Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-03
IN GENERAL.
The relics of the Greedy expedition will
be sent to the st. Louis exhibition.

be sent to the st. Louis exhibition.
A shock of earthquake was felt Fri
day at st. Kits, in the West Indies.
The public debt statement, issued
Tuesday, shows decrease of ~ ,062.
The total value of the exports Of bread
stuffs from the United States during the
seven months ended July 3lst was
$85, 558, 982
Albert Barress, aged So years, lItho-
grapher of Philadelphia, was drowned at
the steamboat wharf at Cape May Point,
Sunday morning.
II is estimated at the treasury depart
ment that there has been a decrease Of
about SO, 900, 900 in the public debt dur
ing the month of August.
Edward Eichman the boy who robbed
the mails in the Lancaster post office, was
Thursday committed for trial in the
United States court at Philadelphia.
The Alaska Commercial Company's yes
sci at st. Paul from Oulmlaska, which
arrived ON Saturday night, brought 80, 996
seal skins, valIud at over 81 100000.
State Veterinarian Pauieu Of Illinois,
reports that rexns fever exists among
cattle ut Chester and bushnell, III that
state. AT Bushnell there have been seven
deaths.
The fifteenth annual reunion of the en-
gineer brigade oil the Army of the Poto-
mac was held at 0swego on Thursday.
The reunion next year will be held ut
Waterloo.
John Il. Morgan, Jr., son of Senator
Morgan of Alabama, and an unknown lady
were drowned in the Potomac, ut WASH
ington, Tuesday night by the upsetting
of canoe.
Secretary Bayard on Saturday received
q cablegram saying that cholera had
broken out at Nagasali, Japan. The
death rate is reported to be large. The
port has been declared infected.
Governor Sherman, of Iowa, has
ordered the state veterinarian to visit
Pottawattamie and Harrison counties to
examine into the death of u large number
of cnttle from Texas fever.
The treasury department has paid out
about 100000, 900 on account of pensions
this month. II is, therefore, expected
that the decrease of the public debt for
August will not be as large as usual.
William E. Brockway, young farmer
of Waterford, Conn, Monday morning
shot and dangerously wounded his wife.
He then shot himself in the forehead, but
is expected to recover. Jealousy was the
cause,
The dry house of Mayer Il Co.'s pow
der mill, ut Brandonville, Pa, in which
was stored 800 kegs of powder, blew up
,n TnesiEy week. No person was in
ti,rp1 6. r.s..
arDuid.
a large piece Of dynamite placed under
builtiing in New Boston, Pa, occupied
by about II dozen liungarians, who are
working on new railroad, exploded on
Wednesday week The building was dam.
aged, but no person was hurt.
A dispatch from Montreal says man
named Boisyert went bear hunting in the
| township of Ham ON Saturday. Ht
sighted dark moving object, at which
he fired. The object proved to be his
son, who was instantly killed.
At Kearneysyille, W. VA, on Saturday
John Musgrove, who was guarding /
fruit orchard Of b. =. Mcintyre, accused
Frank Muitor OF stealing some pears
This 80 enrngl Mutter that he drew ,
| ''''N ''A'''f' ~ me 't7Ni w wv
| Alexander Muck, coured, sus pectcd o.
completely in the mlrdcr OF smal
colured giil and Tie fatal wounding of he
mother, was captured by the MD of blood
hounds near Austin, Texas, on Sunday
His supposed accomplice, Taylor, is il
jail
During the temporary absence of Oh,
clerk in BAtennn n Go. Is bank, in Wash
ington, Tuesday afternoon, II thief stol
81 1876 from the till of the cashiers desk
A short, stout man was seen to hurried,
leave the bank, but no suspicion was OK
cited.
A. K. Henderson, colored, Unitet
States collector of pensions ut Ney
Orleans for the widows and orphans o
deceased colored soldiers, was arreste,
Friday, charged with forging the nnm
of widow and witnesses to pension
claim.
The son of Gen. O. o. Howard, VIII
shot himself recently in the YellowstOn
Park, either accidentally or with suicida
intent, is reported to be almost beyon
the possibility of recovery. His mothe
has started from Vincennes, Oregon, fo
the Park.
A number of southerners met il
Chicago on Saturday and formerly organ
lied the ex-Confederate Association OF til
City of Chicago. One of the objects @
the association is the obliteration of al
prejudices which may still linger betwee
the north and south.
An explosion of 5000 pounds of nitro
glycerine at Roberts ~ Sons factory. d
, Bradford, Pa, Thursday morning, con
; pletely wrecked the building and shoe
, houses for miles around. Two employe
, We're thrown some distance, but escape
, with few bruises.
Alexander Leman, convicted of incer
, diarism, was released from the Iiancaste
jail Friday on the expiration of hi
sentence. He was Immediately +,
arrested and held in 81 200 bail on ia
charge of having broken JUL with All
Buzznrd in 1883.
In attempting to rescue u 5-year-ol
boy named Stewart, who was in DANCE
OF being run over by runaway team, i
Pittsburg Thursday, Mrs. Fahey, an oil
Judy, was knocked down by the horse
and fatally injured. The child was ais
hurt, but will probably recover.
The will of Pauline Wilson, a spinstel
was entered i'll the surrogate's Office i
New York Friday. 1t provides thu
she should be buried plainly, and that
dog and several birds-pets of hers whe
she liyed-should, on her demise, be Gre
mated and their ashes strewed over he
grave.
Inspector Armstrong, just returned t
I I'll Iaso, Tex, from an inspection of til
, Indian agencies in Arizona, reports tbs
, the residents of that territory have III
/ further fear of Indian depredations. Th
Apaches at San Carlos agency have raise
. a large crop of grain this year, and M
peaceful and contented
/ The New Hampshire Joint legislatiy
, committee on the dedication of th
statue of Daniel Webster, presented {
the state by b. r. Cheney, decided O
r Saturday TO hold the dedicatory exercise
, ON June 18th, 1856, and to invite Pres
! dent Bartlett of Dartmouth College, {
!, deliver the address.
/ A dispatch from Key West, Florida
says the reported Cuban filibustering on
petition proves to have been II pleasur
= party starting for the upper KEYS. Tn
a Cubans who were missing have returned
:. 1t may, however, have been a feint O
their part to test the vigilance of govern
, ment officers.
, George q. Converse disappeared frol
Troy, N. y. last week, after disposing q
a his business. Monday his father wa
, shown notes made by young Converse
q being forged endorsements of the father
The notes, aggregating about So 900, ar
, held by Troy banks. A warrant has bee
issued for the forger's arrest.
Policeman Dennis Smith of Iouisv;ll,