Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-08-15
NEWS SU NJ MARY.
PEACE IN PERU AT LAST-1kW
PLANE e DIS ISUOVERED-IN.
DIAN HOSTILlTIES.

News has been received from Lima
that battle was fought on July lOtn,
in which all the opposing forces unfer
Caceres we're routed, and since thas
time thePeruvian leaders have fastened
to declare their adherence TO President
Iglesias. 1t was thought that all Gle.
ments of opposition to Chilian control
having been thus overcome, CongresS
would soon meet at Lima to ratify the
treaty with Chill, and that Peru wodl0
be evacuated by the Chilian troops
within three months.
Professor G. H. Peters, of Clinton,
New York, announces that he discov-
cred on tho night of the 18th instant .
new planet-an asteroid of the ninth
magnitude, Its position at the time Of
discovery was as follows: 13 hours, sd
minutes and q seconds, Clinton mean
time. Right ascension, q houre, ~
minutes aud 48.I seconds declinatiOn
south, 12 degrees, 30 minutes and 81
seconds. The daily motion Is minus .
seconds in right ascension, and in decii-
nation 20 minutes and 90 seconds south
A dispatch from st. Louis says: w.
p. Edgerton, Chief Postal Inspector OF
this district, has received telegram
from the postmaster at Fishomingo
Indian Territory, stating that his office,
had been fired into by gang of Indian
desperadoes who tried to murder him,
and that he fled to Muskogee. Mr.. Ed
gerton telegraphed the postmaster that
he would not be expected to return to
his post if his life was in danger.
The text of the treaty of commerce
and amity between Mexico and Ger
many has been officially published in
the City of Mexico. 1t contains the
",nost favored nation" clause. and,
under its provisions, German residents
in Mexico are to pay no taxes not LEVIED
on Mexicans, are to be exempt from
military service and contributions in
lieu thereof, and from forced loans.
The Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital Service yesterday received q
telee ram from DIR. Robert Mainegra, at
Vera Cruz, reporting that the yellow
fever is raging in that city and among
the vessels in the harbor.
Arthur H. Blaney, ex-cashier Of the
American Loan and Trust Company,
was sentenced at Boston yesterday to
seven years imprisonment for stealing
"a, 900 from that concern.
The Democratic members Of the State
Legislature at Harrisburg had a confer
ence Yesterday afternoon, and decided
not to adjourn until an Apportionment
bill has been passed.
The Passavant Hospitala at Milwaukee
was burned yesterday morning, the tire
originating in a new wing in course OF
erection. Loss, $4,000. No person
was injured.
The Panama Star and Herald pub.
fishes a long medical report asserting
that cremation would stamp out yellow
fever.
Andrew G. Warren, ex-County Clerk,
broke his neck, falling three feet from a
haystack near Stamford. New York, on
Monday.
One of the wooden buildings of the
powder works at Hazardville, Connecii-
cut, blew up yesterday, killing an enl-
pl0yee named Jam Leonard.
Judge jeremiah S. Black is suffering
from q painful illness at his home in
York, Penna., but no immediate danger
is apprehended.
The annual session of the Grand
Circle of the Brotherhood of the Union
began yesterday in Chester, Penna.
Sinclair's saw mill at Newcastle,
New Brunswick, was burned yester-
day. Loss, $4,000.
The Brunswick House at Sackyllle,
New Brunswick, was burned by light
ming yesterday. Loss, $4,000.