Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-31
IN GENERAL.

II Ia expected that the government
at Hsrpar's Ferry will BIZ offered
for sale, as authorised by Congress, about
the middle Of September.
The total expense Of the Greedy relief
expedition 10 estimated At the treasury
department at about s7o0, 0c0-s200, 600
more than the original estimate.
Mrs. Clarissa Rugg, vile Of the Rev.
Henry Rugg, and mother Of Charles Rugs,
the oolored murderer o! the Maybee
family, died Monday at Bridgshampton,
Long Island, Of . broken heart.
The body Of Christian Sohillbaoh,
hostler at the Penn sylvsnja House, in
Reading, was found Tuesday morning
In the Sohuylkill canal, At that place.
Sohill ach disappeared on Saturday after.
moon, and II is supposed he committed
suicide.
The eighth ANIMAL reunion Of the army
Of West Virginia will begin in Cumber.
land, Md, on September I'd. Among the
offoere invited 10 attend are Generals
Sheridan, Mcclellan, Rosscrsns, Kelley,
Sigel, Hunter, Schsnok, Rmory, Crook
and Carlin.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has de-
oided that osrbolic acid must be admitted
free Of duty, under the provisions Of the
tariff law authorizing the free importation
Of acids Tor medical use. Heretofore
duty Of 20 per cent has been assessed on
that article.
The sol oitor Of the treasury has refused
compromises In the case Of man CON-
victed Of eel ing liquor without license
md ualif tnh utt ha
tax. The solicitor holds that he cannot
compromise fine imposed under orimi-
nal indictment.
Colonel J. 8. Murphy, president Of the
Mobile Life Insurance. Company, was shot
dead by Reubsn Trip, on Saturday
night, near Mobile, Alabama. The
trouble grew ont Of question OF tres
passing on land. Trip gave himself up,
and said he acted in self defense.
The navy department Is advised that
the United States steamer Powhatan ar
rived at Lisbon on the 18th inst. She
will soon return TO the United States with
the efaoers and crews detached from the
European squadron, and the remains Of
Mr.. MacGahan, the we'll known war
correspondent.
A fire in DEVILS Lake, Dakota, on SUM-
day night, destroyed a hotel, seven
stores, the post office and Inter Ocean
printing office, butcher shop, bakery,
bank, the township Offices, ten real es-
tate offices, restaurant, eight saloons,
and nine dwellings The loss is not
stated, but 1t IL said to be fully covered
by insurance.
A large freight locomotive about TO
start with train In Cleveland, Ohio, Mon
day, was blown to pieces by the explo-
sion Of Its boiler, and q box car and
switch shanty adjacent were wrecked by
the flying fragments. Thomas Ward, the
engineer, was severely soalded and
bruised, and little girl gathering GOAL
near by was slightly injured, being
hurled distance Of 100 feet.
Application was recently made at the
treasury department for the admission ct
the port of New York Of consignment Of
rags shipped at Msrseillss in MAY last,
The vessel had q clean bill Of the health,
and had passed quarantine at New York.
The application was refused, on the
ground that ''the order prohibiting the
entry Of rags from infested ports was
imperative. and allowed no discretion"
The Acting Secretary Of the Interior
decides that "where an applicant for PEN
sion who In his original application
alleges broadly general disability or i'm
paired health, subsequently specifies the
particular disease which caused the disa-
billy, the supplemental afidavit shall be
regarded as part Of the original declara-
tion." This rule "doea not, however,
apply to cases where the supplemental
affidavit would have the effect OF entirely
changing the character of the claim, and
the affidavit must be germane to the de-
olaration.n
IL was resolved at q meeting Of the in
ternational convention of exposition and
fair representatives, held In st. Louis
last month, to hold worlds fail In COM
memoration OF the discovery OF Amerioa,
and TO celebrate the four hundreth ami.
yersary OF that event. In obedience to
the resolution Of the convention, its presi-
dent, julius s. Walsh Of st. Louis, has
appointed committee to devise \ plan OF
organization and management, and fix
the time and place for holding the fair.
Robert L. Tauzkey OF St. Louis is chair.
man OF the committee.
At the request Of members OF the state
boards of health Of Illinois, Tennessee.
Kentucky, New York, and other states, a
conference will bs held In Washington,
on August 7th, to consult with the gov
ernment officials as to the best methods of
meeting and mastering tue cholera
in the event OF it's appear
anoe In the United States,
Marine and quarantine hospital officers
are requested to take Fart in the confer
ence, the call for which is signed by
Eiastus Brooks, chairman Of the New
York board Of health, and 1 N. Mccormick
OF Kentucky.