Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-09
IN GENERAL.

William A. Fisher, one Of the judges Of
ma sunreme court of Baltimore, has re-
signed because of Ill health
A drunken man, named Burr Woods,
waa scelded 10 death In salt factory IN
Allegheny City Tuesday morning
Tho Catholic church and convent NJ
Quebec, we're destroyed by hre
on Sunday night. The loss is estimated AZ
$l25,0OO
Our consul general at Halifax has been
;ntormed that the fine of $4O0 inflicted ON
the schooner Marion Grimes, seized Two
months ago for violation OF the customs
laws, will be renitted.
Herzog's Opera House, in washington
was destroyed by Are Sunday morning.
Loss, $ll5 900; insurance, $fb,oOu;
lanes West, colored, is missing, and
believed to have persisted.
Colonel j. Richard Lewellin, editor OF
the Daily RegiSt6r of Danyille, Va, died
on Saturday, aged "a years. He was
soldier Of the war with Mexico and also
served in the Confederate army.
The Rey. Father Higgins of New
Haven, Conn, priest OF the dominican
Order, has received the degree Of Doctor
Of Theology from the Pope. He il said
10 be the first ecclesiastic in this country
SO honored, -
George W. Corwin was arrested in Mid
dletown, N. Y, on Saturday morning,
charged with aavagely beating Jacob
Richner, aged Is years, and felonionsly
assaulting Richner's 14yeNr-old daugh-
ter. Richner's recovery is doubtful.
The Canadian Pacific Navigation Com
pany has contracted for the construction
| in San Francisco of a screw steel steamer
| of | 900 tons 10 cost 5000, 900. The ves-
| sci Is to be used as feeder to the CANA
dian Pacific railroad on Puget Sound.
| A herd Of IL cattle was found suffering
from pleuropneumonia, on Friday, on a
farm in Martic township, Lancaster
county, Pa. Two were killed and the
rest auarantined. Another herd is said
TO be suffering from the disease IN the
vicinity,
Among the passengers of the steamer
Fulda, which arrived ut New York sun
day, were party of 40 men, women and
children. They were Gustave Pleth, his
wife, his FIVE sons and their wives and q
grandchildren. They are going to Knife
, River, Dakota.
The steamboat 81. John dropped hei
guards so miles below Monroe, La, OF
Saturday night, throwing about thou
sand bales OF cotton into the river. Sh'
/ careened so badly afterwards thAt she wa
9 run into the bank to prevent her from
I going over and sinking. All of the cot
!. ton was subsequently recovered.
|. 1t is reported that the sepulchre Of
! Zepotesa king has been discovered nea
v Oxaca, Mexico. In il were several Oh
z sidian images, well sculptured, and an lido
: OF gold which weighed about so pounds
y In the same spot were found q skull an
q some other bones Of such dimensions q
:. to prove that the old ruler must hay
q been man of gigantic proportions.
% In the criminal court ut Baltimore o
n Saturday, Judge Duffy declared the bal
4 tardy law of Maryland demonstrations
u because of conflict with the fourteent
10 amendment. The law denies to the 90
n ored woman what is granted TO the whit
a. woman, in that she cannot compel IL
le father to pay the expenses Of his illegit
le mate child The case will be carried
b. the appellate court.
OIL In Reading, Pa, Monday, JOSEF
,, Seaman met friend on the street wi
n nuu u bbtilt Nutoh NO lphitBl9 bhlh w
4, tanned old rye and offered Seaman
s. drink. Seaman placed the bottle TO L
mouth, and before he could be stopp'
q drank some Of its contents which prov,
We to be ammonia. His stomach and intt
AZ az tines were so badly burned that he /
IN came unconscious. His injuries q
NJ expected to prove fatal.
he Some time ago Archbishop Elder
n Cincinnati, appointed committee to
n wise a plan for making payments TO t
creditors Of Archbishop Purcell. 4
be committee on Saturday ecommended Il
We the archbishop send ont circulars on
Dn subject, that the pastors solicit money
nr the purpose and that the pastors establ
K. congregational societies. The money IL
ne raised is to be distributed by parish co
ps mittee.
~ EARLY ON Saturday morning two b
'ss glars entered the house of Il. NJ HUI
-; near Neenah, Wis, attempted to chic
NV form him, robbed the house of $50 0
m then set it on fire. Hulce crawled
out and Icy down iu the snow, dazed fr
Id the effects of the chloroform. Half
n a hour afterwards he was picked up
get carried to neighbours house with
~. hands bNdly frozen The hopss ona itr q
IN tents ratu-i nj SIT uoU Wera IT, dy
aye Attorney general Garland haa writ
ap. to sf.5Gd II Littie Rock as foiloWs
i, IL am At present trying to serve the wi
1re- country as an impartial adjunct to
~ Cabinet, and the question OF whether
not will be n candidate for re-elect
TO the United States Senate two We
'ala, hence is SC far in the future that h
~ VA 1 moi NlnnuhN M t1,a lsnaN
i Ill, ever, feel safe in saying that my off
'ot's services will cease for while al the
I'm niratinn ~ ms, tor,,, os o..tr,,,,,-..,.,,s
4 al t,aoa,,.a - - " a. 20 ".'oth.J gene
vi Il 'oSelse lung Iot the rest ana quiet
you, least merit at the hands of the good /
pie OF Arkansas who have honored mt
political Preferences
n. telegram from PittsburQ snys TIM,
Saturday morning two valves on the n
''''' Ilne OF the CHARTERS Natural Gas @
pany, one at MurfaysYille and tho o.
estl- ut Hickory, Washington county, SO n
W apart, blew ont, emitting of the suppl
the gs from their wells. The acct
and caused almost general suspension
OoO work in the iron mills and glass factc
ing, OF the South Side, supplied by them
and several hours, and considerably incon
for fenced private consumers. Before NJ
and however, the damage had been repa
ouo and full head OF gas turned on.
rect, supply OF gas during the cold snap
ging been fully equal to all demands
dry The snow-storm Of Saturday and
1g at day extended over a wide area Of /
port, tory, reaching from the middle sec,
I'm OF Louisiana, Alabama and Mississi
anna through the Mississippi valley. M
'lklll eastward, and the Atlantic coast Al
Oo0 north of Florida. The snow fall II
,OOOi mountains Of South Carolina vast in,
Irbor ut Chattanooga, 8 at Montgomery,
VIII 10; at Grenada, Miss, 8 Mt Washes
New and at Baltimore 6. The snow fa
Alabama was the heaviest ever h,
there. II was freezing all day Satu
az Hieksourg, and in Charleston
for formed in exposed places. The a
corr was very severe along the New York
hila- new England coasts, with high W
GARD and at night it was still showing n
} en- tervals along the coast from North
. il a lima to Maine. In the interior il
thin clearing.
Dung A telegram from Chicago asys
who Henry Schwartz, formerly of Phil
com phla, but now in the Cook GA
1bout jail, Is suspected of being the
ggilty Of the robbery OF the
Island cypress train last March,
.. 1. Kellogg Nichols, the express me
itney ser' lust ms lie and 1877 600
truct- stolen from the express car. Sch,
I'd to Tor two years has been brakeman n
elimi- Noek Island road. On Friday night
came into the depot with his train i
heer took him by the arm and ma,
from him to the Harrison &C.. a a.'.! maj
died Saturday he was arra;,,rad Ht fN
,.; was married a wife in Philadelphia seven
iung ago, aud with having married a Gh
many woman two years ago Al b;s o., :,