Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-09-23
IN GErHRAL.


The work Of taking the census of the
October 1st. 1t Will be under the supervision
of Major John ". Powell, Director of the
Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian In
stitution. The Indian agents at the 80 differ
ent agencies throughout the country will take
the census under the immediate supervision
of the special agents. II is estimated that
more than three-tifths Of the Indians are on
reservations engaged in industrial pursuits
Most Of the remainder report periodically at
the agencies, and II is believed that an accu-
rate enumeration can be obtained. In the
case OF the few Indians who do not report
men will be sent TO their camps to gain the
desired information. 1t is not believed that
the work can be completed in less than six
months.
In the Liberal League, in session at Chicago
platform was adopted on Saturday night,
after an exciting debate. Among the resolu- |
tons ID one looking to the nomination Of |
Presidential candidate in 1884. The officers |
OF the League are AZ follows Elizur Wright, |
of Boston, President Mrs. Julia II. Sever
ance, of Milwaukee, First Vice President; A.
l.. Rawson, of New York. Secretary Lucy
Coleman, of New Jersey Assistant Secretary ;
Il. Is. Wakeman, of New York, Treasurer.
The directors are EliZur Wright, Il. Il. Wake
man, Nj. L.. Green and II. G. Spencer. Colonel
lngersol had been elected First Vice Presi-
hOht, Dui lcbibHtu. Dtchuse tne iAchBue fe-
fused to adopt substitute which he offered
for the Comstock portion of the resolutions,
Seven negroes were arrested in Robertson
county. Ky, OH suspicion Of being the muir
derers of Laprade, recently killed near Sadler-
VILE. One of them. named Higgins, made
confession on Tuesday, duplicating the Others,
-four OF whom were i'll Jail at Sadlerville, and
two ut Springfield. On Tuesday night, an
armed mob of 100 broke into the Jail ut
Springfield, shot and killed a negro named
lsamsey. accused of the murder of young
woman, aud carried the two negroes accused
of the Laprade murder to place seven miles
ont OF the town, where they were lynched.
The other five, including Higgins, were under
guard at Sadlerville, but IL was thought an
attempt would be made to lynch them last
night.
\ Lafayette =. Foster, formerly President of
the Senate and acting Vice President of the
United States, died Sunday in Norwich,
aged "a years. He was lineal descendant of
Miles Standish. He graduated at Brown
University, and adopted the profession Of the
law was six times elected a member of the
Connecticut Assembly, and three times
Speaker of the House. He was also Mayor
of Norwich for two years. He was elected
United States Senator for the term of six
years beginning March 4th, 1855, and WAS
reelected in 1860 for second term of six
years.
In Stamford, Conn, last week, James b.
Merritt, being refused an interview with his
wife, who had returned to live with her
father, Frank Upper, assaulted sick visitor,
named Fountain, in the house, and was shot
twice and wounded by his brother-in-aw,
Merritt went away and returned at midnight
with shot gun. Being refused admission,
he fired through the door at his mother-in-
law, but missed her, and was shot in the lungs
by Fountain. Merritt and Upper are both
under arrest
In Milwaukee, on Wednesday week. a mob
of several hundred men and boys made an
attack upon the rink, RACED II to the ground,
and carried II OIL piecemeal, there being no
interference by the police. The rink is said
to have been one of the finest buildings of its
class in the country. The ground on which
1t stood liz owned by the city, which had some
trouble in getting the lessee to surrender his
lease, IN order that an exhibition building
might be erected on the site.
