Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

The vessels arriyir at New York
report seeing many icebergs in the
Atlantic.
The boiler of steam thresher ex-
ploded near Wyoming, Ontario, Thurs
day, killing james Duncan and Isaac
May.
The mountain town of Heath. way back
in the hills of Franklin county, Mnss.
| celebrated its one hundredtli anniversary
yesterday week.
Il. Il. Knott, a real estate aud insurance
agent, and director of the Central bank
Of Canada, in Toronto, Ontario, has fled
TO New York. leaving large liabilities.
AT n meeting of the Society of Micro
scopists in Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, n
committee was appointed to examine into
the adulteration of butter, lard and other
fats.
Sir John Mcdonald, superintendent
general of Indian affairs, has issued IL
proclamation forbidding the sale to any
Indian in the Northwest Territory of any
fixed ammunition or ball cartridge.
The Illinois Live Stock Commission
WINS in session at Springfield, ILL.,, yester-
day week for the purpose of deciding upon
system of quarantine for pleuro-pneu-
monia infected districts in the state.
Edwin Eichman, an employe of the
Lancaster IntettigeRcer, of Lancaster, Pa, D.,
was arrested last week, charged with the
theft of letters from the post office. A
number of stolen letters were found in
his possession.
While charging cannon at picnic at
Shenandoah, Pa, last week, John Gill
fillan, IL miner, had his right arm blown
of and received other injuries that will
probably prove fatal. There was II prcmn-
ture discharge.
Barney Campbell, overseer of the
naphtha room of the National Rubber
Company, ut Bristol, II. l., and his son
Henry, were seriously burned yesterday
week by an explosion of naphtha.
A fire occurred in the Bell Telephone
Company's works Mt Montreal, Thursday
morning, and the flames worked up
through the premises of the Bank Note
Company, causing damage estimated at
$45, 900. There is full insurance.
Willis Roach, an old man, was attacked
by four unknown men Monday week, near
Erankford, Ky. A son of Roach came to
his assistance and shot and killed two of
the men, fatally wounding third The
fourth N mn made his escape.
The trial of Chief Poundnaker for
completely in the rebellion in the North
west was concluded at Winnipeg yester-
| day week. He was sentenced to three years.
Imprisonment. He said he would rather
be hanged Mt once than imprisoned.
The Indian bureau has awarded con-
tract for furnishing 225, 900 pounds of
beef and no. 900 pounds of -four to the
Northern Cheyenne Indians, to Thomas
q. Powell of Chicago, the former at $3. AZ
and the latter at 1910 per 100 pounds.
A dispatch from Meeker, Colorado,
says that on Sunday week the cabin of
Patrick, James and Robert Regan,
brothers, were blown up with dynamite
by unknown parties. James and Patrick
were killed. Robert escaped.
James Robinson, the defaulter, who
fled from ST. John New Brunswick, in
May last, and was afterwards discovered
| in Mexico, has been surrendered TO the
Canadian authorities. The banks have
expended $4,000 in bringing him to
| justice.
The Loyal Ladies' League of Pennsyl-
vania, held its first annual convention
in Reading last week. The object of the
organization is TO give relief to widows
and orphans of deceased Union soldiers,
who were honorably discharged from the
army.
John Morris, sheriff Of Reeves county.
Texts, got drunk Tuesday week. An
attempt wns made to arrest him by Ser
| gennt Coutright and three other state
rangers. Morris shot and killed q. p
Nigh and seriously wounded Samuel Lane.
The sheriff was then shot and killed.