Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

Programme tOr 1he Celebrate n Ol
tho Centennial of Ih,, GensTaa As.
sembiy of ths Ess eNby teEtau ca hnrch.
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Commodore John T.. Davis has beer
examined for promotion to the grade OF
rear admiral.
The death sentence Of Mrs. Druse muir.
deress, has been commuted by the COVER.
nor Ct New York to for life.
The city hall and Opera House ut Ohey.
boygan, Michigan, were burned last might
week and two prisoners in the ilil at.
tncbed TO the city hall were burned to
death.
John Il. Mccormack, aged 10 years,
and William Smith, aged 40, were killed
by falling through nm elevator opening in
o factory in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon
week. tb t}
Margaret 7. Ivers, known in religion az
Mother Mary of st. Bernard, one OF four
foundreeses of House of the Good
Shepherd in Milwaukee, died there ON
Tuesday week-at the age of AZ years
Obey E. Ovens, receiving teller of the
Third National Bank of st. Louis, Sol Wing
a sentence in the Illinois penitentiary for
embezSling about $500, 900 Of the btnks i
funds, WAS pardaned BY the presid ,i,t on
Tuesday week.
The steamship Rhynland, at New York
yesterday week irov antwerp, reports that
ON the 2lst instant, abreast OF Nantucket,
she passed .'sea monster" previously
reported by the steamship rhingvalln. 1t
was u dead whale OF gigantic size, about
10 feet floating out OF water.
On Tuesday night week, as tho family Of
Casper Carl OF Clearteld township, near
Ebensburg, Pa, were rising from the
supper table, three masked men entered
the house, tied the old man to chair,
abusing him severely in their efforts to
quiet him, and then demanded his money.
he refused their demand, when they pro-
ceeded to ransaok the house, seeprinR
about $3.50 in gold.
The annual report of the managers of
the National Home for disabled Volunteer
Soldiers shows that during the last fiscal
year, the average number of inmates was
S,946 against $3.50 during the preceding
year. This ratio of increase is likely tu
be continued for decade TO come, owing
to the fact that the survivors of the war
are growing old their disabilities are
seyerer, and the number who are unable
to support themselves is rapidly inoreas-
ing.
cided to allow the Indian supply ware
house to remain in New York city, but he
will hereafter, at each annual spring let
thug, receive and open bids IN st. Louis
for furnishing beef, -four, bacon and other
Items OF subsistence supplied TO the In
dians. Bids Tor furnishing transportation
to the several agencies OF supplies pur.
chased in New York US we'll US in st. Louis
will be received in st. Louis.
Jacob IL. Olhausen of Reading, Pa,
has resigned the superintendency OF the
main Lnv of the PhIiadelphia d. Reading
railroad to accept that OF general super
intendent OF the Central railroads OF New
Jersey. Though less than 50 years of age
Mr.. Olhausen has been in the service vi
the RendIng company Tor more than 81
years and had but recently been pro
NOTED from the BuperinteLdency OF the
ShamOklI & CAtawlssa division TO fill the
vacancy accustomed by the resignation OF
superintendent George Eitz Oh tne main
hne.
A conference was held last week in the
First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore,
to arrange programme for the celeOra'
tion OF the Centennial anniversary of ths
General Assembly of the Presby t..rinn
Church, TO he held in Phllndelphia III
1883. The Rev. Dr. Palmer Ut New
Orleans, presided. The following mlnis
ters and elders were present The koy.
pas. .ALbsts -. it-ss~-4lr- e Anew Xagk
l. Ralston Smith Vt Phliadelphia, George
y. Noyes OF Illinois, George +. Hayes,
Cincinnati; w. Z. Breed, Philadelphia,
Henry W. Nelson, Geneva, N. Y; IT, j.,
Yandyke, Brooklyn, N. r.; William T.
Moore, New Haven; William IL. Roberts,
Massachusetts; Il. B. Craven, Spnngfeid
ID. y. Marquis, New York; Judge Strung,
Of the United States supreme Count
William Il. Negley, Pittsburg; William
II. Dodge, New York; George Johason,
Philadelphia, and Hon. y. l.. Breclen-
ridge, st. Louis, who represent the North
eru presbyteries. The representatives
from the Southern presbyteIIes were the
hey. Dis. b. Nj. Palmer and j. X. wilson
of New Orleans, Il. A. Hamilton aud j..
A. Leland, South Carolina; T. Juynes, l..
W. Ballet, Alphunso Avery anu B. f.
Hall, Kentucky; NJ. d. Hodge ind Alex
ander Martin, Richmond, Va; W. +.
JunkIn and q. w. Slrickler, Alabama.
Colonel W. O. Vandewater has resigned
as postmaster Of Princeton, N. j.
Rear Admiral Worden WAS Thursday
placed on the retired list Of the navy, with
the highest pay of his grade.
The Baltimore II OHIO express Ofli'e ut
Buyvllle, La, was robbed few nights ago
OF bag oil VI ,OUO III silver coin.
The boiler of the electric works at Fos-
toria, Ohio, burst on Saturday night, wreck
the building and killing Albert Bailey
engineer.
10 NJ. q. Thompson Manufacturing Com
y0t Rockford, ILL.,, made an assignment
saturday. Liabilities, b2U0, ,0U0; assets
minaliy, $300,O0O.
DR.. Henry Andrews, aged about 45 years
Immitted suicide by shooting himst Il in
rooklyn, on Friday night. He was
.espondent from loss of practice.
A freight train on the Memphis g. Charles
on Railroad was ditehed near ruscumtia
Ala, on Saturday night. The engineer and
hremen were killed aud two others injured
Shepherd f. Knapp, well-known Wall
tfeet man, and who was street commits
ioner under Mayor Fernando Wood, disd
II his residence In New York on Saturday
At Huntingburg, Ind, on Friday night
n unknown man, In the waiting room Of
he railway station, stabbed John Hart, col
ored, In the throat, causing almost instant
death.
Ii. p. Forwood, a well-known cotton mcr'
chant OF Louisville, who failed about yeal
ago, was Thursday committed to the insane
"sVlunl. as II consequence OF his hnar@lal
a..
,e.President has signed the bill relating
tensions TO certain disabled persons Wh0
served In the navy and marine corr s.
affects u small number oil Irregular
tsations.
apkain john Alcock, an aged turfnan
a mar Glasgow, KY, Wednesday weekt
ed 70. 1t l. said he 'had trained for aud
IN more four-mile races than any othsi
aan IN the country"
jacob Murth was smothered to death In
ersey City on Saturday. He fell whie
.runk, and his nUstrils and mouth were
pressed so tightly against the floor that he
was unable TO breathe.
When the ticket agent Of AlbauRhs Thea'
tre In Washington opened his office Thuc-
day morning lie found that the safe mad
been blown open and robbed OF S47O IN
money and $500 worth OF Iewelry.
john Edwards, the Oldest printer in Port
land, Me, died Thursday, at the aga OF 20.
He was senior partner of the firm which
more than 81 years ago began the publica-
ion OF the Portland Daily Advertiser.
An express train and freight train on
tho Grand Trunk railway cOllided near
Kokoma, Ontario, on Saturday. Both
engines were wrecked and two cohehes
damaged. Two train men were injured.
At Gallitzen, Pa, on Saturday, adrunken
young man named Gregg threw a stone
through the barroom window of brewer
named Aukaubauer, whereupon the latter