In reporting the recent attack on a revenue
| posse near Floyd Court House, Va, Collector
| Rives asks that carbines and men be furnished
Nun TO carry on the war against illicit dis
tillers in Southwestern Virginia. He believes
| that with well armed force the gang could
| be broken up. The Internal Revenue Com
missioner will furnish Collector Rives with all
| the guns necessary, and authorize him to
employ men enough to carry out his plans.
| Aschooner arrived at Port Hawkesburg, N
s., OH the l4th inst. with an insane man who
was picked up by the schooner Apotine 40
miles east of the NIagdalen Islands, on the 9th
| inst. The man was in boat without oars
navigating it with piece Of plank. He said
his name was William McIsaac, and that he
LETT Cape George the previous Friday after
noon. II his story was correct he must have
Travelled 200 miles in an open boat.
Nancy Haywood, maiden lady living with
her brother in Rockland, Wis, was myster-
! ously murdered on Sunday night Her
brother left home i'll the evening, leaving her
with the servant girl and the latter's sister,
On returning he found blood on the floor,
and traced it to wood pile, under which lay
the body of the murdered woman, with her
shroat cut. The girls were arrested, but
profess ignorance of the deed. y
At Pleasant Valley, near Pittston Pa. on
Sunday, ]. b. Carl, his wife and one child,
MIR. and Mrs. Woodward, of Mill Creek, and
jennie Powell, domestic, were poisoned by
eating cakes made of corn meal, which had
been mixed with arsenic and set aside to kill
rats. Mrs. Carl and Mrs. Woodward died
Monday morning, and Jennie Powell was
not expected to survive. The others, ii was
thought, might recover.
The ex-Confederate General Anderson has
returned to General Francis A. Walker,
superintendent OF the Census, the sword
captured from him at Reams Station, during
the war. Replying to the letter of General
Anderson, General Walker expresses cordial
thanks for the formers generosity and
thoughtfulncss, and says he will prize the
weapon all the more because of its history
since the war.
Judge Briggs has decided that minor
aliens, who shall have resided in the United
States three years next preceding their arriv-
ing at the age of 81 years, cannot be natural
lied unless the petitioners shall declare. on
oath, and prove to the satisfaction of the
Court, that for three years next preceding it
has been the bona Htle intention of such aliens
To become citizens OF the United States.
A committee of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, headed by
Prof. Newcomb, called upon Adjutant- Gen
eral Drum, in Washington, Monday. and
asked that the control of the Signal Service
be transferred from the army to either the
Coast Survey or the Smithsonian Institution
When the President returns to Washington
the committee will interview him also on the
subject.
Secretary SchurZ, since his return to Wash
ington, has spoken very hopefully of the pro-
gress among the Indians, as observed by him
III his tour of the Northwest. He attributes
the advance made by the Indians mainly to
the efforts OF the Interior Department to
make farmers of them, and thinks the work
would be promoted by authorizing the allot-
ment to them of lands i'll severalty.
Christian Roberts and Nilliam Redder,
while walking along one of the streets of
Hoboken. N. j., just before daylight, yester-
day morning, were shot and wounded, one in
the back and the other in the legs, by man
who ran away after firing at them Suisse
quently Anatole Brache was arrested and
identified az the would-be assassin No cause
Is assigned for the act.
On the 9Th instant the body of an infant.
: with string tied around its neck, was found
IN an outbuilding at Hiseyille, n. j.. Johanna
Walling, domestic, suspected of being the
mother and the murderer Of the child sud-
, denly disappeared. Sunday body answer
ing the description of the missing woman.
. who had doubtless committed suicide. was
found in Lily Pond
: The close of the Jocky Club fall trotting al
Chicago, was signalized on Saturday by Maud
, 5. making mile in 2lOa4. The time BY
$ quarters was First, 0.3i second, O.30g, +;
/ third, 03ll4 fourth O.3i94. She carried
= two pounds overweight, and faced q strong
wind. The time is one-half second better
than st. Juicns best record.
, The total value of our exports of domestic
breadstuils during August was So, 4g8, gl5,
against s29. 75S,G50 during August, 1879.
During eight months of the present wear
ending August 3lst, the value of domestic
breadstuffs exported was .l8l. 1856, 766, against
sl319li,Of7 during the corresponding period
of last year.