Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-10-18
THE NEWS Of THE WEEK
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H9LTES AND QTA 6TEHS.


,ary Or.nnizntfnns A DombIe MUIR
der nt Grand Junction--rh United
states steamship Mall Company.
The first snow in Manitoba this season
fell yesterday week.
Secretary Folger has ordered the ii
smuggled Chinese to hs returned forth
with to British Columbia -"=
In the Lyoeum Theatre fire, at Chicago
Saturday morning, Harvey Perry, who
slept in the building, was snhooated.
The Cape Cod Ship Canal Company
deposited with the State treasurer yesier-
day 5000, 600 in United States bonds, the
amount OF the guarantee required by the
terms OF tn oompal VS. charter.
On the 18th ult a man named Urems
attempted to sssassinate the President of
Santo Domingo, at Ntyba, Hayt. The
President shot his assailant dead. The
would bs-assassin had no aocompliUes.
The United States Steamship Mail Com
pspy, with capital OF 81 ,000 600, was
Incorporated in Albany, New York, on
Saturday. Tho line is to run from Boa
ton and other Atlantic ports to the Pacific
ports.
The schooner Coptio, whioh sailed
ThurHday from Sau Francisco for Hong
Kory, carried away bearly 1900 China
men. 1t is said that every one OF the
number carried off with him from $500
to $1,000.
The men in four prescription bottle
hoases in Pittsburg nave been ordered
ont by Union, No, II Of the American
Flint Glass Workers Association because
the manufacturers employ boys to do the
work of journeymen. About 200 men
are idle.
Pstriek Kelly, Michael Walsh, Luke
Horan and Martin Rruce were arrested i'll
Scranton, Pa, on Saturday, on the charge
OF being part Of gang of countt rteiters
operating in that neiehborhood. Sixteen
c0unterfeits of tho Bland dollar were
found in their possession,
The British schooner Etome hss heen
caught posohing seals off Behring Island
She was soiz4d by Ru. sian officers, aud
the furs contisoated for the beuetlt Of the
Alaska Commercial Company. The vessel
has been detained, and the captain, crew
and passenger held as prisoners.
An ex officer of the royal Swedish navy
calls the attention of the President sud
Congress to new invention, which, Le
thinks, is destined to rev0lutionlze the
present methods OF constructing ocean
steamships. He talks of constructing
vessels to Cross the Atlantic in five and
s.hslf days.
The cotton returns to the Depart
OF Agriculture show that the condition & f
the crop on the 1st OF October was worse
than on the lat Of September. The
drouth at many points, the rara2ee of
Worma and he result of pravi0us injuries
have reduced the general average Of non-
dition from "a to 60
la The criminal dours, in Washington,
on Saturday, Thomas Dunn WAS convicted
OF swindline hy eoniidepee game This
is one OF TINS pi 'seeu4ohs brought sonn1
" The efA2ehF' committee "a "ah'ltctloh
with the lhFe' uEallo4 ei ehsieT "shipSt
several mtinpeFs oi me olo eetecHV9 ioFe'
OF compiieiy WIKI. oflhh!ais
At Mourhead, MINI, Tuesday night
week, IA men, members OF q thie9hiug
crew, who had been threshtnE 'or Mr.
Northrufii Went 10 sleep IN tne lower
STORY OF SrapA'y' puflns Tue alEh'
The moor saV9 way a., me ia'h WeFe
buried under l9oV hni ,i9is OF oats Four
OF 'he numhef were killed
On Saturday evening Patrick Carrolton
received a probably natal pistol ahot
wound IN tie reck, ID N4w k, New
Jersey. There Lad been fight b btwesn
two ruihsns, ana man named faTirB
hearhey s'oou w Nltn n EeN"lFe. ~ In
hand to see talr play ShddentY hf ilrei
al RAMON ana etfueN Na'to''S"-
Joseph Commit aud Edward Ri sdley,
two young men, were Instantly killed n
SCRANTON, Ps., on Saturday, white ut
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