Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-08-16

In Csneral.
The postoilce IN Toronto, Canada, was
robbed of ninety-One registered letters on
Sunday night.
One hundred and seventy Chinese have
ln-t arrived at San francisco On the
steamer QHdHg Sc.
The first bale of Florida cotton aud the
second of the Georgia crop were received
in Savannah on Sunday.
The nmber of postal cards issued from
the mandatory at Springfield, Macs, 10 |
date has been "A, 900.
The postofiice at Litchleld, MontEom |
erv county, H., was robbed Of from |
$500 to $500 In stamps and money, Ou |
Wednesday night.
The brig W. W. Welsh, for Phiadel'
mia, ran ashore at Grceu Island, n. s.,
in a deusc fog last Friday night, and Is
expected to be a total loss.
Two tugs collded with an excursion
barge near Albany, on Tuesday night,
aud five boys were Injured, one fatally,
by broken wood from the harge's guards.
A Convention of the Soldiers Of New
York State has been called to meet on
September 23d, for the purpose OF petit
tioning Congress ~ equalize soldiers
bOunties.
A fire In Warren, X. T., on Wednesday
night, destroyed the blacksmith shop,
boiler house and machine shop Of the
Mechanics Machine Company, causing
loss Of 100000.
Colonel Cobb, member of Congress from
the WyandOtte district Of Kansas, has
brought suit against r. F. Taylor, Of the
/ WyandOite Gdzstte, for defamation, claim
ing $4,000 damages.
'rhe New York Police Commissioners
have resolved TO allow the Legion of St.
Patrick to parade with arms, as well ms
the Knights Templar, aud will furnish
them with Il police escort.
Vice President Wilson was in Boston
again Monday, looking better than on
his previous visit. His abstinence from
all labor allows him TO make steady pro.
gruss toward restored health.
A colored woman in Monroe county,
AK put her two children to bed Friday
week, and went To church. during her
absence the house was burned down, aud
the children persisted in the names.
The stable Of 5. .. Brown, at River
side, "A suburb of Paterson, n. j., was
robbed on Wednesday night of two
horses, phmton and five sets of har-
ness. The stolen property was valued at
5000.
Pane's lumber mill and steam saw
works, Ragihaw City, Mich, were burned
on Wednesday. About 2O0,OO0 feet Of
lumber and 1000 barrels of oil were also
destroyed. The loss Is estimated al
$4,000.
The President of the Police Commits.
aioncrs, OF brooklyn, y. Y, has notified
the police captains Of that city that the
will he held responsible for the eXistenc,
of policy shops aud farO-banks in thcil
precincts.
The Attorney General decides that nc
spirltuOus liquors can be introduced int,
the Indian country without order Of tn,
Wan Department also that the imisdic
f tiOu Of that department is exclusive VI 81
other jurisdictions.
A committee appointed To Investigate
) the Affairs of the Auditor aud Treasure
{ Of Fairfield county, Ohio, report def
8 cheney Of Sl42.OOO. The present incum
Il hcntr are cXculpated, aud their preduc,s
Il sors blamed for this deficiency.
' The steamer FdoOrde with m cNeur
a -iuu PARTY of 1870 pcrsons, caught lac 81
Buston harbOr, Wednesday, but the llamc
! Mere soon eXtinguished. The paul
70 stricken passengers were taken oil by
10 schooner, which wont alongside.
. The assessed valuation of the real e.
=, tate of New York city for the prcsen
!. var is $3.50, 693.3Sn, and Of the persona
, estate, S292 Az ,di3. This is AN incrcas,
j.. compared with last years valuation, q
y. S%l. hii, 40 in real estate, and "a decrcas
of $l4,l7l, 179 in personal.
ID IN the United States District Court a
4 New York joint suit has been bcgu
+ against j. Il. Platt and F.. X. Boyd fl
10 tho recovery of Sl,OO0,OOO In gold iC
differentiation Of imports. Sepcrat
h suits have also been brought against eac
Il for the recovery Of amounts of $500, OJ
" and $4,000 for similar offences.
l. Daniel Whelton, who recently made
le inurdcrOus assault upon Warden Chan
a berlain, in the Massachusetts Stat
% prison, was convicted Wednesday OF II
II crime aud sentenced to ten years in
If prisonment, the first three days to be
1t solitary confnsmeut. The sentence wi
! take effect after Whelton'5 present tel
ic tcnce is completed.
+, The crew of the burned brig OSca
s. aground near Astoria, Long Island, WEI
- beaten OIL by a gang of river thieves, VII
then robbed the hulks Of one hundrC
N iathOms of chain cable, Sl5OO worth {
~ copper shcathing, aud $500 in gold b,
~ longing 10 the captain. $500 pounds {
id the cable have been found in a Brookly
u' junk shop, but no arrests have been mad
~ George Harper, clerk in the Chi
.I Engineers Office of the Illinois Centri
M Railroad at Chicago, has been detected
r' frauds. lie placed fictitious names upC
Is The pay rolls, and drew the money upc
~, thcm himself, until he had dcfrauded Il
y. company out of $4,000. The thief is
A. Young man, of sober habits, with a fan
nj lily, and lie invested part OF his "saving,
M in bonds. These bonds, u the amount
~; $4,000, he has turned over to the COZ
ro pany, and his friends having paid up Il
q remainder, il is understood that he W
l,' not be prosecuted.