Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-24

child supposed to have been abducted h..
caused muoh excitement In Esopna M"M
York, within two or three dsys IeS
said that number Of the oiti1.ns
tempted to investigate the matter hS.
apon seeing six able bodied men ana 0 ~
dogs they gave up the Job and oo,nmn-.
Dated with the town officials, who nra1n
iSsd to make an investigation. f'Vni'
seoretary Lincoln has written n ,o,..
70 tne PRESIDENT requesting the snno;nt
ment OF oourtmartial to investiOaIa ~
charges brought sgsiust Judge Advooa.s
General Swain. The President bas am
pointed a. members Of the oonr, M. ap'
General John Pope, Bripsdisr g.naI o,
Christopsr G. Augur, BrigsdIsr Geu "orai
Delos b. Sschett and Major Rohsl, er !,
Scott Of this Third ARTILLERY. TSs 1 1.,, ~.
will act ss judge advocate. Tia AWE, aver
vii meet In Washington on the 5,b y,
May. ' ''n Of
The excitement of the new eola Al.
ooveries at Mt Pisgsh, near Piks,a p.as
Colorado, Is becoming ipteraa
Thousand men are already in osmp tha,4
and others are Hooking from all dirsr,iono'
The miners union has formed dia,r;',
named the Golden Valley, and hpndrads
of claims have been staksd ,if s.vara1
large companies are being formed and
leading mining men are b.cn,nin
convinced that the disoovei.s
genuine and the most important in tha
history Of the state. " 'He
In San Francisco Monday. A.
Reynolds, an ex director OF the so.csIl.d
"People's Railway" (organiz. sd SONS TINA
ago In lndisnapolis), was borsswhipnad
by Emil Kennedy, president OF tbs
concern. A fight followed, and Ksn1sdv
drew revolver, but was presented from
using 1t. 1t appears that RevnoIds
charges Kennedy with having ..obt,insd
$780, 900 cash through subscriptiops n,
which there was no accounting made ~
hlso, that Kennedy "proposed is.n,n,
&c, ZOO, 600 Of bonds at 50 cents on th.
dollar, taking what cash they could get
and the balance in proniissOfy notes u
The governor OF New York Tu..dov
signed a bill permitting railroads tsy.
ninatipg in the hatbor OF Nav York to
operate steamboats,, floats, tugs, ierries.
&c.,in the harbor Within IL miles Of their
termini." Hitherto the railroads Of New
York terminating in the Larbor Lay.
been unable to convey freight or passen.
gers to their final destination without
employing transportation Of ferry com.
panies for that purposes privilege
shared by railroads incorporated in New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. The bill, i; ia
stated, WAS drawn up and pushed by
Erastmus Wyman of New York, ON be-.
half of his Staten Island enterprise.
Ths will Of the late Thomas q. Appls.
ton Of Boston, contains the following pub.
lilo requests /: A portrait OF Samuel
Appleton to the president and fellows Of
Harvard College q statue OF "Love dis.
guissd as Shepherd" his Japanese col.
lection and III pictures from Lis gallery
to the trustees OF the Museum Of Fine
Arts % 900 to the Massachusetts, Ten.
eral Hospital, and $5, 900 for the ss,ron.
omicAl observatory Of Harvard College.
The will also contains remote residuary
provision in favor Of the Massachusetts
General Hospital, the president and iel.
lows OF Harvard College, the trustees Of
the Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston
Young Mems Christian Union and the
] Boston Provident Association.
John Cam ron, a hitherto highly re-.
speoted citizen Of Washington county,
hid, aud for 20 years deacon Of church,
eloped last week with Mrs. John b. Barr,
whose husband is cripple. Cameron
requested Mrs. Barr to assist his wife
, with some sewing. Her husband con.
scented to her visiting the CamerOns for
this purpose. Under this plea they met
last Friday. Cameron took her ID nls
buggy to Hancock. He sold the team,
bought q new suit Of clothes Oh credit,
and it ia stated thea took the first train
} west. IL is thought they nave gone to
Canada, where Cameron formerly lived.
/, He borrowed several hundred dollars
from his neighbora before his departure.
Mrs. Barr left Two little children behind.
Cameron had no children.