Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-10
IN q EN- ER4L.

The steamship Neptune has arrived at
St. Johus, Newfoundland, ith AZ 900
scala, valued at $780, 600
train of rs csrR, loaded with corn
and -four, left E,dorsoo, Kansas, Sunday
morning for Cincinnati for the OHIO food
sufferers.
Sunday was ob,erved as Confederate
Decoration Day in Nav 0leaps. Joseph
a Mover Post, OF tbs Gfsud Army of the
Republic, took p'rt in the ceremonies.
AT meeting of barbed wire manuiac
tursrs in Chicago Thursday the price Of
wire Was advanced 10 per cent. This ia
ths second advance Within so days
Charles Btecke1rid.e, President of the
First National Bank of San Antonio,
Fexss, ia reported to have purchased
2,50uU00 acres OF land in the state OF
Tamauipas, Mexico.
Seven Poles looking for work were
struck by an engine while walking on q
railrott track near Scranton, Pa
Thursday afternoon. Four were killed aud
two wore injured, one fatally.
The steamer Rebecca Bveriughsm was
burned at Fitzgerald LRniiug DO miles
below Columbus, Ga, early Thursday
morning. Fourteen persona lost their
llvea, aud several others were eerionsly
burned.
An old shaft OF the Albright mins at
Bisitwood, liliu0ie, was fl oisd on Sat
urday while 200 men weie IN the Lnile.
All escaped except five Italians, who
worked in remote part of the mine and
are supposed to be drowned.
John and George Stephenson were
hanged Thursday at Regina, in the
otthwest territory, for the murder of an
| Id MAJ named noChrthy, committed last
Juue. They confessed their guilt, and
acknowledged the justice of their SEN
| teucU.
| Postm s'gr Pehiaon Of New York,
states taGL the largest transatlantic mail
either received al Or dispatched from that
pot was sent OF tn Eufope lasG week in
lh5 new steamship Elder, of the North
Gsimsn Lloy ds, bound foE Southampton.
1t Was msde up of 625 bags OF matter, of
which 399 contained letters and the re.
maipdsf rewspspars.
1t is reporter that the yield Of lumber
in Maine snd New BluIsRi this year
will b. much less than tL4 at OF last year,
The cut compared with las. year has
decreased as follows: la the 81. Croix
river district, 20, ,000, 600 ieet Aroosto0k
and Upper St Johu, north shore of New
Brunswick and Bay of Fuudy shores,
1873, 600, ,000-in all reduction OF
26s, 900, 600 feet. ........-
Tue Peoples Passenger railway in
Baltimore, which has been subject OF
much litigation, and has been sold at
auction several times, the sales having
been set aside by the court, was again
put up at auction yesterday week.
1t is subject to a mortgage OF 100000,
with int, rest unpaid for several months.
John N Hall purchased the property for
81, 600 for the first mortgage bondholders
Oh Saturday night cries fer help were
heard coming from a hemlock thicket
near Erie, Pennsylvania, and on Satur
day Afternoon some boys going through
the woods found the body of a man lean
ing against small tree, to which he was
tied by rope around the neck. Nothing
WAS found on him to establish his iden
tity, but slip of paper in one of his
pockets bore the name Of so. C. Knoll,
Buffalo"
The ice In the Kennebeo river at Gard
ner, Maine, gave way Sunday afternoon
aud carried away 5000 logs stored in the
, Brown Island boom. An ice jam on the
Kenduskesg river, above Bangor, Maine,
gave way Sunday, carrying away
100000 feet Of logs aud over 100000
, feet OF manufactured pine lumber. The
, plaster and shingle mill OF j. X. Mayo
was destroyed. The total loss is esti
, mated at &35, 900.
At St. Johnsbury, Vermont, il
December Last, Moses d. johnson and his
wife obtained at injunction against the
, Connecticut River Lumber Company
, restraining 1t from running logs on the
Connecticut river or maintaining booms
at MoIndoes Falls. On Tuesday a hearing
was had there before Chancellor Ross
and the injunction was dissolved, tbs
q court holding that "the Connection
! river is public highway for th'
transportation of logs"
4 A telegram from Norwich, New York
!. says the Etna Life Insurance Compan,
=. of Hartford, which was one of the pool t,
q resist payment of the 1856, 900 Insurance.
< on the life Of the lste Colonel Walton
!, Dwight, has paid the policy of $4,000
d which he held In that society. Thi
Il policy was made payable to Franl
VI l
/ companies. the National Of Washington
9 the Equitable of New York, and tn
o Etna, have now paid the policies hell
il against them by Dwight's executors
" This ia evidently the result Of the verdic
/ against the Germania company and II
k favor Of the executors, which was ren
.r dered at the trial last December.
Ie A spirituslistic entertainment was he'll
at Bradford, Pa, Saturday evening, b
rs John Davenport. After some simple aotf
,s which lasted but few minutes, Daver
ar port announced that owing to the nois
o. among the audience the performance wa
~ at an end. Nearly 900 persons were
ID the house, Of whom about 400 made
ct rush for the stage door, with the avowe
intention Of treating Davenport severel,
to The latter escaped by the back entrant
ar and was chased up the main street b
re the mob, but succeeded in reaching she
n. ter and protection. The mob did nj
be disperse until after IL O'Clock and threa
" were made by some that they woul