Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-22
IN GENERAL.

II. DAWSON, one Oh the largest Btockmen
in Clay county, Texas, made an assign
ment Tuesday. The assets are $426, 900
and liabilities $2S7 900.
The loss Of tho Norwegian barqus Ploy.
manden, with 10 OF hcr crew, IL reported
from Cape Breton. Tbs poor n.eu were
washed OF after cir kiug u tie rigging
all night.
James J Brooks, ohirt VI the secret
service division OF the Treasury Depart
ment, says that for tvs years past there
has not been put in oiroulstlor a new
counterfeit note.
The skeleton OF q Milllown, N. j..
farmer, who mysteriously disappeared 10
years ago, WAS found by his SOD last
Sunday, at the bottom OF AN abandoned
well. He Is supposed to have fallen In
while intoxicated.
The New York Eueniag Post, which APP
pesred on Monday 1T y half sheet in CON
sequence OF the strike Of its compositors.
was Issued Tuesday in full size. The
proprietors profess to be hopeful OF get
ting along without the union.
Cuno Won Trothaman has begun suit
In New York against the Long Island
railroad company for CSC, 900 damagss for
personal injuries received by being thrown
under train on that road In January
last, and having his legs crushed, Grip
pling him for life.
Postmaster General Gresham has
issued an order forbidding postmasters
hereafter to furnish pension claim agents
with lists OF names OF Union soldiers
or others supposed to be entitled to PEN
sions, or to distribute the circulars OF
suoh agents unless they are addressed to
individuals and prepaid, as required by
law.
The secretary of state Of Illinois Mon
day licensed the Chain Of Rocks bridge
company which proposes to bridge the
Mississippi river 10 miles above the big
St. Louis bridge. The capital stock Of
| the company is fixed at $2,000,00O It's
supposed the project is in the interest of
the Gould lines and the Chicago & Alton
| railroad.
| The American pedestrian, Edward
| Payson Weston, under the auspices Of
| several prominent temperance advocates,
started from Westminster, Eng, at mid.
night Tuesday night to walk 100 days,
excepting Suudays,a at the rate OF 30 miles
a day, and to deliver temperance lectures
at various towns on his route.
Four lottery agents in Chicago, repre-
senting Kentucky and Louisiana lotteries,
were tried and convicted Tuesday under
the elause forbidding the sending OF lot
terry circulars or tickets through the
mail. Sentence has not yet been pro-
nounced. These are said to be the hrst
cases OF the kind ever tried In this
country.
One of the largest sword fsh ever
caught on the New Jersey coast WAS
hauled in at somer's bay Point, Tues
day afternoon, by the crew OF moss.
bunker fishing steamer. The monster
late yesterday afternoon WAS brought to
Camden, where 1t WAS found to measure 8
feet in length Of body, with sword
feet long.
Jacob Thompson, Secretary OF the In
terror under Buchanan, say the had con-
tempiated writing book on the" Can sdian
Campaign" OF that epoch which would
create breeze. His only reason for
hesitating is that several prominent citi-
zens-some of them In Congr, ss--would
be ruined by his exposure Of their inner
history.
The annual report of Admiral Porter
has been submitted to the Secretary of
the Navy. 1t is an exhaustive document
OF llo pages of legal cap. Among many
other things the admiral says 81 don't
, see any reason why Congress should not
appropriate literally Tor an immediate
increase OF the navy, ss 1t did in the
time OF the late civil war"
Charles Arnold, an old resident Of the
| District OF Columbia, was Tuesd az
Knocked into an open cellar way by his
son-in. law, Harold Watson, with VIII ON
he had some words upon the street. The
= old mans skull WAS fractured by the tall,
and lie died in about 10 minutes. Wat
son gave himself up. He had deserted
his wife, and 1t is supposed his father in
law upbraided him for his conduct.
A dispatch from Iron Mountain SAYS
the 1900 men from the Chaplin and Lud-
ington mines who struck en- Saturday are
holding out, but threaten to destroy the
3 works If the Menominee mining company
: OF Milwaukee does not come to terms to-
: day. Some of the men want to continue
( the strike peaoeably, but the majority
want to I'LL the mines with water. The
q men threaten to kill Superintendent
Cady ii he returns. The cause OF the
strike was cut of "a per month In their
wages.
, A suit involving 500 900, 900 was begun
Tuesday in San Francisco by the widow
and heirs of John Bowie Gray against the
! Quicksilver mining company of New
Almaden, California. Gray, who was
. one OF the original proprietors Of the
\ , mine, died in New York in 1861. The
suit is based upon alleged fraudulent
D administration of the property by Robert
), Walker, ex-Seoretary OF the Treasury,
a who had been a partner OF Gray, and was
until recently the chief representative OF
+ the company.
4 The naval court Of inq uiry appointed
, 20 investigate the circumstances attending
the collision of the United States steamer
Powhatan and the merchant vessel
Druid, off the coast of New England
several weeks ago, has made its report to
, the Secretary of the Navy. After due
: consideration of this report the Secretary
has decided to order court martial for
the trial of Captain Andrew W. Johnson,
: commanding the Powhatsn, and Lieu
1 tenant Charles A. Stone, the officer of the
deck OF that vessel at the time OF the
collision, on charges OF negligence and in
< efficiency.
[ j Ia" NOV iekai oompllUhtlUu III DObtOu
a arising from the change of the time
/ standard occurred Tuesday. II appears
That ON the 18th instant notice for the
a examination of poor debtor was issued
from the office OF the commissioner of
insolvency. 1t was returnable on the
2Oth instant at O'Clock in the forenoon.
> According to custom, the poor debtor is
allowed one hours grace. He appeared
oefore the commissioner ut 4S O'Clock
standard time, but the commissioner
; ruled that it wss after 10 O'Clock
aud defauted him. The case will prob
, ably he appealed.
i, The Bsssemer steel works at Home
steal, Pa, closed their rail department on
saturday night. The other departments
n Will continue in operation until the
present orders are worked off, when there
!, will be general suspension, unless there
Is an improvement In trade. Chess,
Cook x COL iron mill in Pittsburg shut
? down Monday,t ard two-thirds of the
men employed at Graft Bennett x Co. 3
! mill are suspended This adds 1000 to
I the number OF Idle men in that city.
n Some of the manufacturers say the de-
preston is due to imperfect tariff laws.
None of them, however, anticipate
. another panic.
There was tragic interruption Mon