Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-17
IN q GENERAL.

,husetts, started five new nal Iassa'
machines Monday morning. NJ 'aiat
u reduction has yss b.en Nv .ll IN lIsSs ps
River. 90 ~ rail
10 the supreme court at Belfast Mat.
Monday, Miss Emma Sanford saonsi 1si
vsrdiot for $500 damages for brssast bsusdt
promise Of marriage aeaipst oaVn ioa9 ol
Aver, member of the Maine leeisls,,,V a "
Chief OF Police Webster Of Nav u,
Conn.,, WAS Monday served with ssl, n',
in q suit brought by Captain Id~if' paisf'
Of the salvation army, In which hs auaVl ",ut
$l0, 600 for his receut alleged unan,nn u,I'h'
izsd arrest. "u'lof
Notices OF reduction of abont 10.
cent. in the wages Of Operatives 10 lst
effect on the lat OF February, hs,s t aks
posted In the Social Maulitaetn,,''' V'sn
psny's mills, the largest in Woonsoop. oul.
Rhode Island. A'Ovsel
At convention OF sugar plsut.,s ,.,.
Tnesday in New aUriesns. ,rasolr,.a usla
were adopted protesting ssips, wa wa
further reduction In the tarti nm ,y auy
and against the Hawaiian and n,oul', sn
Mexican reciprocity treaties. f''fV'sa
The hands employed in tbr.s a.
largest tobacco manufactures in pa,a le
burg, Va, lstruok Monday in ooNss T'V,s
quehoe OF reduction in their uaa.a I,s' aI%'
cents per 1000. This strike tbrews ', n. A0
800 men, women and children ont n V'ei a.s
ployment. ~ VI eia'
Andrew Gatfney, merchant of Am,,..
dam, New York, had an ulc.ratad ''s,' ,a"a
drawn on Thursday and on Prid,v ,u 0On
mitted to hypodermic injection oi mav 1uv'
phine to relieve the pain. Ii. disa W.. v.
Saturday morning from the .f-ot a y, Wv w
dental operation or the drug. '
Thirtyseyen flat boats, each con,s,
ing 5000 bushels Of coal, were svan,
from their moorings at Pittsburv mr.
day morning by the ics, and CARR
down the Ohio river. Ninetesu vsra,s
covered IN the afternoon, one was sunk
and the remainder were not heard Of,
AT the annual meeting OF the Boston
Produee Bxchange, held Monday
resolution WAS adopted Requesting con
gress to pass a measure, in retaliation Ia,
the exclusion Of cur hog products from
Germany and France, restricting or nm.
hibiting the Importation Of the wines nj
those countries.
The case OF Frank James, in conpsctiOn
with the Blue.cut train robbery. w,s
called at Kansas City, Mo-, Mondsv
but was continued to February llth, On
account OF the illness Of the defendant
The case of Charles Ford, on The same
charge, WAS also continued until Pebru.
ary llth, it appearing that Ford was At
st Louis, likewise too i'll to attend.
The abolition of the company store
system is said to have had good easo,
OIL trade in Wilkesbarre. The mipers oi
five o0llsries were paid ON Saturday and
the merchants report heavy sales on that
day. Under the old system the nina,
bought all his dry goods, provisions and
mine supplies from the store Of his su.
ployers and at the end o. the month the
amount WAS deducted from his pay. This
system was done away with by recent
order of the Reading company.
Edward Gilfsather, 20 years old. wss
found dead Sunday morning in the
sample room of wholesale liquor store
in Liberty street, New York, in which he
was light watchman. He was found
seated in chair. Mary Roe, 40 years
old, a dissoluie character, was found in
the same room in an unconscious cOndl.
tion. She was suffering from acute alcO.
holic poisoning, and it is thought cannot
recover. The couple had uncorked every
bottle in the room and psrtaken freely Of
the contents. r.
Martin Mahan. aged IS years. farmer,
living In Hartford county, near Forest
Hill, was seized with an affection Of the
heart while driving alone In a sleigh to
Bel Air Monday. AS he came into the
town he was observed to be lying partly
out of the sleigh. The horse was stopped
and DR.. W. g. Richardson called, who
pror ounoed the man dying. He died be-
fore he could bs taken to 3 hotel. No
inquest was held The deceased was an
industrious, thrifty man, and had 80
quired considerable amount Of property
by HE labor.
The bsrque Elmira, which was totally
wrecked at Long Beach. New Jersey on
Tuesday week, is supposed to have had
IL persons on board, all of whom were
lost. Six bodies, one OF them belonging
to woman, aud another to little child,
have been washed ashore, mutilsted he.
yond recognition, aud are buried on the
beach. The vessel struck within 300
yards OF the shore, but the fury OF the
tempest made it impossible to reach her
by boat or life line during this darkness.
At times the cries Of the doomed ss.il-i
could be heard through tie roar of wind
and sea, but when dag dswnet not \
vestige OF the vesesl could b5se4G. Pieces
OF the wrecs wsre afterwards iouuu l,-
miles south oi the spot where she struts,
The cutting i 'iamOnd, believed "a
be the largest 10 ut in this country,
has just been comIieted in Boston, the
process having occupied something more
than three months. The stone was found
in south Africa, aud was imported by a
New York firm. It's weight in the rough
was nearly 1876 osrats The gem as pei
feoted is very brilliant aud beautiful,
though it is not perfect in color, marked
yellowish tinge prevailing As cut i
weighs ~ carats, 1t is cut in rounded
cushion shape, with ST facets, its size
being nearly full inch ACROSS and little
more than five eighths OF an inch in
depth. The yellowish tinge disappears
in artificial light, The value OF the
stone, which ia about two thirds as large
as the Kohinoor diamond cannot be stated,
as diamonds of unusual size have no
absolute value. =5.-."-
Considerable progress was made IN the
trial OF young Mutt, at Pittsburg, Tuss,
day. The prosecution practically CLOSED
their case at night Sso far as teasl,
mony is concerned. The feaI
struggle Twill begin wien 'hs
defense opens. Senator Voorhees, ana
Major Brown of the defense, express
themselves as we'll pleased with Wha'
took place Tuesday. They say the
prosecution in admitting some Of the 'es,
timony, proved just wnat the defense
wauted. They SLOWED the witnesses 10
tell how James Mutt told the police ON
GERS tLat he shot Dukes because he conia
not help 1t. la other words, the prose,
oution has shown the existence ol
emotional insanity or uncontrollsOa
desire to kill, which will be the line Oh
defense. l.. is said by lawyers who arc
not connected with the case that thiS IL
almost fatal biunder.
The tiftieth anniversary of CardinS,
MoCloskey's ordination to the priesthood
was celebrated on Saturday in New Ofk,
A solemn pontifical mass was celebrated
in the oath dral, Bishop Loughlin, 0,
Brooklyn officiating. There were presen'
Archbishop Corrigsn and nine bishops
nearly three hundred OF the CLERGY,
secular and regular, and congregstOln,
which filled every seat and packed 81
the sisles In the vast building. TOWARDS
the end of the macs the cardinal, IN iuil
aa nnntnal, GOT In, bta tlTCut