Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-03
I'm GENERAL.

The body OF New Yorker, named
Rowe, was orsmsted In the Lem0yne
furnace at Washington, Pa, Monday.
The pay car Of the West Shore railroad
was at SyfsOu g, New York, Monday
afternoon, to make the April payments 10
the men.
By an explosion In the Wellington col
liery at Nahaimo, British Columbia, on
Monday "a miners were killed and q
number Of others injured.
A reduction Of 10 per cert In the wages
Of the employees of the Pennsylvania
siee works, at steelton, 10 announced, to
take effect on August 1st.
Charles J W lkinsop, psymaster Of the
Providepce Il Worcester railroad, blew
ont hia braius Ia Providence on Sunday
night. No cause lie assigned for the deed
Miss Lizzie Bradley dad at White
Cloud, Kansas, on Monday, OF starvation,
after fast Of SO days. She had made a
vow never to eat or speak again, and kept
t.
Henry Utasoh cut his throat and both
wriata and stabbed himself eight times In
the body at Syracuse, N. Y, on Sunday
morning. He died at 8 O'Clock in the
evening.
The ship Rhine, from Antwerp, which
arrived at New York on Monday, reports
that on the 26th ult., 800 miles east Of
Sandy BOOK, she passed large vessel on
FIRE and abandoned.
Fairbanks, Palmer & CO., publishers Of
subscription books, In Chicago, were
closed Monday by the sheriff. Their
liabilities are reported at az, 600; the
assets At nearly that amount.
An Rnglishman got up in high style
and with plausible manners passed four
counterfeit $50 Bank Of Bugland notes on
an exchange broker in Montreal last Sat
urdsy, getting 81 200 for them.
The receiver OF the Newark Savings
Institution, At Newark, N. j., Tuesday
morning began the payment Of so per
cent dividend to dspUsitors. The total
amount to be paid out ia %, zoo, 900
The shops OF the Columbus, Hooking
Valley & Toledo railroad. at Columbus,
ohio,u closed Tuesday, throwing out Of
employment 300 men. This action Is
said to be result Of the coal miners
strike.
The decrease Of the public debt during
June is estimated at about o., 900, 600,
making total reduction for the fiscal
year OF &101 100000. The reduction for
the fiscal year which ended June Both,
1888, was $l37 1873, 1858.
A "Citizens' League" In Milwaukee,,
has decided that the Sunday closing law
must be enforced in that city. This will
include not only the saloons but dozen
large parks under the management oil
leading brewing companies.
John Donaldson, q yuurg man, was
seized with symptoms OF hydrophobis
willie walking along one II the streets Of
Allegheny City, Pa !, on Monday night.
Ae was bitten by a dog two years ago, bui
no alarm was felt about the bite.
The Equitable Building, in st. Louis
in which all the Gould and Wabash rail
road general offices are located, was pur
chased Monday by the Equitable Lii.
Insurance Company OF New York from
the Mercantile Truat Com pany Of the sam.
CITY. The price paid WAS stated to b.
about 1875, 900
a dispatch from Helena, Montana, ssyi
that Mrs. c. f. Kemp, while i'll and IL
great pain, Tuesday attempted TO shoe
hertelf. Her daughter Klla, 20 years old
tried to take the pistol away from her
when 1t was discharged. The bulls
passed through the daughters brain
killing her instantly.
A fire is raging In the woods at Browns
Vile, Maine, along the line Of the Katah
din iron works railroad. The Hrs ia II
woods which were blown down by th,
gale OF lat fall aud 10 spreading rapidly
Fires are also reported at Forrstyille OF
the Euro can q North American oivi
sion Of the Maine Central railroad.
Captain Gray OF the British STEAMSHIP,
Jane Kelssll, arrived at Baltimore Mon
day aud reported that on the 2S!h ult. h,
found the yacht Sea Gull Of Philadelphis
anchored and abandoned rs miles from
Cape Henry. He took her in tow and 90
her within five miles OF Cape Henry
where she filled and was left there.
The schooner Ella A. Warner, at New
York Tuesday, from Philadelphia. re-
ports at 2 O'Clock Tuesday morning In ,
dense log, she ran into the schooner
hioise, from Bangor for PhilAd elphia, with
stone, sinking her in ten minutes She
took OIL Captain Gray and Grew and
brought them to New York. The Rlois.
was not insured.
A dispatch from Easton, Pa, saws thu
employees OF the Jersey Central Railroad
company Seem much discouraged on 40.
count OF the dlsoontinuRbcs Of the nav.
msnt OF May wages. The brotherhood Of
locomotive engineers Tuesday ,ele.
grsphed to Chief Enginser Arthur Ia
COME at once. A strike Is Threatened
out nothing will be done until his arrival.
| The commissioner OF Indian affairs s.ys
ne has had no advtoes since May 18th
from the Pigeon Indians In Montana. who
are reported to BIZ starving. AT that
Time, he says, the Indians were subsist-
ing upon aoanty ration allowed by Con.
gress, which the commissioner presumes
mas now beooms exhausted. Dapredations.
he thlnks, may ba expected unless soms
provision ia made for their support.
The interior department ia informed
.hat about 800 Comanohe Indians have
ieit the Fine Ridge reservation in Dakota
ahh are now on the Rosebud, Horn and
roWder rivera in starving condition
The stookmen fear depreciation on thai,
cattle, and are snxions that the Indiana
snail be compelled to return to thar
agency. The agent at Pine Ridge has
peen invited to investigate the matter,
Senior Ramon Bsrrento, chief iustios n;
the supreme court of Cuba, his nephew.
Santiago Blonzo Barrento and Frspoisoo
Figuerss, were arrested in New York. on
Monday evening, for disorderly copduot
They were arraigned Tuesday and re.
leased on payment Of ine Of $40 each
Ihe trouble arose from quarrel between
the wives Of the chief justice and Senior
FlgusrSs. and eliminated in a street flpbt
between the male belligerants.
The secretary Of the interior has re-.
oeived kilograms from cattle men Al
Dooge, Kansas, complaining that the
Cherokee Stock Association, who have
leased strip OF land in the Indian Tsr.
ritofy traversed by established cattle
tralls between Texas and Kansas. bavs
olosei the trails with Wire fences and
offered armed resistance to the prooraas
OF the cattle drovers. The secretary bas
Instructed Inspector Benedict to taLa
active measures to open and kaen onon
all established cattle trails that maj bs
found closed.
A telegram from the City of Mexioo
reports that the Protestant mission Al
oelaya, on the Central railroad, was
attacked few days ago by mob whiob
asstroye cd the furniture and effects. The
telegram adds: "The Rev. A. w.
ureenman and the other inmates escaped
70 neiehboripg house, but we're pursned
and fired on. They returned the FIRE and
BILLED one and wounded several of the
mob, which then dispersed. The mission