Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-09
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The comptroller of the currency says
that while the failure of the Exchange
National Bank. at Norfolk, Va, is a most
serious one. there will be no loss to the
government in consequence. The gov
ernment had on deposit in the bank over
$400, 900, internal resenue collections
made in the First district of Virginin.
The grand jury of Vernon, Texas has
indicted John Davidson for the murder
| of Hector Garrison, and II others for
conspiring to murder. The indicted men
| were among % members of opposing
factions recently arrested by state rangers.
| Judge Williams has ordered the rangers
to disarm MI persons on both sides of the
recent trouble.
At Boston Friday, in the suit of
John McGinnis against the New York &
| New England Railroad Company, i'll
which the plaintiff received verdict of
| $l7, 900 for personal injuries, on motion
of the corporation to reduce the
award, Judge Bacon decided that the
| plaintiff must take $4,000 or that the
verdict would be set aside.
At Manson, Iowa, on Thursday, Alvin
| Allen, aged 81 years, while being pursued
by IN officer and posse, for forgery, fired
four bullets ut his pursuers and the fifth
through his own brain, killing himself in
stantly. Letters found on his person in
dictate that he was fugitive from justice
| elsewhere, and resolved never 10 be taken
alive. He was from Vermont.
During wind gust in Pittsburg yester-
day afternoon Il nrge sign ON the roof of II
book store was sblowu, togetherwith several
hundred bricks, to the pavement below.
Miss Bella Consley. who was passing
along the street. was struck ON the head
by the sign and killed. Miss Agnes
johnson was dangerously injured and an
old man named Mccarthy was slightly
bruised.
The commissioner of pensions last
week suspended an employe of his office
and ordered an investigation of his con-
duct in having indirectly prosecuted a
claim for pension, in so far MS to give ad-
vice for what said claim should be made
and the manner in which the evidence
supporting the same should be prepared,
and stating that he himself would make
an affidavit in support thereof.
The Secretary of the Treasury has just
decided point arising under the Chinese
Restriction act. Joe james, n Chinaman,
living in this country and who has em-
braced the Christian religion, applied for
permission to bring his wife, who lives i'll
China, to this country. The department
decides under recent ruling of the
United States circuit court of California,
that she cannot be allowed to land
Mrs. d. S. Spring, wife of farmer re-
siding near Batavia, N. Y, Thursday, set
fire to the house after locking herself and
two children in and smearing the floor and
furniture with coal oil. Their charred
bodies were found by her husband and two
hired men on returning to dinner. Mrs.
Spring, who had nm ungoyernable temper,
committed the deed after having quar-
relied with her husband in the morning.
The state of affairs on the Isthmus con
tinues so unsettled tlmt Secretary Whitney
has decided to send an additional force to
Aspinwnll. Senior Batres, minister to the
United States from Guatemala, tiscredits
the reports of the death of President
Barrios A telegram to the Galveston
Ne,ns from FL Paso, Mexico, says
| 'sOfficial information was received here
last night via the Mexican Central tele-
graph line, that General Barrios had been
killed in battle on the San Salvador
frontier"
The governor of Colorado Sunday
issued proclamation declaring n QUAR-
antine against cattle coming from Mis-
souri,, illinois, Kentucky, New York,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey, Massachusetts, lhulana west
virginia anu tne district Oh CoiliiipIl. ~
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una1.I an So II" st,to ~ or;n,,r~ sn,;tory
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Near Wlnnsboro, lexas' lueSu'y Hiah'
week, six masked men Went TO the mouse
OF A. ii. Cline, II quiet, lIeaeeapie piihter'
: and took him ont OF bed anu severely
| whipped and otherwise ablsed MN uhti
< he was nearly dead. Through the pleaa
, ings of his wife Clines me was spared
but the maskcrs notified HIM that unless
Il he left the country within ~ hours NJ
would lie killed. The cause ot the out
4 rage is Il mystery. Cine ~ projected pl
S officers.
e Five hundred bales of rags from Alex
nrdrin. Egypt. have arrived Mt the Hoosnt
i, Funnel docks, Mt Boston. The tags o
!, the insneetor in Epypt as required by TIN
: ,vernment nre on each bale. Accom-
= nnnyinp them is the official certificate o
J the Inspector, stating that the rags hav
% been thoroughly disinfected with sulphur
i The hoard Of health, however. has beci
u /, unable to find any traces of sulphur, AM
=. tba rogs are therefore held for fllrthe
!, moot Of their cleanliness.
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