Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-06

the Civil Service lay was made Friday
the position filled being 81 900 clerk
hisp in the custom house.
TIE Internal revenue collections daring
July and August show deoreafe Of
IS .094, 0G9, compsred with the ooleC ton
for the spondiug months Of 1882
The crops in Eastern New England are
suffering severely from the effects of a
drouth which has lated nearly six
weeks. The farmers hove been compelled
to take their COWS from the pastures and
feed them upon winter sy.
Two assisted psup.r lish immigrants
we're sent bark To Canads from Balfdo,
New York, Fri AZ. They stated III At
|, 100 others came over in the same ship,
and that all their EXPENSES wers paid by
the British government. The PLAZA il
stated to be to ship them TO Canada, and
from there 10 the States across the border
at different points.
telegram from allentown says thai
suit has been brought against the Beth
lehem lron Company by a large number
of former employees 10 recover the
amounts deducted from their wages at
the end Of each month in pigment ot
bills incurred at the ccmpely's utarA
Judgment has bssu rendered sgainst tile
company in two Eases for more than $500
The NeWs and Courier Of Charleston, s.
c., in its aEuusl review If the trade ard
commerce of that city, reports that
bueiness Of s7j, 900, 900 Was done ther.
during the last II months. The EXPORT
OF cotton aud naval stOrea have been the
largest ever reported, with one exltp-
tiGn. The cotton mllla in the stats EN-
plJy $500 persons. and turn out an
annual product Of 50 NOO, 900.
II was announced at Easton, Pa, last
evening that the Pennsylvania kAiirOad
Company had Concluded to putchaee
the Pennsylvania Il Martins Creek rail
road charter aud Immediately build into
the heart of the slate regions from Mar
tin's Creek" Northampton county. The
erection OF bridge to connect the Bel
yidere Delaware division with the new
road will, ii is said, lie commenced Gt
once.
Reports from the peach raising districts
of New Jersey etate that the crop will be-
very plentiful, hu. will soon exhaust
itself. The peach growers agree that the
season has been forced aud that the fruit
is rpening with great rspidity. Already
in some quarters the ground Is covered
with fruit that has fallen from the trees,
but enough remains to insure an uuu-
sually large crop. The height of the
season will be reached, IL is Thought, in
about 10 days.
"The Citizens and T,lgraphers Ma
tional Union Telegraph aud Cablegram
Company" has just heen organized
under the laws Of New York. The CAPT.
tai stock IL fixed $j,0C0,Ou0. with shares
TO Ia Of the par valne OF $2j each, and
no person TO he permitted to hold more
than $l0o,0oo worth. The object OF the
company sis the purchase, Or coustruo-
ton aud operation Of independent tele
graph and cable Limos III the United
States and Capada aud across thu At
lantic." Precautions are to ba taken
against 'any selling ont of the CON-
pany'' and every empi'ye aud officer
must be- a stcckholier.
Friday afternoon all. tho persors1
mlSei aud resi- property, frArchis. ard
nights Of the Erie Caual Company, Ls-
tween Erie and Plttsburg, we're sold at
sheriff. sale AZ the suit OF Prescott Met
cali. The property was bid in by the
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the value OF the property at IL, OOO, 600
The defendant hss sold all the land
iraya.sed by lbe canal 10 adjacent prop.
srty hciderr, excepting about five miles.
The plaintiff contends that these pur
chases arc void. 1t Is understood that
wits of ejectuent will he Issued IL once
BY the now owners 10 ouat the occupants
under the canal company's deeds.
Mrs Neville, young girl 7siting In
the family o! Fred uossfeld in L lav.
Ohio, met jamaH wilkinson few DAYS
ago vi e blaekbeTrying and he made al
insulting remark TO her. Miss Ngyill-
told Mrs. H3ssield, who sAid uothipq
about the matter. But when wilkinson,
who is 1 young married mau, came Il
Riley Thursday week she induced Tim ia
come into her house. She loakei the
door and then sst 10 b-lsb1rinE tho mar.
with an axe bundle. She chased him
arcu d the room, knocked lin lovr. twd
or three times, and kept tile atuGsem4t.t
NJ uutll he escaped 10y jumping through
winiow, cssshiuZ ttie sash % hs wsLt.
John A. NJ raj, who tried to Kill lii..
salt In his ro7ri in the Fremont Hotel.
New Haven, Coun.. Friday, had two
revtlvsrs sad rGGof ,auI discharaed four
bullets into his forehead inst above hi,
rose 1t ia reported, however, shat D.,
viii certainly recover, The iOpr t.i'-
We're ilsttened o', his skgii si.a wen. .r.,.
trsettd Wit out the use Ut stu.tli.t Is.
Moran 10 Is years oI aSe s.nd ou N I, i.y
% came TO New laveu tran Now o...
"'i"Eo ho %as employed hv = lifr. u LsI
cts lie bought out l4t p'oir on uu-
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