Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
IN GENERAL.

to sight WAC defeated Tuesday in ,N ,Sa
New York assembly. ~ Tue
The election At Red Bank. Nsw Lass
on Monday, resulted In the snoos0s e,sey'
temperance ticket by large majority ~
The third trial Of Frederick Bont .,
Salt lake City, for a murder oomm,,,s a.
FOUR years ago, resulted Tuesday, IN
the two previous nisls, In a veydio, y,
guilty. ''''0' OF
IL ia said that Mr.Jsmss A. Copnsllv -,
LIMOS, Will decline the office of splic,,o.
oil the treasury, to which he wa, rscan,Ia
nominated. He was confirmed bv ~,
senate Tuesday. 'He
John Kister, burglar, now in a..
New Jersey state prison, has bssp H..
questh.d CSC, 900 by an aunr in E,ol.ns
he has to serve 10 years before he aan
receive the property. ''n
Charles Ford, the brother ot .po,..
Ford, who killed JESSE Jsmes. onmmi,,".
suicide In Richmond, Mo-, Tnasasu
morning, by shooting himself th,ona?
the heart. No cause Ia assigned.
Ballard & Ballard, proprietors Of lara.
hour mills In Louisville, made an assisn.
ment Tuesday. Their orino;n.,
creditors are local banks, and ,hp'.
Liabilities are estimated at upwsrds n
100000. f"''us Vi
MOSES Frsley, who recently suspsndad
In st. Louis, Tuesday notified his o,aS,
tors that he WAS prepared to nav ham
loo cents on the dollar. His total lossaa
were over 100000 his ontstandins
Indebtedness is over $3.50, 200.
A suburban passenger rain coll,asa
with Grand Trunk locomotive at Snnth
Bnglewood, near Chicago, mu.sdsv
morning during thick ios. Tyen,y.
Two persons were seriously ia jured. tyo
OF whom are not expected to ecovar.
Nearly all the forest fires bsve bpsn nv.
tinguished by the rains. The president
OF the Arthur Lumber Company of PITT.
burg, who has Just returnsd from Ri
county. Pa estimat-s the loss th.re M
81, O00,O 600 Mr.. Gos'z a mill ownsr nssr
SwissmouDt, is believed to baye perishad
by the burning OF his mill and adjacent
buildings.
The annual session OF tho American
Medical Association began Tuesday in
Washington. DR.. Austin Flint, president
OF the association, delivered the animal
address, in concluding which he paid
tribute to the services of DR.. s. D. Gros,.
He suggested that the Intern atiopal Msdi.
| cal Congress be invited to meet in Wash.
ington in 1887.
Mallory & Co. state that their stsam.
ship, the Lsmpasas, which lef, pier No.
20 East river At p. IN. on April 26tb
az p{waA oE h.. Ii
Sstu' day morning. Her actual time was
days, 8 hours and 45 minutes including
delay Of hours and 80 minutes Al
Key West. This ia the fastest time on
record between Galveston and New York
The malady Of Joseph K. Murrell, Jr..
who was buried at Mobile, Ala, Tues.
day afternoon, was one OF the stranQest
known to science. He was subject to ter.
rible commissions when asleep only. His
father or some other attendant was there.
fore, always present at night to prevent
his falling asleep, and the only rest
obtained for dozen years was q atats cf
dozing. His suffdrings during th. last
| year have been excessive, and the patient
often wished for death as relief.
Charles Leppsr aud William Dietz Of
Herkimer, New York, aged respectively
IL and ID years, left their homes on Sun.
day for fishing trip along the Mohawk.
At O'Clock in the afternoon DietI was
| found In commissions, and he died an
hour later without having been able to
speak. The dead body Of L.pper was
found on Monday morning, near his
home. IL is supposed the boys were
poisoned by eating blae flag root.
The Marine National Bank, New York.
Which suspended Tuesday, owes alb ut
$5, OOO,O 900 to depositors. Among i,s de-
posiis are 81 900, 900 Of funds Of the city OF
New York, and about $3.50, 600 belonging
to Long Island City. The failure Of
Grant Il Ward Is bad one, and la
asoribed to the operations OF Mr.. Ward,
who ID said to have disappeared. Much
sympathy is felt for General U. S. Grant,
who is special partner in the firm.
The Postmaster General, In reply to
frequent inquiries, declares 1t ito be his
| invariable rule to require p0stmastera to
select their own letter carriers, who can
only be appointed under the Civil Service
law. After a carrier has been selected
by the postmaster, the appointee is con-
| firmed by the Postmaster General p" II
ID thought that better appointments are
secured by requiring postmssters to take
the responsibility OF the selection. The
| Postmaster General holds that carrier
or clerk who has once resigned, or has
been removed tor any cause, can only re-
enter the service under the Civil Service
rules.
Secretary Teller has written to Colonel
| Tanpan auparintapdurt nj bu
Genoa Indian school lu NebraskG,a letter
full of suggestions as to the proper train
ing OF children in Indian schools The
secretary regards industrial education as
the end cal fy 10 bs sought, and be
concludes by saying: aye few Indians
will be able to purchase expensive MA
chinery with whicb to carry on farming
operations, and they should ba taught to
SOW grain by hand, cultivate corn with
plsugh and hos, and cut grass with scythe
aud grain with band-oradle, aud to care
for It after it is cut. also suggest that
You SHOULD teach both boys and girls to
milk the COWS. The girls should be
taught to max butter, cheese and curds,
az we'll as do all the household work,
Fuch as cooking, washing, masking and
mending Clothes" .-...
A peculiar Investigation was conducted
at Stratford, Conn last Sunday, by
Bishop Williams and the wardens and
vestrymen OF Chris. P. K. Church Of that
place. The rector, the Rev. Arthur
Sloan, has been the alleged medium OF
several astonishing faith cures during
the past two months. The most remark
able instance of cure was that of Fanny
Curtis, aged 40 years, who had
besn conhnYd to her bed 20 years.
Widespread notoriety resulted for the
| 81 re, msn and the town, but opinions as
| To the Eff 'auy OF the cures and the mode
| OF treatment were divided. The investl-
CATION was held with closed doors and, as
hose concerned are silent about what
transpired, II is not known whether ths
faith cures we're endorsed or repudiated
by the meeting.
nnrtah at Non.