Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-01
IN GENERAL.
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-Four hundred and fifty cheats n, adj
tsrated tea were seized Tuesday on r.
steamer France at New York t,nns
London. nun
The Henry College Lottery Comn,nu
Louisville, has given up the qbost H.,
consequence OF Inc war upon lotteries bv
the Postmaster General. ny
Noses FrAlsy, prominen. grain nv,
stock Spectator of St. Louis, "a rsnor,sd
to have failed Monday, with liahiIi,'s,
aggregating over 5000 600.
Arbuckle Brothers' ooffss mills n, ~.
foot OF Adams street, IN Brooklyn. Nss
York, were burned Monday night, The lo',
Ia estimated at upwards OF $lO0, 1000.
The work of laying stone on the Va,
iuRton monument, Washington. was s,l'
sumed Monday at h.ieht of am ,. ~
the point reached AT tho en.psnsio ,'o',
work last fall. VI
Mr.. Fraley, the suspended grain
operator OF st. Louis, says L. lcs,
$780, in one hour on Monday nv ~
iiae OF a cents in wheat, OF which be- VS.
5000. 600 bushels short. vac
While ferry. boat, drawn bv bo,,o
was crossing the river at St Air.
Quebec, tuesday morning, the bottnn
Of the boat broke through and a man md
his wife and four children were drowned
Fires ragged in the woods in diffarsr,
portions OF Michigan during SUNDAY, ana
as high wind prevailed several towns
| were endangered. Six buildings and
flour mill were burned at Fillmore sna
at Holland woman was burned In aso,h
while resc1ing her children.
The governor Of New Jersey has siVned
q bill to prevent Virginia scboonsrs
coming to New Jersey resorts aud oa,rv'
ing ont by the hundred, at Cheap rates
pleasure seekers, fishing parties, &c. Thu
bill prohibits auy vessel from carving
more than 30 persons IN such parties,
The trial OF ex-senator William p
Kellogg, charged with having received
money while United States senator tor
services in relation to contract in tina
Star Route case, in violation pt law. waa
begun Tuesday In the criminal court at
Washington, jury was secured. and
the testimony for the prosecution begun
During March there arrived in The
customs districts OF Baltimore. Boston
Detroit, Huron, New Orleans, New York
Psssamaquoddy, Philadelphia aud San
Franoisco 38, 597 Immigrants. During the
nine months ending March 3lst. 1854
the immigrants at these ports Numbered
3O4 825, and In the corresponding period
Of 1883 they numbered 1886, 2l4.
The market house and two blocks OF
buildings In Panama, Central America.
were destroyed by fire on Saturday night,
Most of the buildings were wooden, but
the total loss is estimated at nearly
$500, 900. The burned stores contained
quantities of petroleum and spirits and
gunpow'ler, and several buildings had to
be demolished to check the flames. One
, man WAS burned to death.
An attempt was made to set fire to the
Exchange Building in Genesee, New York,
on Monday night, while the Odd Fellows,
with their wives and children, to the
number of 200, were holding celsbrs.
tion Of an upper floor. The hallway,
. which was the only means OF exit for the
! | crowd, was smeared with coal oil and q
number OF matches were scattered about
: one of them being ignited. A membe,
who happened to step outside OF the aute
8 room saw the flames just as they wers
| starting, and put thepi out. The gather
o ing broke up without knowing OF The
/ danger 1t had escaped. This is the fifth
1 attempt at inoendisrism discovered IL
9 that town within few months.
0 Two terrific conclusions in quick sue
8 oession frightened the people u Havan,
= Tuesday afternoon. Balconies, window
9 and shutters fell to the ground and til,
8 streets were immediately filed will
alarmed inhabitants who believed tina
I the city had been visited by sn earth
: quake. 1t soon became known, however
d that the powder magazines of San Jose
on the opposite side of the bay, had ex
/, ploded. The force OF the explosion tool
. the direction Of the gas works, and al
e the gas holders of the Havana Gs5lighi
. Company, and all bnt one OF those Of The
y old gas company were broken. Thu
l. second shock, which was heavier thai
:, the fl at, was caused by en- explosion o
q gas. 1t ID impossible yet to say hos
!. many persons were killed or wounded
? Several bodies have already been found
1t 10 known that there were in til
. magazine detachment OF 20 soldiers an
h an artillery officer, who had been occr
i pied for several days in removing pow
i der. The military hospital, San An
. brosio arsenal and other buildings in tn
i neighborhood suffered the most damsg,