Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-02
IN GENERAL.

Manistee. Mich, Monday morning,
while towing schooner. Those on
board were rescued by the life-SavinB
crew.
A telearam from Omaha says that 'sam"
Jones closed o three weeks campaign
there Monday. At his last meeting. he
raiaed M. 100 for the Y. NJ. O. A. Building.
He left last night for his home In georgia
to take o rest.
There were two shocks of earthquake |
Of Summeryille, South Carolina, Sun
day, one at 1880 a. M, and the other at |
$40 D. m. Things were ratified III y
lively manner. The second shock was
felt slightly in Charleston.
An explosion of powder, caused by the
careless use OF fuse, took place Sun
day in the Wyoming colliery, near Forty
Fort Pa. william Cosgroye was killed,
and John yandeling and Henry Park dan
gerously, il not fatally wounded.
The Lockwood Manufacturing Com
pany's establishment in Fast Boston,
devoted to building steamships and con
structing machinery, was destroyed by
fire early yesterday morning. The loss
is estimated at 100000; insurance,
|
$3.50, 900.
The design for the now 2 cent postage
stamp to be put in circulation about JAN
uary next, has been selected. Il WIS pre-
pared by Tiffany 4 Co. of New York, and
represents an embossed head of Washing
ton in profile upon blue tinted back
ground.
Adam Dreisback, we'll known railroad
contractor, died suddenly in Bloomsbury,
Pa, Monday morning, aged GA years.
| He was the builder of the greater portion
| Of the Bound Brook railroad, in New
e.sey. and most of the extension of the
| Delaware q Hudson rood to Lake Cham.
plain.
The National Tubular Axle Works at
McKeosport, Pa, and six frame dwellings
adjacent were burned early Sunday
morning. Loss, $40 900, covered by in
i suranoe. The fire was caused by the
neglect of the Waterman TO turn off the
gas. The mill had just been finished,
and employed 100 men.
In the city council at Chicago, Monday
night, an effort was made to advance
saloon licenses to 81 900 each. For some
time past they have been given for $500.
4 mDEt lLitu Dhil lllo hllbtDlth lhNuAbu bht
advance, but two-thirds majority was
necessary, and the measure failed by two
votes.
A committee Of machinists, representa-
tives Of the knights of Labor, on Sunday
called upon Governor Albeit at his resi-
dence, in Jersey City, and urged him tc
give unusual prominence in his nnnus
address to the laxity of the enforcement
of the Child Labor law. The governor
said he would consider the matter.
The first comptroller of the treasur!
decided that the workmen employed OIL
the unfinished wing of the state, war ant
navy departments building are not en-
titled to extra compensation for working
on the 22d instant, the day Of the funera
of ex- President Arthur, when all the gov
eminent departments were closed by ex
ecutive order.
At Corunna, Michigan, on Sund
night, IL masked men broke into tn
house of Charles Pringle, dragged out
boarder named Coleman, tarred tn,
'eathered him, and marched him to tn
outskirts of the town, telling him TO leay
Immediately. The reason given for thi
action is that he had long been an often
l hlNO lbhAdtioI III buD utIRuDOTuOOu.
The first suit under the Child Labo
law of New Jersey was tried Monday ii
the second district court at Newark
Peter Geiger, tailor, was arraigned TO
having Martha Palmer, a girl under /.
years of age, in his employ. The defenc
was that the girl was employed by tn
foreman. Judgment in the sum of So
and costs was entered against Geiger.
A fire in Duluth, Mimi, on Saturda,
night, destroyed elevators @ and A, al
annex to the latter in course of erection
and nine frame buildings, occupied a
stores and dwellings, There were fou
men in elevator Q when the fire broke GU
--one of them was killed by JUMPING
from the cupola, another is known Il
have perished in the flames, and u thirt
is missing. The total loss of property i
estimated at about 1850, 600; the insur
ance is $613,600.
The Mahnetan Hotel Company, ut GLE
Onoko, near Mauoh Chunk, has made AZ
assignment. The company had bee
-csoisAiHs iSa ,NSiN sIui ftN
RBd had secured subscriptions fc
$4,000. Several elaine wero pu hct
and, toprevent sacrifice Of the propert,
the assignment was made The propert,
includes 213 acres of land ON the hi
, opposite Glen Onoko, a foot bridgeacro,
, the Lehigh river, and the hotel and ii!
lures, all valued at $4,000
, Articles of consolidation and merpf
were Monday filed at the state depar
ment in Harrisburg between the Pott
, town and Mshanoy Railroad Oompan
, and the Pennsylvania Schuylkill Vale
| Railroad NnTn11nrvr xul,SnE, ~.
assures continuous line from Philade
phia to Pottstown as competitor OF Il
4 Philadelphia and Reading system. II
title of the consolidated corporation wi
/ be The Pennsylvania Schuylkill Vallt
j Railroad Company" The president is
. N. DuBarry, of Philadelphia.
n Anengine making trial trip from Gil
/. clnnstl, on the Cincinnati Southern raj
o road, collided Sunday with freigl
a train at Anderson's station, eight mil,
from the city. The engine was in ehart
o OF Edward Drohan, who had in the O.
his two sons, aged 6 and z, and Jot
Ii hlaher, aged g. Seeing the danger /
a threw the children through the cab wi
l. dow and remained at his post, sacrificil
his life. John MahUr was also kiIle
and Fragk lockwood engineer of Il
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