Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-01-22
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George Travis, convicted OF tie muIdsr
Of MArshs Sylvia in Tioga oJuLty, Pa III
Apri, 1888, was hanged Thursday al
Welleboro'.
One thousand cases o. measles grs re-
ported in New Bedford, Mass an average
Of about one case to every 80 OF tue ip-
habitauts.
There was q general snow storm Thurs.
doy In the west and northwest, the depth
ranging from to 8 inches. In some
places railroad trains were delayed.
In New Haven, on Saturday evening,
DR.. Carver flushed his great task OF hit
ting so, 900 balls in SIX days. The score
was sbots, 64,s81 misses, 1895, and
hits, 60,0l6.
During December 1892 immigrants
arrived In the United States, making .
total for the calendar year 1884 Of
453, 1888, against b60,196 during the
previous year.
The excise law was enforced pretty
strictly in New York yesterday, most Of
the saloons being closed, at least to
''strangers, Many arrests were made
for violation Of the law.
The bodies Of four infants, ranging in
age from l tU years, were Thursday
found buried nsar bridge In franklin,
Pa. The bodies were in rough boxes,
and had not been long buried.
Charlotte Hack, aged 45 years, COM
mitted suicide in Baltimore Thursd ~
through fear that she would be sent 20
prison for spending money which had
been entrusted to her keeping.
Emil Spaokman, aged ls, committed
suicide at Syracuse, New York, Sunday,
beoause Of the urgency Of his iriends
that he should attend church. His mind
had been affected by reading sensational
stories.
Governor Hughes OF Arkansas was
auSurated Thursday. In his inaugural
lie suggests the funding OF the undis
Iu,ed deb; in 20 year bonds, urged the
holding OF state and national elections at
the same time, and fsvors the estAb Ablish-
mept Of state bureau Of agriculture.
iApne, Blanche and Jennie Burns,
young women Of 81. Albaps, West Vir
TinIs, were poisoned on Saturday morn
ing at breakfast, aud one is In critiosl
condition. The wafer used bv them, and
taken from barrel, was found t. ocn-
tain arsenic How 1t got there ia not
known.
The boiler In Rrnst's saw mill at
Kstfer's station, on the Lebanon & TIE.
mont railroad, Pennsylvania, exploded
on Saturday, demolishipg the mill, kill.
ing three men, and severely ipjuring two
others The killed were John Kshres,
sged IS; Henry Celler, aged 81, and
Albert Rrnst, aged 20.
The annual meeting Of the Merch ants
and Manufaoturers' Association OF BAlti.
more was held yesterday week. The
following officers were elected: President,
Henry C. Smith Vice Presidents, John
Z. Hunt, D. J. Foley, Germon b. Hunt
and W. T. Dixon; Treasurer, William
q. Jones, and 2b directors.
The National Swine Breeders AssociA,
tiou met last week at the agricultural
department In Washington. A commit.
tee was appointed to set information from
the stats department relative TO the
restrictions placed upon the importation
Of AmerioAn pork products and the
methods Of inspection followed by foreign
governments.
At Kvsrson, PennA., early Thursdsy
morning, gang OF masked rufiSDs
eutered ,he store OF Keok Brothers, where
Adam Ksok was sleeping. They bound
aud gagged him aud then beat him over
the head with club, crushing his skull.
Keok's brother arrived and scared OF the
burglars, who, however, secured large
amount Of booty. A man was arrested at
Derry yesterday morning and taken back
for Identification.
The Secretary Of the Treasury, In =
letter to the collector of customs at
PhilAdelphiR, makes the following de.
oisioD "Certain titles claimed TO be
dutiable as paving tiles at 20 per cent
Ad vAlorem, but which were too thin for
use for paving purposes, aHd were
generally used for ornamenting hearths
aud mantles, held to be dutlable at 56
per cent Ad vAlorem, under the provisions
Tor plain eArthepwAre."
The weather In the west and northwest
had moderated somewhat Sunday,
although throughout Illinois, Iowa and
Wisconsin continued low temperature
and badly drifted snow were reported.
The wind storm Of Friday night and Sat.
urdhy morning did great damage 10 prop
erty in the Ohio valley and eastward to
the Atlantic coast, Houses were unroofed
and trees and ohimneys lsvelled in many
OF the towns and cities. In Steubenville,
Ohio, the First Presbyterian Church,
damaged by the storm, is liable to fall.
1t cost 100000.
The Somerset chemical works, two
miles east Of Somerset, Pa, where nitro.
glyoerine and other high explosives are
manufactured, blew mp yesterday
week. Some dynamite was ignited from
q red lot poker with which one OF the
men was boring hole in the door. In
second the entire building was in flames,
and the men, with their clothing all on
FIRE, started to run and were but short
distance from the building when 500
pounds Of dynamite, packed ready for
shipment, lying outside Of the building,
exploded with q terrific noise. Two Of
the men were found about so rods away
burned to death. The other men were
not seriously injured. The shotk
was 80 great that people In the
town ran into the street, thinking their
houses were falling down. Window
glasses were broken In houses half mile
kw.sa "a n.