Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-28
IN GENERAL,

IN GENERAL.
S.
At New Orleans, Tuasdan
carnival parades OF day and piSb, We
brilliant and attracted great tbronoeis we're
visitors. oAss Of
More than 100 children of thu y,.,
Indians In Colorado have died NJ "anl sh
measles within month, and the dIsssas ns
Is still raging. N'''Sss
The steamer Cult Of Suez ar,,,a,
Boston Monday from Melbourne, brina
ing the first cargo Of cotton ever rsosivas
there In steamer from Australia.
The Rev. T. G. Thurston and ii.
daughter Alice, aged 16 yesrs w.. as
drowned at 0xiord's Ford nm "v'e u
CatawbA river, North Carolina. on Satin. rus
day last. NA'u''
A private circular was reesivsd =
shippers In Chicsgo yesterday from W "
agent OF the east b'und lines at peorI,
quoting the grain rate to the seabosrd 4,
~ cents, out of 10 cents. ~
The gale Of the Stewart buildin, =,
Broadway and Chambers street Nsm
York, by Mrs. Cornelia M. Stewart to.
Judge Henry Hilton was recorded Tpoa
day. The price paid was q, ,2lO, 600.
A false alarm of fire caused A mania /.
the Royal Theatre at Montreal dnrin,
matinee performance Tuesday at;ernosn
Several women tainted and we're tfsuplad
on; others were badly bruised in I ,Ss
crush.
Walter c. Shepard, the trusted boot
keeper OF Francis c. Brigham & Co.. Bos
ton, WAS arrested Monday, charged with
embezzling 81, 200 of the firms monas
Dissipation Ia said to have been tLa c.u,a
OF his downfall.
John IL Fryer, once wealthy miusr
from which Fryer Hill, at Lsadville
Colorado, took It's name, committed
suicide in hotel, in Denver, on SATURDAY.
evening. by taking morphine. lie had
been married niue months.
| August Pejeau, private wstchmsn ot -. |
cigar factory in New orleans, was found
Monday morning In the building with
his throat cut and skull fractured. nal
was still able to speak, and gssped ont
1.-TWO white men-l2 o'clock night II
He was taken to the hospital in dying
condition.
Chist Engineer Gsorgs Mellvills will
accompany the Greedy relief expedition
ss engineer Of the advanced ship Thets
which will be commanded by Captain
Schley. The Bear, one OF the vessels Of
the expedition, will bs placed on the drv
dock at Brooklyn on Saturday and 20,
ready for her voyage.
The steamer Egyptian Monarch. which,
arrived at New York yesterday from
London, reports that OIL the 18th inst "a
meteor burst above the vessel, apparently
10 feet above the bridge, with terrifoI
report, and gave forth strong sulphurous
ODER" On the night OF the 18th ths
barometer fell to 27 rs aud the wind blew
hurricane, with tremendous seas. 0nI
the morning Of the 18th the ship lost.
part of her rail, gangway, ladders and
part Of the saloon, and had her bosts
damaged. On the Goth she passed nina
icebergs and went through field Of drift
ice.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company \
has purchased the Pittsburg & Westsru
railroad, an important line extending
from Pittsburg TO tne lakss 1t increased
the importance Of Baltimore az pOri
,, and grain centre by opening up this new
!, tributary to 1t, AMI aiso places the B. L D,
on an equal footing with the other two
,, great trunk lines of the country. Tha
B. Il o. people control a majority Of the
stock, and elect seven out OF the Il
directors, namely Robert Garrett, Samuel
, Spencer, ]. K. Collins and N. S. Hill, o.
Baltimore T. M. King, Of Pittsburg
; John T. Terry and Solon Humphrey, o
New York.
The majority of the first branch Of thu
' woek, passed an ordinance abolishing th,
q office of fire marshal, and substituting
: instead commission of three to mansg
A the fire department. The minority, egh
a Republican and Fusion members, wen
\ ont on the 18th inst. and have mot sine
i. returned. Monday the .city eours-llo
;. and city solicitor, whose terms of offC
J. would have expired on Saturday next,rt
9 signed and their successors qualified
Monday evening the ordinance came up
4 the second branch, and that body pos
:. poned its consideration until the 10th
/. March. The trial OF the old fire comm;
v sioDers is appointed for the Sd OF March
ii szarus Bulfinch, oolored man, die
Il at Richmond, Va, on Friday morning,
10 voted with the Democrats in the la
n election, and afterward was entirul
g. ostrsoised by members Of his race The
z refused to speak to him or to let hi
Il visit their houses. Since that tin
70 to the day of his death he became
j. pariah among his racs. He had no con
.e panions, His nearest relations la
10 nothing to do with him. Two weeks ss
he was taken sick, and few Of b
d oolored friends attended him. The mo
of of the negroes, however, would ha'
l. nothing to do with him, and he died Q
h Friday. His funeral took place MOI
1t day, and was conducted by the Rev. D
D Hatcher, n leading whits minister Of II
of Baptist church. ard was attended almo
10 entirely by white people.
-s Quite sensation has been caused
Baltimore over the disappearance
70 Mrs. Kaiser, wife of George kaisel
~ foreman OF the press room of the Amer
s 6an, with Andrew p. Maddux, an Ea
a had real estate broker, doing business
No, 22O East Pratt street. One mOrnin
week ago Mrs. Kaiser packed up te
" things in satehel, and saying good
" to her two little children-E aged
u years, ana Alice, aged 3-told her moth'
J she was going to Washington on visi
u The same morning Mr.. Maddux went OF
on business. They were last seen togeth,
y but nothing has been heard Of them sinct
9 Mrs. Msddux is left penniless, Msddu
70 carrying of all the money. II found
. will be arrested. Mrs. Maddux says
:, 'How he ever admired such homel
a woman the Lord only knows !" All th
Il parties concerned are well connected.
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