Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-10-09

tue United States Will meet NJ Peoria on
the 22d inst, and continue In session
three days.
The first shipment Of wheat over the
Southern Pacific railroad, via Nov
Orleans. to Liverpool was made yester-
day week. IL amounted 70 ] 900 TONS
The sehoO Ter Arsleia, from Chicago for
MidIaDd, with 20, 600 buRh-la Of corn,
srnk Al The entrsroa Of Georgian BAY
Sunday morning during heGvs gale.
The Grew were rSaon.a and takbn to
Wharton, Ontario,
Tn total funded Indebtedness OF the
District nt Columbia aud the late oOrnor.
alton Of Washington on September Both
WA S2l ,303, $50 The amount Of debt
retired ainos jay lat, 1873, was
I'll .6i5 900, making a reduction in the
annual interest charge Of $9l 77G
In Nav YORK last week the health pfli
cerR arTested The nembars 81 tie Grms If
Rigerbnrger X Co, Il Beli,aR aud ucod
man Brothers, makers OF egg noodles aud
vermioslii gu the Charge OF uEiug chrome
yellow in making their products, bsrause
II is cheaper than eggs or saffron. Other
srrests are expected.
Dra. Rowland OF Jersey City aud Hawk
OF Newa,k, detailed by Commissioner
Loriug to visit all the COW stables on Long
Island, Thursday waited several stables
in Long Island City. They found several
cows suffering from pleuro pneumonia,
and reported them TO the health officer
With instructions to have them killed.
The Glenn House and its outbuildings,
st the western base Of Mount Washington,
we're destroyed by fire yesterday week.
As seen from the summit OF MOunt WASH
lngton II appeared that everything had
ossn oonsu led, and even the adjoining
woods were in blezs. The house was
closed for the season yesterday week.
The health department Of New York
on Saturday received report of tine death
u John Gilmartin from hydrophObia. He
had been bitten by Sptt2 dog over two
months ago. The wound was mot eau
teriSsd, but the lad was given a. much
whisky as he would drink and ponltices
o. fsxseed and garlic were applied to the
wjul d.
At the annual meeting OF the Lynch
burg Tobacco Association yesterday week,
the secretary reported that the sales OF to-
bsccO for the year which closed with
September were little over 81 100000
pounds, 100000 less than during the
preceding year. The incoming crop,
though damaged by the drouth, is ex-
pected TO be much larger.
The Rsv. ]. N. Black on Saturday
| opened mound OH q farm in Mead
township, West Virginia, and found what
is supposed to havs been the tomb Of
mound builder. The body had orumblsd
20 dust, but necklace, made Of the
teeth OF wolf or bear, was in a good
state Of preservation. A pair OF copper
earrings aud several other ornaments
were also found.
The governor OF Kansas has Issued a
proclamation prohibiting the Introduction
Of cattle into that state from the states of
| II Kentucky, Iowa, Nebraska and Mis-
souri, until they have undergone so days
| quarantine at the point OF introduction,
ana been released under clean bill Of
health from the state veterinarian. He
also prohibits the introduction OF Jersey
cattle FROM any state in the Union.
The New York Commercial Buliehn re.
PORTS the losses By fire In the United
States ADD Canada during September at
~, 200, 600, larger loss than ever bafora
recorded for tho mouth. There were II
fires where the loss reached or exceeded
tl00,00o among them being the
~ 100000 fire IN Cleveland. $50 far,
ths fires of 1854 have been at rate
which, If kept up until the end Of the
year, will make the years. fire lnss foot
mp sll1, 900, 600.
The Writing Paper Makers branch OF
the National Paper Makers Association
faet IA Springfield Mass yesterday week
auGI i-cided to advance the.price OF paper
t'om OHs 10 two cents per pound. II wga
also decided that unless the advance was
pod He prodnctiou would b4 lessensi
until tie price advances sufficiently 10
eJvsr !ha extra cost Of rags and OIL er
material. TAia action Ii due TO tile pr..
hlhitiOn Of the importation of foreign
rsEs, which has increased the cost of
paper stock.
DE- Ward, tate veterinary surgeon Of
SaSyla4d, has tel-graphed 10 the gov.
erGor Of that stats, asking sutuon'y to
quarantine hogs in Montgomery, Fred.
ericsi Washington, Carroll and Baltimore
conuties. 1t appears that large numbers
OF diseased hogs in thoEa counties are
b-tng slaughtered aud shipped to Balti
mare. Health Commissioner Steward
Thursday examined micr0soopioaly a
piece Of tissue trem one OF the dead hogs,
aud came to the conclusion that the dis
ease wac akin to diphlheria. 1t ia said
that the g"v rlal's tteward who assisted
Il examining aoms Of the dead animals.
ia uilsriog from bsily diseased throat,
which lie .acrib b TO contact with them.
at the Excelsior coal mns, near osca-
loosa, Iowa, on Thursday night, William
Harrison, while smoking pip sat upon
small keg of powder, not kuo ring
hat was in it. A spark from TIE pi,
blew up the powder, killing Harrison ard
dangerously injuring five other me4.
A fire at Braddocks, IL miles east Of
Ptttsburg, Pa, early Friday morning,
destroyed II dwellings, three Of them
used "a SALOONS and boarding houses
Loas, SIS 900. A man named Cotter was
fatally injured while pulling down o
frame structure to check the proCress Of
the flames. The fire ia attributed to
inoendiarism.
A telegram from St Paul, Minnesota,
says Thursdsy night was the hottest
night on record in that part Of the
country, the thermometer never falling
b3low ~ aud rlsing as high as 300 at
midnight. At Duluth and other north.
western pOints the temperature was low,
aud at Helena, in Montana, as low storm
prevailed. The only western city having
temperature as high as st. Paul was ST.
Louis,
AT Rfie, Pa, Leo Schreok and his wife
aud John Flick had SllS deposited in the
Erie County Savings Bank and when that
concern suspended the loss OF their money
drove them insane. Thinking after
wards, in their insanity, that they had
committed some great sin, they inflicted
s-lt-Asgellation. Friday two officers
observed Sbreek and his wife digging a
grave in THEN back yard. The house
%as entered, when 1t was found they in
landed to enact the death of Christ,
which was 20 be followed by the killing
OF their ciilir1n to represent Heiod i
slaughter Of the inn0esuts. They are
now in custody.
The will of Private Charles B Henry
Of thn tirpsiy expedition, who was shot
ior oteal ng provisions, was filed Friday
f1r probate in Chicago. II ia written Il,
pencil on a SCRAP Of paper about the siz-
Of a postal, torn from blank book. ia
dated at Camp Clay, Blcsmere's Laud,
May 9.h, 1854, and reads as follows 81
Charles b. Henry, being Of sound mind
and health, do hereby declare this to be
my last will and testament All my
property, pay due and that become due.
! 4neath to my parents, brother and
skaters now alive, to be equally divided
among them. William Helms OF 20 sonth