Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-31
IN GENERAL.

large number Of workmen vera
Thursday discharged from the Pullman
car works Of Detroit.
Chief Justice Waite announced ysster.
day that the Supreme Court Of the
United States would take recess from
February 4th until March Sd.
Francis Williams and J.hn Gray who
Killed Orion Kurtz in a saloon quarrel at
Rosita, Color ado, on Sunday morning,
were taken from the jail at 2 O'Clock
Monday morning and lynched by masked
mob.
Tuesday in the North Street Colorsd
Baptist Church, Baltimore, Miss Lizzie
Lane, oolored belle, aud Nathaniel
Parrott, oolored attache of the Mary
land Club, were married in the pr essence
OF l, zoo persons.
Andrew Mango, years of age, burned
himself to death Monday morning, by
poking shavings into a stove, in Cleve.
land, Ohio. He was the last Of Ave
children, the others dying OF diphtheria,
and when his mother saw him dead, she
became a raviDg maniac.
Twenty -seven citizens of GreensbuTg
Pa, met on Monday night and formed "a
secret oath bound brotherhood" +" to bs
known as the 'Grest American Protective
Brotherhood " They decided not to buy
French goods, and to boycott all dealers
in such goods until the embargo on the
American hog in France ia removed.
The State Department is investigating
the case Of Colonel Emilio Nunez OF
Philadelphia, who, it Ia said, was torci-
bly, taken from the Am srioan steamer
John b. Hamill, Jr.. while lying in the
harbor of Ssgua La Grande, Cuba, by an
armed crew from a Spanish au-Of war.
Il is not claimed that Nunez ia citizen
OF the United States
An express train on the Nashville i
Chattanooga railroad, Tuesday morning
ran into huge rock, which had fallen
on the track. The engine and three cars
were demolished. Richard Snree, the
engineer, was killed, and Michael
Flanagan, the fireman, fatally injured.
The conductor and I've other train hands
were severely injured.
The resignation of John C. New ga
assistant secretary OF the treasury was
received in Washington Monday. The
Indiana congressman met Monday evening
and decided to recommend as Mr. News
successor A. d. Lynch of Indianapolis.
Mr.. Lynch is banker OF 20 years ex'
perienee, and he was for eight years
national bank examiner for Indiana.
A special dispatch from Winnipeg says
news has just been received of a terrible
explosion on the Canadian Pacific rail
way east of Port Arthur The explosion
occurred OIL the 22d instant, and was
oaused by dynamite cartridges lef! near
stove. Sidney H. Fay, pseph K MeGil
leoray, John A. McDougsl, John Burbank
Fay and Magnus Mcclure were killed
The annua! meeting of the Corn and
Flour Exchange of Baltimore was held
Monday aud the following directors
we're elected: George A. Baer, John Gil,
e, NJ schryver, Geo 7. KsnlV, Robert
5. Fowler, James Il. Tate, $. p. Thomp.
500, George Ii Pistel, Henry A. Parr, I.
BuiliuR Hull, Thomas II lowering,
Joseph ID. Small, Samuel K. George
samuel q Croker, Isrrett N. Gilbert.
In the Virginia house OF delegates
Monday two bills were passed over the
governors veto, one Of them giving full
power to the res lister OF the land office to
appoint the capitol police. Heretofore
THESE appointments have required the
approval OF the governor. Both bills had
passed the senate over the veto. The
mouse also agreed to the senate resolu'
ion requesting Malone to resign his seat
IN the Senate of the United States.
Dr. John R Lee, who died recently in
Hartford, Connecticut, has made the fol-
lowing bequests To the Ameriorn Mis-
sionary Association, $4,000; 0berlin
college, 70, 700; to Berea College, Ken
lucky, W. 900; to the Hampton Normal
and Agricultural School, Virginia, 20, 600;
to the Fisk University Of Nashville,
w, 600; to the American Congregational
Union, 81 200 and stocks Of the par
value Of VI $50. The American Missionary
association ia also made residuary leg
atee. The estate amounts to between
S30, 600 aud $35, 900.
deputation from the Manufacturers
and Millers' Association of Ontario yes
terday presented memorial to the min
lister OF agriculture at Ottawa, asking
lhat the American patent system be
adopted in its entirety in Canada. The
reoites that at present patents
are granted in Canada without sufficient
inquiry or examination that the exam
ner OF patent branches Is not furnished
With the proper means OF inquiry, and
hat number Of patents are often granted
or the same article.
sensation was caused at Nashville,
Tenn; on Sunday, by the arrest of
beautiful young woman, who, for week
oast, has heen acting at the Buckingham
tpeatre under the name of Nellie Palmer,
sho proves to be an escaped nun of
Fort Sernia, Ontario, convent. She has
,sen four months acting on the variety
tage and has just been traced down.
Ter right name ia Nellie Tromby, and
ne mas been sent to her home in Detroit,
iioh., under escort. She and her stage
ister, Mamie Palmer, wept bitterly at
arting.
Mayor Latrobe OF Baltimore, sent his
nnual message to the city ocunoil
londay. He reports the total funded
naranteed debt Of Baltimore, at
~, 100, l5l, Of which amount of interest
provided otherwise than by taxation
S52, OBJ 4s9, leaving balance of debt
yer available interest bearing securities
%, 682, 6b2 The increase of the funded
ebt since 1882 is q, ,l76, 300. The float
,g Indebtedness Of the oity on the 3lst
ay Of December was $25S, ,237. The
'tal collection Of taxes for city purposes
the past year $3,87s ,8o4, and the
mount unoollsctsd u, ,39l 1874.