Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-25
I'm GENERAL.


The boiler OF cotton compress in At
anita, Georgia, exploded Monday, kill.
pg one man aud Dangerously woundiDe
smother.
The second and third floors Of the fur.
niture factory Of Grsham & 6ohmitt in
Baltimore, were burned Monday night.
Loss $25, 900.
Two petriflsd bodies, one Of man, the
,ther Of woman, are reported to have
been discovered in gypsum quarry near
Point Sol, California.
II ia reported that specimens Of rock
and earth asssying 1000 in gold to the
ton have been found on several farms in
county, Ohio.
John Van siss, supposed to be init.
mately acquainted with the murderer Of
Phoebe Paullin, was arrested in Paterson,
N J on Monday night.
10 a fight between deputy msrshals
and "moonshiners'' In Hall county,
Georgia, Tuesday night week, two Of the
'moonshiners" were killed.
The schooner Paul p. Keller, Captain
Foster, which sailed from Wilmington,
North Carolins, on November 9th, for
Philadelphia, has not been heard Of since,
and ia given up for Lost.
A range in the house Of Mr.. Martin at
olneyville, B. l., exploded on Saturday
morning from frozen pipes in the water
back. Martin was dangerously out and
the kitchen was wrecked.
TIE hf.h ard last Of the big guns for
the United States govern nent was cast
Tuesday at the South Boston iron
works. II is 9 12-inch rife, and when
finished will weigh "a tons.
Mo3rath's oyster and fruit packing
house in Baltimore. was burned early
Sunday morning. I. was partly ooou-
pied bV Thomas B. sohsll, fruit packer.
The total loss is about $4,000.
Frank J. Ksntner, proprietor Of the
Residing organ factory, At Reading, Pa,
has made an assignment OF his factory
and hotel. He received m extension
from his creditors aeversl years ago. He
employed rs hands.
The body Of Mary Schmidt, so years Of
age, WAS icund frozen on the roadside
near jamaica, Long IslaId, Tuesday
morning. II is supposed that she lay
down there to sleep tho night before
while drunk.
The Are at Pratt's astral oil works In
Williamsburg, Nav York, was got under
control Monday afternoon. The loss on
the property Ia vsIiously estimated at
from $500, 900 to &500, 600 1t is believed
that two men perahed by the FIRE.
The New York Chamber Of Commerce
MnrHn. hxy swl
adopted q resolution declaring the
Spanish reciprocity treaty injurious to
the interests Of the United States, and
requesting Its rejection by Congress.
The Secretary Of the Interior has writ.
ten, In reply TO an inquiry: "There ia
no land within the boundaries Of the
Ipdisn territory subject to settlement.
Settlers who go into the territory now
will simply lose their time and money. -
+. J. Hartenstein and wife and their
nephew, George Skaan, sged 10 years,
were found overcome by coal gas in their
bedrooms In Pottstown, Pa, Monday
morning. They we're resusoitated with
great difficulty, but are expected 70 re
cover.
In Albany, New York, on Sunday
night, Bgbert Rsrl and an infant
daughter were suffacsted by coal gas.
His Wits and another child are In oriti.
cal condition. They slept In dark b-d.
rooms opening on a sitting room where
the stove was.
member OF psrlisment named
Ia Blanc, d lawyer named Councillor,
have been committed for trial Oh the
charge Of tsmpering with two grand
jurors ct the Hsssss in Montreal, t'to get
them to ignore trua bills fer libel agains.
the editor OF La Minefvs -
The collections at the, Cuban oustome
houses during o,tohsr amounted q
1876, 1853, against 81 556,3 duriue the
same mouth last year, showing dsere,sa
this year Of 1881, 1885 During the same
month S216, 644 was paid ont on sccoun,
of decreased reductions In the tariffs.
A telegram from Toronto ssys: A
Frenchman named Psqust, a protested
inddel, while denying the doctrine OF
eternal punishment 10 discussion with
his fellow bosrderB, WAS striker with
psralysis, the whole of one side, from
head to foot, including the tongue, losing
vitality.
Governor Pattison Monday ordered
the release Of Michael Norton from Gus.
tody in ClenrHsld county. Norton was Kid
mapped from New York state aud b707l 81 1
to Pennsylvania without requteition.
A letter was also sent 10 Governor CIeye.
land announcing the decision arrived at
by Governor Patsiaon.
A collision took place between irsiebt
tran and wood train ON the Sobuvlkill
q Suequehanna railroad, near Dauphin,
Monday afternoon. James Meek ci
Auburn, fireman Of the freight train, wss
killed. Samuel Rsber, this engineer was
Injured. The wreck blocked the road for
five or six hours.
The cSnsl host Thomas Wilsc~, mo re +
at TIE foot Of ColumbiS street, Bro, y yn.
sprung leak Tu -sdny, and Sc K 90
quickly that the oucupkhts could rot pn,
ashore. The captain, Thomas Plaunery
and his wife and twocbildreu were saved.
Two other chil1ren-Tkumas, aged ID
years, and Mary, aged 7-were drowned.
On last Saturday night William Sum
rail-, living near Gailman, Mississippi,
was CALLED to his door by three nesroes,
who asked him to read latter for them.
de began to read, when all three drew
revolvers and shot him dead. The mur.
dersrs then robbed the house Of $1,000
and escsped. Citizens started in pus.
suit.
TibbAlls Clark, aged 20 years, while
visiting an anatomical museum In BRIDGE.
port, Connecticut, last Saturday evening.
was so much affected by Que Of the way
figures that he tainted. In tainting he
fell against the case, breaking the aisss.
and was severely cut about the throat and
face. II was thought yesterday that his
injuries would result fatally.
Rudolphe Shioke, % years old. book.
keeper for ]. W. McFadden & Company
Wholesale notion dealers, In Cincinnati
was Tuesday accused of stealing over
81 900. A constable who was present
arrested him He got permission 10 90
to the yard, but returned in two miuutes
aud dropped dead in the store, having
tsken cyanide Of potassium. He was 10
have been married yesterday.
Richard Coyle, fresco painter, died on
Monday in Bridgeport, Conn, from a
peculiar disease. he was 43 years Of age,
and had been sick two years. "His bones
had apparently turned to chalk during
the past year, and he was barely able 10
move in bed for fear Of breaking them.
One OF his arms has been broken several
times recently By merely raising II from
the bed.n
James Shea, 7 years Of age, died Mon
Monday in Nantiooke, Psnna, from in.
juries received, It is alleged, by being
thrown down stairs by Miss Brsder, a
public school tesohsr, whom he had
apgered. II Ia claimed on behalf of Miss
Brsder, who is dangerously i'll from the
shook Of the boys death. that ha acoI.