Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-17
IN GENERAL.

I
: The Statue of Commodore Perry. the
hero OF the battle of Lake Erie, erected
at Newport, X. l., was unveiled Thurs
day with appropriate ceremonies.
In the United States court at wichita.
Kansas, Thursday, 10 parties were in.
dicted for driving cattle infected with
Texas fever into the Indian Territory.
An entire wall of the iron works of A,
d. Pierce, at Long Island City, N. Y, was
demolished Tuesday week by atrain of ears
running into it. The damage is estimated
at 1876, 900.
The treasury department is advised
that the duty on corn, ,rice,pe and beams
in Venezuela, which was removed in March
last because of grasshoppers, has again
been restored.
1t is now stated that the casualties of
the Washington Court House, Ohio, cy-
clone are five persons killed and about
800 injured, four perhaps fatally. The
loss on propertyis estimated at 81 ,000, 900.
A cloud burst near Pantans, Arizona
on Wednesday week, washed out six
miles of railroad track, and damaged a
number of bridges. A freight train was
wrecked and three train men were se-
yerely injured.
The postmaster-genera of Canada has
| instructed the postmaster at Montreal to
funigate, prior to dispatch, NIL mails from
his Office TO the United States, us re-
quested by the acting Postmaster. General
at Washington.
Near Pittsburg, yesterday week, a
young man named Mcintosh was shooting
cat when his mother stepped in front OF
the animal and wns struck by bullet in
the back of the head. Her wound was
considered Fatal.
The schooner Advance of Chicago. was
capsized in storm, near Sheboygan, Wis,
Tuesday night week. The captain, his son
and the crew made for the shore in a
yawl but it was upset in the breakers and
all except one man were lost.
Charles s. Demott, receiver of taxes in
Hempstead, l.. L., died few days ago. IL
has now been discovered that he was
several thousand dollars short in his ac-
counts, and that some funds held by him
in trust have disappeared.
At colored church near Canton.
Louisiana, Wednesday night week, Leon
Cockrell, o school teacher, shot and
killed Aaron Worz, while the latter was
kneeling with the rest of the congrega-
ton in prayer.
DIR. Frederick w. Rothenhausler com
mitted suicide in New York Thursday,
Two years ago his wife deserted him for
q man whom they took TO board. He OBJ
tained divorce from her but never re-
covered his cheerfulness. Both the
woman and her betrayer are dead.
The steamer Caspian, from LIVERPOOL
for Baltimore, which touched at st. |
Johns Thursday, reported that on the itb |
inst, in latitude 57.45, longitude 90. .33, |
she passed the side of large ship, with
beam protruding, evidently the result of |
collision, probably with IN iceberg.
The schooner Isaac Carleton, from
Sagua for Boston, has put in Mt Vineyard |
Haven with the captain and crew of the |
brig y. q. Robinson of New York, aban- |
doned at sea in sinking condition on |
the 3lst ultimo. The Robinson was
bound from Cardenas for Philadelphia.
Near Seattle, Washington Territory, ON |
Tuesday week, n mob of Indians, led by |
white men, attacked party of Chinese |
hop pickers, killing two Of them and |
wounding four. In former years Indians |
had the monopoly of hop picking this |
year ono firm had hired Cinnamon for the |
work.
Near Danville, ILL.,, Tuesday week, Perry |
Whitlock, aged % years, went to tho |
house of his father-iu-law, Il. G.. Coe,
shot his wife Emily, aged %, and hor two |
sisters, aged respectively 20 and -, ind |
then committed suicide. Tho three women
are mortnlly wounded. WhitlOck's wife
had left him on account of his bad hnbits.
The Rcv. Father James Clark, s. j.,
uod last week ut the Georgetown Col
lego, near Washington, aged 7G years.
lie was Pennsylvania by birth,
graduate of West Point, and served in the
United States army for some time before
he became priest. He was Mt one time
president of the College of the Holy Cross
ut Worcester, Mass
An interesting cnse was decided Thurs.
day III the superior court, ut Charlotte,
N. q. In January, 1883, james q.
Holmes was elected from the only first
class passenger chr of train on the
Cntoline Central railroad and forced to
ride for some hours in u car filled with
tobacco smoke. lie claimed ,lnmages in
the sum of rs, 900 and the jury awarded
him $I75.
It is reported from Reading Pa, TINT
Anon Il. Boyer, tho broker Of that city,
who committed suicide in philadclphin,
did no because of financial troubles. II
appears that Horace Roland, II lawyer of
Heading, placed $1G,000 worth Of rail
road bonds in Boyers hands us collateral
for margins on stock. Roland aubse-
Iucntly demanded the return OF the
bonds, and Boyer promised to return
them after his visit to Philadelphia. The
bonds have not been returned, and it is
thought TINT Boyer had used them in
spoculaiing on bonds, and, being unable
to return them, he committed suicide.
The eighteenth annual reunion of the
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
began yesterday week in Chicago. General
William Il. Sherman, president of tho
association, occupied the chair. In the
evening public meeting was held in
Central Music Hall, Prayer was offered
by Bishop Fallows, and addresses were
made by Governor Oglesby and General
Sherman. The latter dwelt at some length
upon tho character and career of General
Grant, eulogizing him as n soldier and n
mum. lie said General Grant more
nearly impersonntcd the American char
acter of 1S6l-G5 than any other living
man. Therefore he will stand us the
typical hero of the great civil war.
Captain Foley of Sun Francisco. who is
now in Washington, says the people OH
the Pacific coast are very much disturbed
over the Chinese question. Captain Foley
alleges that since the passage of the Chi
nese Immigration net the importation of
Mongolians has decreased from several
thousand per month to about 200, but
most of this number are smugglcd in nm
lawfully. 1t is m open secret, he SAYS,
that $500 each will be paid for all the
the Chinese women who may be smugglel
through the Office of the surveyor Of the
port, and for this consideration many get
through. lie says he does not think that
that the surveyor of the port is party to
these transactions, but that the subor-
dinates under him do about ms they please.
Lieutenant Colonel Chynirn, com.
manding the two companies of regulars
at Rock Springs, Wyoming, has asked
for reinforcements. 1t is surlnised that
an attempt will be made to rescue the
ringleaders in the Chinese massacre, now
in Jail at Green River. General Schofield,
Mt Chicago, has telegraphed the governor