtful. The State, as far as known, give an
| anti-Warmouth majority