Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23

and dwelling of David Lewis, instantly
killing Mr.. Lewis, injuring several MEM
bers OF his family, and totally destroying
the buildings.
Thomas j. Boasso, chief of aid, in
New Orleans, was Friday shot, and il
il believed MORALLY wounded, by Mary
U. Kuhn, aged IL years. She says he de-
oeived her with false certificate of mar
riage. n4 lir 4fl-.. @#0t
The state bonrd of health of New York
has recommended Federal inspection of
imported rags, and has authorized the
health officer at New York City to adopt
temporary measures to prevent infection
from rags. 20 90-
Michael Hynes, one of the sherifT's
officers in Montreal, has invented and
patented an automatic shoe counter
machine. He has sold the patent for
Canada for $4,000, and been offered
100000 for the patent for England.
At Ashland, Pa, Thursday morning.
an empty wagon jumped the track at the
Bost Colliery, when about SO yards from
the bottom, knocking out the timbers and
causing the slope to cavern at that point.
Operations will have to be suspended for
several days while the slope is being re.
paired. ..H l....
At races in North Adams, Mass, Fri
day, the police arrested Henry Filkins
of Philadelphia for pool selling and his
parnphernalia and $500 in money were
seized. Filkins pleaded guilty and left
his implements. The Judge ordered that
$500 of the money be returned.
The auditor in the matter of winding
up the affairs Of the International Exhi1
bition Company, Philadelphia, yesterday
week iilt d his report. There is balance
s54,99O TO be divided among Il stock
holders, there being II, 100 shares. Each
share OF stock il entitled TO receive SO. 80.
A violent storm, accompanied by large
hail stones, visited the country around
Steuhenville, Ohio, Tuesday week. Two
houses were blown down, a washout oc-
Cured on the Cleveland Il Pittsbnrg rail
road, clay factory was damaged by
lightning, and chickens were killed by
the hail.
Frederick Burmeister, saloon keeper
of Baltimore, hanged himself Thursday.
His life had been one of oppression TO his
family. Less than two years ngo his wife
| committed suicide because of his trent
ment, and shortly after his eide h
daughter attempted suicide, as alleged,
through her fathers i'll treatment r
1t is estimated that $50 wine and beer
saloons have been closed in ST. Louis,
their proprietors going out of business,
since July LIST, under the High License
law. Ii IL believed that about 400, or
| one-fonrih of I'LL the saloons in the CITY,
Will he shut up during this month.
Secretary whitney has issued mn order
| granting employees of the navy depart
ment 80 days leave of absence with pay
during year, when their services can lie
spared without interference TO public
business Absence for more than that
time will be without pny, except in cases
where employees are incupacited for dnty
by sickness.
| About II O'Clock on Thursday night the
house of Josiah NJ. Evans, II small two.
stored log hut, three miles from Gra.
hamton, Clearileld county, Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire, and six of his children,
ringing in age from q TO Is years, were
burned to death. The father insists TINT
the fire was the work of an inccndiury,
and in this opinion others share
The Secretary Of the Interior Thursday
received information that cattle men still
refuse to allow the passage of 50,0OO
head OF cattle nj Dodge City, notwith-
standing his orders. The special agent
sent there has been ordered buck 60 Wash
lngton to report the facts, and if it is
found that the authority of the govern
ment has been detied, steps will be taken
at once to compel obedience.
At public meeting in Toronto on
Wednesday week, the mayor presiding.
resolutions were adopted declaring that
the further admission of Chinese into
Canada should be rigidly restricted if not
totally prohibited, and that the senate
accord to the act entitled "An act to re-
strict and regulate Chinese immigration
to Canada" its sanction, SO that il mny
become a law.
| At Reading, Pa, on Saturday morning.
Henry HELEN, brickyard laborer, while
| digging away earth at the foot of an EN-
bankment 10 feet high, was thrown yio-
lently backward by slide of many tons
OF earth over his body. His head struck Il
stone, which fractured his skull, death
resulting Immediately. He leaves n widow
and four children.
A post mortem examination was held
Sunday in Newport, X. l., on the body
OF Henry l.. Stevens, son of Mrs. Par,,n
Stevens. In the lower part of the
stomach, near the intestines WINS dis
covered an immense cancerous tumor
which at once explained the cause of
death. 1t was brought about by too
violent exercise ut athletics.
The minister of agriculture of Manitoba,
having learned that the United States
commissioner of agriculture had author
lied I'M agent to procure in Russia such
seeds of fruit and timber trees, plants
and shrubbery MS might in his opinion, be
acclimated and made to thrive in the ex-
posed regions of the northwest hns
written to ask if the commissioner will
aid him by authorizing an arrange
ment by which the same agent NAV pro.
cure seeds of cuttings of each suitable
variety for the Provincial government.
John Skae, mining Spectator who
accumulated great wealth in the Com
stock mines, and subsequently, lost IL all
died on Thursday in san Francisco. I'M
1859 he was telegraph operator, and he
came connected later with the San Fran
cisco water works. He got interested in
mining speculations in Nevada, and when
the great upward movement in the bo-
nahza mines-Sierra Nevada and Union
COMMUNICATIONS place, he was loaded
up with their shares, and became i'm.
mensely rich. He sold out in time to SO.
cure his fortune, but getting the idoa
That there was bigger rise ahead, he
bought in again at the top prices.
rapid decline set in and he lost all he had