Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-09-06
NEWS SUM MARY.
PRESIDENT Arthur On HIS
WAY HOME-BUSlNESS
FAILURES, ETC.

FAILURES, ETC.
President Arthur yesterday visite
the Chamber of Commerce in Chicago
where he was received with great en-
thusiasm by an assemblage of five thou
sand persons, who had gathered I
greet their Chief Magistrate. Vic
g President French, Of the Chamber
made q brief speech of welcome Il
which the President responded appro
priately. Secretary Lincoln also made
t few remarks. In the evening tht
i. President received the general publ,
in the parlors of the Grand Pacific Ho
= tel AT half-past eleven o'clock be left
by special train for Washington.
The Chief of the Money Order Di-
8 vision Of the Post Office Department es-
Inmates that at least two:thirds of all
money orders are for sums less than
five dollars, and therefore the new pos
} tai nstes can be used in the place of
postal orders. 1t Is said that "the
probability that attempts will be made
to counterfeit the new postal notes, if
they should pass into circulation as
currency, which now seems likely,
has not been overlooked by the Treas
ury secret service officials, and care
full watch will be kept for such at
tempts."
Lieutenant Taylor, commanding the
marines at Pensacola, has been author
lied to remove them from the reserva-
ton to healthy place, and to employ
a"climated laborers to assist him. a
marine named Clark died of yellow few
er in the hospital on Tuesday night, but
there were no other cases.
In the Court of Criminal Correction
in st. Louis yesterday, over 800 cases
against saloon keepers for selling beer
on Sunday were abandoned at the
suggestion of the Judge. This, it is
said, ends the fight against the ST. Louis
saloon keepers for the present.
Edward Stabler died at Sandy
Springs, Maryland, yesterday, in the
89th year of his age. He was appointed
postmaster at Sandy Springs in 1880,
and held the Office up to the time of his
death.
Benjamin Burgess & Sons, the sus-
pended sugar merchants of Boston,
have made an assignment to Drexel,
Morgan & Co., of New York, their in.
debtedness being chiefly to parties in
that city aud in foreign countries,
A freight train loaded with five hun
dred head of cattle was wrecked on the
Houston and Texas Railroad, near Ross
Station, on Tuesday. James Carother,
! stockman, was killed and two others
we're injured.
Two empty coal trains collided near
Big Dam, Penna., yesterday, and fif-
cen cars were thrown into the dam -
The accident was due to the neglect of
! brakeman, who fell asleep. A
brakeman and conductors were injured.
The Chisholm Brothers and Gum Mill
Company of Chicago and
made an assignment on
Liabilities. 100000; assests
81, 900.
The report of railroad disaster, near
Iarmi, Illinois, in which nine members
f a militia company were said to be
,illed and fifteen wounded, Is contra
icted by a dispatch from Springfield.
Arthur Hood, IA school teacher, and
wo boys named Wean and Barry, were
rowned near Halifax on Tuesday by
ne breaking up Of raft from which
ley were fishing
j. G.. Noonan, Superintendent of
ublic Schools at Ashland, Penna., was
IN over and killed by a train, near
lahanoy City, on Tuesday night.
A box of live bees, addressed to
anada, was recently found among the
ails and sent to the Dead Letter
flee
The Court-martial at Annapolis yes
rday acquitted Naval Cadet s. b.
'ineram.anOther of the cadets charged
ith hazing.
The steamers British Empire for New
,rk, and American for Baltimore, left
era Cruz on the Sd instant.
OWENTON, Ky.-Rev J.W. Waldrop
vs. :" Browns Iron Btters greatly re-
we'd me of general debility and indi-
sti on.