Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-06-26
IN GEN ERAL.

n W. Diihock 0 TO-, OF NeW YORK who
suspended recently, were paying their
obligations Tuesday.
Oliver Confeld, the murderer OF the
widow dherkin, was taken from the tail
at Vincenrea, Iudisns, on Mondsy night.
and lynched by mob Of so men.
The purchase Of tha site for the new
post Office In Bro yn has been oonsum-
mated by the payment to Leonard Moody
the owner, OF the price agreed on,
$408, 800.
During bar room fight at Deposit
New York, on saturday night, Allen
Mcclure WAS st'nck dead by blow OF
James Wilsey's fiat. Wilsry is IN Jail at
Brghsmton.
Wampter, the man who Ia supposed to
have butohered the Auder>on family near
Pleasauton, Kansas, reoently, IL reported
to have committed suicide In Arkansas
10 esoape capture.
Frsnioa Eskop and Paul Novork.
brothers in.law, quarreled at the New
York quarantine station Sunday alter
noon, and B4kon wss fatally stabbed. He
died in about an hour.
Part of nearly completed tuun.l on
the Panhandle railroad, near Steubeu.
Vile, Ohio, caved in Tuesday morning,
buryIpg eight men aud a hoy. AL were
injured, fonr II is feared fatally.
Peter MeCormick,a "a wealthy resident OF
Hunters Point, l.. l., was shot dead
| Sunday by Patrick KerDan, one OF his
| tenants. They quarrelled about the rent,
\ Herman being in arrears. The latter was
| arrested.
| The naval board appointed to consIder
the expeditncy of post graduate course
In school OF application for naval
officers, has recommended the establish
ment OF such school, with Newport IS
the place
Pearson Hof, II ysars of age, was
thrown from his bicycle while going
down steep hill near Reading, Pannsyi.
vania, on Saturday morning. He wss
picked up unconscious, and ia in a criti-
cal condition.
The banking house OF N. Morgau's
Sons, one of the oldest In New York,
made an assignment Tuesday. The
house was rated at 81 900, 900. They
were merchant bankers and did not deal
in Wall street.
| Matthew Guirsnut wss fatally stabbed
In saloon quarrel in Connellsville, Pa,
on Saturday night. His assaisnt Ia un
known, but the cause Of the quarrel WAS
girl who transferred her affections from
Guirenul TO another man.
A Wella, Fargo express wagon return.
ing to the railroad depot in Leon, Mexico,
on Friday night, WAS fred upon by 10
masked men, who rushed from q side
street. The driver, a Mexican, was
killed and $500 was stolen.
A telegram from Detroit says the Rev
, Charles 0'Reilly of that city, treasurer Of
the Irish National League, "has received
letter dated Dublin, and mailed at
Shanghai, China, which threatens his
life unless he Immediately sends $25, 900
10 Ireland"
The United States treasury has just
received the first instalment Of 81 and $2
notes, the printing OF which has been
! done at the bureau OF engraving and
l printing. 1t is expected that sbOut
$3.50, 600 will be ready for issuing by the
, end Of the weak.
, John C. Robertson, son OF ex. Senator
Robertson OF Sou'h Carolina, was Mon
day placed under bonds in Augusta
a Georgia, for shooting at James A. Lohin,
a grocer, because the latter refused tC
|
towards Robertson in demanding payment
1 OF due bill.
b A passenger tram from Sunbury, Ps,
a ON the Sunbury 4 Shamokiu railroad ,col
/, lided with freight engine in deep cut
il Tuesday morning, aud both engines were
wrecked. Three men n-Maliok, the train
Ia dspatche,; Shultz,a fireman and tramp
.s were killed Bugineer Umpleby was badly
i. scalded. No passengers are reported
n injured.
IA Four men were recently wounded in |
1t sham battle on the florida state militii
r at Camp Chipley, ard an investi SatioI
a has shown that their IL juri.s ver
"a caused by the point Of regular arm!
standard blank cartridge. Experiment
q made on Saturday show that the point
ia OF the cartridges would tear away an,
In penetrate an il oh board at 20 feet.
N The wholesale bakery of A B liofse
.. man of Williamsburg, New York, wa
It Sunday destroyed by 3. Loss
" $l00, 600; insurance, $4,000. Will
ia the iremen were working to save an ad
IN joining building wall OF the bakery fel
to into an slleywny in which they stood
@. killing Henry Tyaok and George Hight
i'd and terribly ipjurpg Stephen Allen.
Ia telegram reporting the failure of tn
"A Howe Scale Company of Rutland, VT,
contradicted. The company was reOr
ganized last September, and is said to b
payiag all obligations on demand. Tb
report ia supposed to have originste'
Df from the appointment OF a receiver
- take charge OF the property of the prede
caFsor of the rec1hstructed company.
a The Toronto ", rnmg NeDs publishe
al an OttaTs dispatch, giving fumoI tina
in the Dominion government has arrange
n the terms Of a reciprocity treaty with III
IN United Stats, which will shortly be Iii ad
IN public. The new treaty, IL ia stated, viii
~ follow the lines OF the former reuiprocit
treaty, admitting natural products An
" some A. toes in early stages of manntac
h. ture.
n. The Secretary of the Treasury has TT
h. Jsoted the proposals. received Tor furnish
,e ing ice for the treasury department TO
the next fiscal year, on the ground tina
the prices are excessive and OF such
ia character as to justify the belief of a CON
ne bl alton among the dealers. Three bid
H. were received from local ics companies a
in 40, AZ and AZ cents per 100 pounds re
Ig spsotively. The secretary will ask 70
ly proposals. from outside dealers.
10 The state department denies that ou
eI minister at ROms has bsen "instruoted t
III Aot in concert with the ministers o! Eng
ut and, Austria and Spain, to obtain fra
SignOr Manoini, the Italian minister {
tore'gn affairs, mitigation OF the de
ia jisi0u If the court of cessation in r-paf
IN the properties Of the Propoesi da
n Secretary Frelinghuysen says he has hs
an the subject under consideration, Ito se
IN I the United States haa any right to al
Ar in the matter" but has reached no con
"A olusion yet.
A. A Charlestown, W. Va, dispatch says
"a By late decision OF tie supreme oOur
Iv of appeals in the celebrated land case 0
Chsp pmsn x French vs.. Joseph Maitland
from Wyoming county, Colonel James W
Darks, oounsel for plaintiff, ID in reoeip
vi OF the largest fes that has ever fallen t
., the lot OF any lawyer in this state, til
~ sum exceeding 800, 600 Two hundre
We and seventy thousand acres Of Lam
10 are involved, Colonel DaIks' cOmpen
sstion was 10 lis a certain per cent Of tn
nt value of all lands recovered.
IT Senior Suare2, the Spanish consul q
New York, on Saturday denied til
IN accuracy Of the Havana despatch whicl
es asoribed to him and to Tia. Spanish min
ct istar at Washington alarming dispatohe
de addressed to the governor general {
I'd Cuba in Consequence OF Mr.. Blaine
~ nomination. S+ncr SuaIez says, not oni
~ | has ha M kunwl.i,,. nf a cnmuiaaiO