Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-08
NEWS sum NARY,
OUR IMPORTk AND EXPORTN-
THE
STRIKE.


cess Of our exports of merchandise over
. our imports was $l5, l35, 1872, against an
: excess Of 1863, 339, ,679 during 1881. Dur
ing 1882 our exports Of coin exceeded
our imports $685. 537 ,221. In 1881 we i'm
ported in coin $40, 327, ,448 more than we
, sent abroad. The value Of the imports
of merchandise into the United States
during 1882 was $752, s41 ,145, and for the
preceding year $67O, 900, 44s. The value
Of the exports of domestic and foreign
merchandise from the United States
during 1852 was Et5 976,337, and for
1881, 1888, 549,1
| Albert Ball and Elmer Anderson,
each about II years Of age, were arrest
ed in Three Rivers, Mass, on Tuesday
night, for robbing the mail. On the
26th uItimo the mail bag at that depot
was cut open, and robbed of several let
ters containing small sums Of money.
1.-THE young villains were about to repeat
the operation when captured. Both
were arraigned yesterday in Boston,
and Ball was held to answer in the
United States District Court, Ander
sons case being continued.
The shoemakers' strike at Allentown.
Pa, continues, and a bitter feeling is
awakening. Eighteen nom Union men
arrived from Boston, seven of whom
maipder went to work in Jentz,s VI" f,cte
nv. Yesterday moo, and avanino +bay
were followed and booted ,t hv a crou,j
Two strikers have been held f1r tr;aI nn
the charge of threatening nnn-Tn;"n m
men. and seven others will bava . haar
ing TODAY.
T. :, u., r
.ha.o airr'oa ,,;a.; iioiii Mushoeee tna'
to,;1 ",I iilu,cn,ios Vi renewal OF thf
in the Indian Tnrr;toru cenrn. s, po..a
has been appointed co,nmander ~ tha
Chicote faction and il il believed vii,
attack the forces of Sniecha no,, an
campcd about fifteen miles FROM 0h
mulQee. Both factions are buvinp all
the rifles and amIonnition tiey CON
get.
In the suit brought against IN. 1tr
Councils at Williamsport penna r.
compel them to repair certain streets
the Court decides .hat "the citv has M,
exhausted its taxing nowers in rais;n"
revenue to keep up its streets and cnms
mands the defendant. and thn;r srcoa.,
sors in office to but said streets in ] nroner
condition. It's further ordered that the
defendants pay the cost Of the suit.
The case Of Obv f, Owens te11ar of
the Third National Rank of ST To,;.
who is charged with having emhezzi.I
more than 5000. 600 last snrinp w,,
called Yesterday in thai G s, rHn,. va"
that city, but it was announced that
there would be no trial. Owens will be
arraigned to-day, when, according to a
statement Of his counsel, he will plead
guilty.
1t is said at the Indian Rureau tb.,
Captain Payne's raids upon the Indian
Territory have already cost the Govern
ment about $500, 600, and that this ex-
penditure might have been saved if
Congress had adopted repeated recon-
mendations of the Commissioner for the
punishment ol Such marauders.
Coroner Merkle, in New York, yester-
day summoned ex-Mayors Hall, Ely.
Grace, Cooper and Wickham, General
Grant, ex-senator Conkling, w. Fl.
Vanderbilt and Jay Gould to serve As
jurors III the case OF George Mahan, who
kiileu ielloW patent IN the Bellevue
Hospital last Sunday.
The Main building Of Hamline
University, near Minneapois. was
burned Yesterday morning. The loss is
eshiilated al ebo, ,0oO. 1t was owned by
Inc METHODIST Episcopal Church.
! he IRE Is attributed to a defective
nue..
The estate Of the late Rev. DR.. Mer-
Ger, of Newport, Rhode Island, estima
ted soon attcr MS death ut $2OO,W0,
!, now louha 10 amount to more than
q, ,ooo,ooo: Inc reverend gentleman
was taxed "heh hVlng onSlO,Wo.
While officiating at a marriage in La
Sale, Illinois, on Tuesday night, Rev.
heorse r.. bronson, Congregational min
ls'cr, lell dead AT the feet OF the newly
welded couple Just as he pronounced
'he1n husband and wife,
rather Martlneau, Roman CathO-
he priest in Montreal, is waking up the
churches of that city on the temperance
question, and has obtained, in a very
short time, 5000 pledges to total absti
hehce
President Arthur attended an Ash
service at St. Johns
Church in Washington yes
terday morning, and made an
-ScurSloh X. 10 Mount vernon IN the
li'srh"oh'
No disturbance occurred on the
arrival of the prisoners Craft and Neal,
1t Grayson, Kentucky. The 400 State
.i'"pS gua,,ilns 'l'lh are 4'lar,tfr,l
F"i, III NV J'il anu 'ii' '''leiS III Il ltbll-
'"'0' 'i".'''
The death is announced of Joseph
aM''' -'"l1i"Hlit' 'niel oi 'llt Usage
l'''''a,,s' ~, '''' nSe o' 10 years ne
-"l'" 'he 'N'scs i"r more 'h''n twenty
YEARS.
'harIcS halnwlh eeagWl'k' 1or 10
years 'raoihS lawyer o, central New