Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-15
EDITION,


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Robert Z. Douglass, the Commission
or appointed by the Dominion Govern.
ment to investigate the best means of
dealing with the canal system, has sub.
mittef his report. He thinks the snc-
cess of the st. Lawrence route depends
upon increasing the depth of water, and
that unless improvements of the
Lawrence water way keep pace with
the construction of the Canada Pacific
Railway and the settlement of thecoun.
try, the trade of the Canadian North
west will seek foreign channels east
ward by Dlluth, Buffalo and New
York, or South west via St Paul, Mil
waukee and Chicago. 1t is understood
that the Government will act upon his
suggestions and will ask, at the next
session of the Dominion Parliament, for
an appropriation to deepen the canal to
IA feet.
A freight train on the St. Louis and
Texas Railroad was attached by con-
stable at Fordyce, Arkansas, few
days ago for small debt Judge
Caldwell, of the United States Court,
caused telegram TO be sent to the con-
stable ordering him to release the
train. The constable refused to recog-
nize the authority Of the Court, and a
United States Marshal WAS sent from
Pine Bluff on Saturday,to arrest him
for contempt and release the train.
The road is in the hands OF o re Jaiver,
and, therefore, under the control of the
Court.
The applicstio for q receiver for the
broken Penn Bank a. Pittsburg, has
been refused by Judge Ewing, who
holds that the assignee can main tain all
claims which could be collected by q
receiver. He says that If at any time o
change shall occur in the present
condition of affairs q receiver will be
named.
The members of the British Associ-
alton who took part in the excursion to
the Rocky Mountains arrived at the
summit on Thursday night. An ad-
dress OF welcome was presented to them
1t Colgarry, in replying to which Sir
Richard Temple expressed the aston
ishment of the party at the splendid re-.
sources of the country and its wonderful
progress and development"
George p. Williams, q professional
oarsman, committed suicide in board
ing house in New York on Saturday.
He was about 4.years of age, and is
said to have wife and child in China.
The works of the CRANKY Mining and
Smelt ing Company, at Oronogo, Mis-
souri,, were burned yesterday afternoon,
with $4,000 worth of new machinery.
At st. Martinsville, Louisiana, on
Friday night, the files Of an the civil
and criminal suits now pending, the
minute books and dockets were stolen
from the Court House. A general
search warrant was to have been issued
for the documents.
A race at Saltwater, Minnesota, on
Saturday between the PAGERS johnson
and Richball, was won by the former
in 2.l2, the fastest time ever made by
any PAGER in Minnesota. Minnie X. and
running mate, Firebrand, were driven
an exhibition heat in 2.09L.
The Lazaretto Physician reported to
che Board of Health on Saturday that
he had detained the steamship Blanche
Henderson, as five of her crew had ma
larial fever, and it was thought prudent
IN order to await any possible develop
ment in other cases.
Three hundred and nineteen iceberys
are reported to be drifting southwark
between Cape Freels ami Cape Race,
Newfoundland