Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-25
IN GENERAL

day Ill priests, IL deaooDs aud SUBJ
deaeons were ordAiatd by Archbishop
aibbons. Twenty-io candid stss re-
ceived minor orders and 30 the tonsure.
The water back Of range In the house
Of p. o. Wright, In 0swego, N. Y,
exploded on Saturday morning. The
range was destroyed aud the rear Of the
house much damaged, but no person was
injured.
A number Of isquatters" aud settlers
within the limits Of the Yellowstone
Park we're elected Tueeday week, and their
ranches were burned by the authorities
One Of the trespssssrs, who "showed
fight" was arrested.
Peter Burns, aged DO years, was blown
to atoms in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
Fiiday morning, b. an explosion Of
illuminate which he was mixing in q
mall building adjoining the Union me
iallic cartridge factory.
This iron frame work OF large hotel in
course of erection near the exposition
Sunday morning, killing one man and
danger rus , irjuring two others Forty
men were at work on the structure, which
wap 500 feet long by 100 wide.
A hand car containing three trackmen
was run into by \ freight train on the
Huntingdon & Bread Top railroad, near
Long Siding, Friday evening. Two Of the
men-William Clark and Russell Rah.
lsnd-were dangerously injured.
The Lapesr county, Michigan, poor
house was burned on Thursday night.
Thfrta ia., faa trr IN
their night clothes, with the temperature
below zero. One insane woman rushed
back Into the burning building and
persisted.
Duuk Groves, q prosperous farmer OF
Falmouth, Rush county, Indiana, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself In his
barn on Thursday night. "Rver since
the Presidential election Groves has
Imagined that the country would 90 to
ruin and that he would lose all his
property"
The Secretary Of the Treasury has been
informed that the Swiss government has
pardoned a convict named Joseph Binzeg.
gar on con iition that he should smigrate
to the United States, and that he has
started thither. The collectors OF customs
at our principal ports have been notified
to prevent him from landing and to send
him back home.
When passenger train from the east
arrived at Lookport, N. Y, on Saturday
night, the body Of man was found on
the COW catcher Of the engine. The head
had been out of. The remains were iden-
titled as those OF Lyman Gum, we'll
known music desler Of Medina, N Y,
who slipped and fell on the track in front
Of the train.
! The Cape Ann Adusriirer's record o.
disasters TO the Gloucester fishing flse
during the last yeav shows that 16 yes
sells, with an aggregate Tonnage OF 1,104
and valued at $S7 900, have bsen lost
The insurance on these vessels amounted
to 1853, 100. One hundred and thirty on
fishermen lost their lives, leaving 81
widows and 66 children, The above lis
includes five W els lost In December 0
last year, but too late to be included II
previous reports
An explosion OF chemicals occurred II
the Wholesale drug store Of Lamar & Co.
in Augusta, Georgia. Thurs lay afternoon
A mixture containing eight ounces o
ohlorate Of potash was being compoundet
In mortar by William Holt, colore
boy, and 1t is supposed that he pounded
the mixture contrary TO directions. Hol
was killed, and q colored man wa
severely injured, all the windows In th
store were shattered.
The Catholic Male Orphan Asylum a
St. Marks aud Albany avenues, Brook
Ign known as St, johns Home, WAS de
stroyei by FIRE early Thursday morning
There were 1855 orphans in the building
and by the exertion OF the sisters Il
charge nearly all were rescued, but It |
feared several Of them lost their Liver
Some were injured in Jumping fror
windows, and a sister aud several FIRE
men were also injured. The sister, Mar
Josephine. died Thursday night. TIL
} building WAS valued at 100000.
The extreme cold Of Saturday mornin
throughout New York, New Eneland an
Canada sbsted during the day. TIL
temperatures in the morning resohe,
from 100 to 400 bslew zero In man
loosltties in northern New York, Ne,
Hampshire, Massachusetts, aud Vermont
In New York many cattle were frozen {
death. Game and cattle were also kiIle
, in Virginia, where the cold was mucl
: lefs severe. A snow storm set in o.
Saturday night and Sunday motnin
along the Atlantic coast, turning to slee
and rain.
J Joseph Herzog, tho grocer OF Lancaster
Pa, who failed recently, was srreste
Friday afternoon on the charge
,, flrgery 1t is said that the banks
] Lancaster now held $72 600 Of msturi,
| nntna nj thaa II a.,
are forged, and there ia $4,000 in nott
! held among outsid, parties. The il
dividual torgeries now maturing numbe
, considerably over hundred and Hefza
says he has followed these practices fc
nearly 10 years, making in the sggregat
thousands OF forgeTies. His prac.ios wa
never to allow mole to 60 to protest, br
to pay 1t with another forgery.
. The New York Tobacco Leaf SAYS
4 "has interviewed the representative Gigs
! manufacturers and leaf tobacco merchant
i OF the United States, and hnds that the
D are almost e unit in opposition TO th
/. proposed Spanish treaty, even II ID
9 tobacco clause is 80 modified rs to adm
leaf tobacco free Of duty A protei
= signed By over 100 leaf dealers in III
! trade In New York City was iorwarde
4 yesterday to the Senate at Washington
! The list includes the nsme Of ever
! prominent Leaf merchant. A commit,
OF cigar manufacturers vii leave Il
t. Washington in few days to proteI
against the adoption Of the treaty.
At Phillips City, Pa, Friday sfte
coon, while employees Of Fisher Brother
!. oil producers, we're thawins out ii
i water line" oil which had escaped fro
8 their No 8 we'll ignited, setting fire
D oil tFnss containing ], 800 barrels of o
: each. The burning stream ran dow
i the hillside, setting fire to ArmstroI
4 we'll, No. 8, and disabling it SO III
i. drilling cannot be resumed for seyer
+ wse ). Lappa vel, No. was also bad
IS soara'' y and the Thorn creeh bridge ar
Q o ra"' ire shop wsrs dtslroyel. III
!. total 10 is estimated at 100000. II
I Fisher BrOt swill be the heav,e