Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-01-03

Inc number oil deaths in Baltimore dn,in,.
1883 was $3.50. uuiinB
There were 1884 business failp,e. f..
Canada during 1883, with liabilities Nmonns u
lug to nearly sl6,0OO,000. ''Nu''
The total exports from the port n, "
York during 1883 amounted in ysIna !,
1882. uuflnB
t. H. weathersby, sheriff OF Msdi.o,
county, mississippi, died on Sunday Of hvdrn
months ago. 'e Two
The Postmaster-G General is preparing a bin
newspapers which publish lottery e1ysstitg
ments from the pound rate.
The public debt reduction during no...-
Der is estimated at $4,000, 0OO SccorJ VIa,
TO this estimate the reduction Of tha daIs5
during the year just closed amopnted y
about SllO,0OO,000. W
The legislatures OF MARYLAND and Mac.
chuaetts will meet tomorrow. Itis rndaa
stood that George A. Warden will Ge ~
elected speaker OF the Massachusetra boros
and Edward A. Mclaughlin will be re elec,oI
clerk. -''N
New York detectives are looking for Tao,,
Cronson, late a drummer III the emnov ~
Goldsmith Il Kuhn, jewellers, who M. ~ ~
| appeared WIN s50,uUO worth of diamond
and for whose arrest the firm offers reWsvJ
OF sbOOO' de was last heard from at Kan.
sas city, about two weeks ago.
John G. Marsh, his wife, Reese Blair sr,
James Boylan were poisoned by eating ep,-
at Beaver Dam, Union county, North CSSsso '
lima, on Sunday morning. Marsh is dead. bni
the others are conyalescing. II il suuposej
the eggs were poisoned Tor the puri,use az
| killing rats, and were put on the table hv
mistake.
The clearings for 1888 in Cbicsso
amounted to s2,521, 3OS, 900, against sg,3gI
| 537, 900 in 1882. The receipts for lssg wsr,
4, 4O3, 9S3 barrels of flour, 2O,3l3,OG5 bushes
Of wheat. "a, 1898 bushels Of corn. N
800, 442 bushels Of oats, 1866, l2O bushels a.
of rye and 10, 59l, 6lD bushels Of barley ina
total receipts Of grain and grain in flour have
been 1853, $40, 900 bushels and the total Shin.
ments l45, 673, 500.
1t il reported from Washington that tbo
committee GU public lands expects to report
a number Of separate bills to Congress neyi
week, declaring forfeited the lands which
have been granted to certain railroad COM
panies. The companies most iuterested are
chose in the northwest and south, and Ina
amount OF land involved il reported by tbe
chairman Of the committee, Mr. Cobb, TO Ina
between 50,O0O,0O0 and l0000O,OgJ acres
llG AG&ab hNlAAt lduu grant, u Is expected
will be reported as forfeited, and this grant
alone involves 1900, 900 acres
Robert j. Haynes, leader OF the BROOKLYN
Faithists, died two weeks ago and it has been
disc jvered that his disciples have kept the
corpse unburied, in the expectation that
Haynes will be recalled to HE and resume
charge OF the society, When visited by the
police Monday one Of the disciples sad .
Yes, Brother Haynes is still with us, but 4
messenger from God, whom we know as
Faith, has informed us that he will return
again" The police captain found the dead
body in the upper chamber, wasted slmust to
a skeleton and attired in a salt of ministerial
black, with the coat buttoned up to the chin
hat and shoes on and eyes wide open and
staring. He ordered the disciples to bury
their dead.
The new custom house in ST. Louis will
be opened for business on February lat.
, The Reading Coal and Iron company
| Tuesday purchased the Monitor colliety
: at LOoust Gap. The mine employs 500
men and boys.
Ernest White, aged 10 years, shot and
: mortslly wounded his 10 year-Old brother
, with a toy pistol while playing highway.
men in New Haven or Sunday afternoon.
The police records OF Baltimore for 1883
I show that 24,35S peraons were arrested
q for violations OF law, Of whom 2, lSl we're
held for trial and $3.50 to bail for triSl.
During the year 1888 persons, Of whom
604 were females, wers euppied with
4 lodging at the different police stations.
The amount OF manufactured tobacco
exported from Petersburg, Virginia, dur.
. iUg last wear was 4 766 25l pounds