Delta chief., 1884-04-02
NEWS SUMMARY.
4 Condensation Of Important DISPATCHES,
Domestic and Foreign.
Augustus schell did on the 9th.


The steamer Oregon left New York
on the Goth, with $4,000 in specie
DIR. Ezra Abbott, noted biblical and
historical student died at Boston on the 22d
James Hamilton, of KY, one of the
largest cattle dealers in the world, died on the
24th.
The annual report of the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad shows surplus of $780,
600.
A royal commission will soon inves-
tigate charges of bribery among Toronto Of
ticals.
Carpenter was acquitted of the
guilt of Zura Burns murder, at Chicago, on
the o2nd.,
The New Mexican House passed
bill appropriating $1,000 for an exhibit at New
Orleans.
Howard Gentry. a jealous oolored
man of Garmi, Illinois, killed his wife, IN
the..24th.
John Siegle's tobacco factory, near
Lancaster. Pennsylvania, burned on the 25th.
Loss, $4,000
Edward M. Guthridge, formerly Uni
ted States Attorney, has been indicted at Gal
weston for bribery.
jacksonville, Florida, burned. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Francisco Peres, who killed two men
in dispute, was hanged at Placerville, Cali
fornia, on the ssth.
James Elmore, who killed John Du-
bois on the Upper Gila, short time ago, is
under 5000 bonds.
A prince of the royal family of An
nam has been hanged for promoting Christ
ian massacre, at Tonquin.
The new cable of the Bennett-Mack-
ey company is expected to reach Cape Ann
about the middle Of April.
The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Medical Director Francis NJ. Gun
nell, to be Surgeon General.
On the 2Sth, the machine shops of
the Memphis & Charleston railroad, at Mem
phis, burned. Loss, 100000.
The Women's Home Missionary As
sociation sustains sixteen schools for poor in
Utah and in the Southern states.
Internal Revenue receipts for the
past eight months were s14, ,4s1 ,26O less than
the corresponding period in 1888.
Thirteen indictments have been found
against Prentice Tiller and George II. McFad-
den, the Pacific Express robbers.
Minister Sargent is to go to St. Pet
ersburg, to succeed TO the post which was va
Gated bv the death of Minister Hunt.
At Brooklyn, on the 25th, George
Russell shot his wife, but not fatally, in fit
of jealousy, and then killed himself.
The bill which passed the Massachu-
setts Senate, furnishing wife-beaters with
whipping, was defeated in the House.
The steamer Thetis, which was pur-
chased in Scotland for the Greeley relief
expedition, arrived in New York on the
23rd.
The Chinese Government has order
ed ten Calling guns from the Hartford man
ufacturers, to be delivered within sixty
days.
Emperor Williams birthday occur
red on the 23rd, and Bismarck gave state
dinner to which Minister Sargent was in
vited.
Davis & Rollins machine shop Mt
Nausha, New Hampshire, burned on the 25th.
Loss, $4,000 Fifty men were thrown out of
work.
During the week ending with the goth
there were 2O4 failures In business in the Unit
ed States and Canada, against 213 the previous
week.
Henry F. Church, the defaulting
Troy official, was arrested in New York and
taken 20 Troy, on the 27th. Ho was short
1000.
Kit Joy, who recently escaped from
the Silver City, New Mexico, jail, was captured
on the 23rd., after his leg had been broken by a
rife ball
The death of John Jay Cisco, the
banker, occurred on the 23rd. He was assis-
tant treasurer of the United States duri.g the
civil war.
The Senate has confirmed the ap-
pointment Of Jacob B. Blair, Of Wyoming. TO
be Associate Justice Of the Supreme court Of
Wyoming.
Building and stock of the T. f. War
rem Mercantile company at Cheyenne, were
damaged $4,000 by fire on the 25th. Insured
for 800, 600.
William McnowalI woa baroJ