Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-25
IN GENERAL.

uuette 9 La Crosse Milwaukee A Port
Huron 6 Denver 8 Cleveland 8 Detroit 8
st. Paul s +; Pittsburg = Yankton 8 Gin
cinnsti 81 Breckenridge 10; Sandusky 10
Boston 70 Chicago IL Eastport IL Buffalo
l3; Grand Haven Is Rochester IL st.
Louis IS; Toledo 10 Portland, Me-, IA
Burlington, Vt, Is; Louisville Is; North
Platte 10; Washington 10; Davenport Is;
New London 10 Erie Is; Keokuk Is Albany
II; Cairo II; New York II Baltimore IL
Knoxville 10 Nashville - Omaha 90 Fort
Gibson 20; oswego q Memphis a Leaven-
worth %; Wilmington 25 Vicksburg 26;
Norfolk 26 Shreveport SO; Augusta, Ga, 80,
and Montgomery, Ala 81. Last night tempera-
ture iii the Northwest which had risen slightly,
was again falling, so that severe weather may
be expected Tor several days. 1t is believed
at Quebec that all the vessels in the st. Law
renee. us well az those remaining IN port, will
be frozen III, aud the destruction OF some OF
the great lightships, as well as large numbers
OF buoys Iii the lower st. Lawrence is appre
hended The seyerest storm Tor II years was
experienced III Anticosti Island OH
Monday, and yesterday morning the
shore was strewn With shell fish, showing that
the sea WAS heavy enough to break the beds
A telegram from Detruitreports Lake st. Clair
finally closed with ice, and navigation rapidly
closing on the entire cham of the great lakes
Seventy-four vessels bound from Buffalo for
lake Erie Is vessels from Chicago tor Buffalo
are IN the st. CLAIR river OF Lake Huron and
u vessels from Escanaba for Lake Erie ports
are frozen IN on Lake Huron. There seems
very little prospect Of amy Of these VESSELS
reaching their destinations. Navigation in
tue Connecticut river, and the kennebec river
in Maine was closed yesterday. The Hudson
river, above CoXsackle, Is completely blocked
and Its tributaries are frozen. The ice is
from two 10 four inches thick on the New
lork canals west of Albany, and many boats
are blockaded. lie value of grain alone en-
bargoed by the ice is estimated at 81 900, 600
Ice three and oue-half inches thick is being
stored III the Ice houses ut Long Branch,
The Delaware river ut Bordentown is
frozen from shore to shore.
AT Whitehall, n. V, the temperature was o
below zero Monday morning, and the Cham
plain Canal is frozen, the ice being two inches
thick. Thirty loaded boats are blocked be-
tween Whitehall and Fort Ann The ice on
the Wtlland Canal, i'll Ontario is from two to
three inches thick. Ten inches of snow fell
at Oswego, N. y. The following temperatures
were reported Monday morning Lacrosse,
zero Cleveland 1 Milwaukee :; North
Platte ] Detroit ; Cheyenne 2 Denver 2 /,
Sandusky 3 st. Paul 3 indianapolis 4 !;
Madison 4 !; Wyoming 4 Plttsburg 8 Gin
cinnati q !; Toledo i ; Davenport q Chicago
8; Erie buffalo . Louisville Rochos-
ter III st. Louis 10; Omaha II CAIRO u /,
LcayenWonh II; Albany IL Fort Gibson l3;
heokuk IA Washington IA Boston Is Bur-
llngton 10 EastpOrt l5 New York 10 Grand
Haven III hew London IL /; Baltimore II ;
Portland. Me-, IS; Nashville Is Memphis
49, Oswego POS Knoxville %; Corscana,
Texas, u and Shreveport, Louisiana, -.
. \ J. Tullis. q lawyer, and jacob Nina, in
dicted in Cincinnati for extensive forgelies.
n-rpat,4I . "A nIbaaIuu Ia al l,t
in connection with Cofneliiis AicGoldrck,
they forged deeds 10 large tracts of land
owned by jeremiah Iulhs, an eccentric
millionaire, who died about two years ago, and
that lands in Iowa. Illinois, Missouri and
Tennessee were thus disposed of. Tho deeds
were made from lulis To NlcGoldrick, dated
a year or two before Iullis' death then Me
0ioldrlck would deed the land to another of
the party, who would sell it to an innocent
person. 1t is said that 10000 acres of land
near Fort Dodge, Iowa, were sold by the
accused to innocent victims, who have settled
upon the tract.
he British steamer SandrHgtqn grounded
of Cape Henry beach, It lev days ago secre-
tary thompson gave permission TO have her
repaired ~ the dry dock at Norfolk, Va, and
on Monday afternoon, She was placed on the
dock, although II was needed for one OF uur
naval vessels. When this was done. the
cause, launched the bitteresI abuse upon the
American navy, its officers, and the flag. ="
The facts were reported IA writing To The
Commandant Of the yard and he directed
that no work be done upon the vessel until
instructions are received from the Secretary
OF the Navy
complicated and scandulons case WINS
decided by the superior Court. III Chicago.
Monday II appears that. some time MO
William a. Sloan married n woman in OHIO,
and slbseuuenty removed TO Town. and thpre
obtained through Il Chicago LAWYER n
divorce ON the day of lis divorce. he mar
ned another woman, in Iowa but The ronrts
OF that state being nppenled 10 declared the
divorce ILLEGAL and M r,,,i,,,r,io,,,,
terday the Chicago court held tho divorce
valid according to the laws OF Illinois Under
these cross decisions sloan, who has children
by both wives, cannot legally live with either,
within certain territorial boundaries, though
he may legally live with his Ohio wife il Iowa
and with his Iowa wife III Illinois.
If is rumorrd thnt GDnorol " w r,ro,,t
Conerussnlall.rlect from The Ihird Di.t,nct ~
Vermont, il ineligible. he having been born
i'll Canada and NEVER liaturallzud General
Grout, however, says that his parents were
natives uf Vermont, and that after living in
Cnnadn until their SON was III wears old. they
returned to the United States. While in
Canada his father newer exercised any Of the
rights OF citizenship, and the son il therefore
eligible under the statute Of lS12, which pro-
Allva thnt "GhildrGil OF parents Who are cti-
H'iih oi tle hlttd 9tAlts, II born outside OF
w Jutlsulet,oh pl inc hlted States are not
ulslua'iltu Iiutl exercising luer rights Us
e'tlNeiiS % 'ii' Ou'tta STATES
The Hoard Of l'ardond, at Harrisburg,
granted pardons to the following Phi.
udplBhinIls Rnbprt u X iuar rn,I,,,siar,,,,t