Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-03-16
N eW Su mi m ary.

Intre IL Saln 10 Dc q feellnR OF ClssaJ-
isfactiOn growing among the miners
and laborers of the Hazleton district
and portion, of Carbon counsp, in Pa,
and that the Indications are that
general demand will soon be made on
the ope rators for the restoration of the
10 per cent taken from their wages In
January last. New Lodges of Knights
Of Labor are being formed.
The Secretary of the Treasury has re-
ceived large number of anonymous
communicatiors "making all sorts Of
scandalous charges" against employees
in his department. He said on Satur-
day that she did not propose to take the
least notice of any anonymous letters,no
matter what their character" and that
it will be- useless to send him such let
ters.
In the Criminal Court at Pottsville,
on Saturday morning, John Kelly, an
ex ra ilroad engineer, convicted of set
ting fire to hotel ut Mahanoy Plane,
was sentenced to eight years solitary
imprisonment at labor. The motive of
the crime was the belief % Islly that
the hotel sold liquor TO q drunken
wife.
Collector Harvey, of Chicago, has
made a constructive seizure of $50 bar
rels of whisky at the warehouse of the
Chicago Distilery Company, and the
| liquor will be subjected to chemical
anal ysis. The suspicious of the Rauger
, were aroused by the rapidity of the col
oring process.
| The total number of this deaths from
pneumonia in New York last week was
149-,he highest number of deaths from
that disease in any week on record.
The total number of deaths from
pneumonia during the last six weeks
was 7sl, against 52S durings the cores.
ponding period asst year.
Toe Grand Jury at New Orleans has
indicted William Merchant, druggist.
for manslaughter, in causing the death Of
iCaptain Farrell, on January 21,tbroueh
negligence in preparing a medic con-
tanning aconite. Merchant was admitted
TO bail in $4,000
A dispatch from Ottowa, Ontario, says
the Government il considering scheme
to ht ont mum ber of armed schooners
TO watch the fishery grounds of the
maritime provinces and prevent Ameri-
can fishermen from taking tish In Cana
dian waters.
Toe Republican City Convention of
Chicago onSaturday unanimously Lomi
mated Judge Sidney Smith for Mayor.
x-Congressman Finerty was nomiaa-
ted for City Treasurer, and Hampstead
Washburne, son of the OK Minister to
France, for City Clerk.
AT Honesdale, Penna., on Saturday
morning, John Gearney was killed
while loading coal from the Delaware
and Hudson packets into Erie cars.
The frozen coal, which had been under
miued, fell, burying him. Two others
were slightly injured.
Frank Bonham, young farmer,
lclarged with the murder of his mother,
brother and sister, was taken from the
Jail at Independence, Kansas, on Fri
day night, and lynched by mob.
A despatch from Pittsburg says there
Is no change in the miners strike. Both
sides remain firm and are equally COLI
fident of victory. The strike has result
ted in scarcity of coal for the local
supply,
Only one ballot was taken for United
States Senator in joint convention of
the Illinois Legislature on Saturday.
Mr. Morrison received IA votes.
;; The police of Pittsburg made a raid
on seven disreputabie houses on Satur.
day night. Twenty seven women and
six men were arrested