Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-19
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS
a SMALL ron Aooo oROP IN MARY
LAND.


rlch oil bolt IN reported 10 have been
discovered iiyo miles from Livermoro, Oal.
A bill to abolish the export dnty on
silver has been introduced in the Peruvian
congress-.
The treasury department decides that
leather caseH containing pipes are dutiable
at the rate Of 100 per cent nd yaloren.
The acting Secretary OF the Treasury
ThurHday afternoon issued call for the
redemption Of ten millions OF tho 8 per
cont bonds.
The Postmaster General has directed
tbat hereafter all mails for Mexico shall
be sent by rail, crossing the border nj El
Paso, Texas.
Michael Metz was hnnged Thurstlay in
the county jRil At Uniontown, Pa., for the
murder OF man named Cassidart, com.
mitted In September last.
A aale OF Holland cattle in New York,
yesterday week, drew large attendance
OF bidders, and from Sll0 TO $l45 was bid
for heifera dropped i'll 1885.
In the German convent at Wilkesbarre.
yesterday morning week, 16 young ladies
tootk he black veil and 23 tho white veil.
Bishop o'Hara presided.
The treasury department is arranging
for call in d few days, for 10 900 900 or
$4,000, 900 of bonds, in addition 10 the
usual monthly call of 1000, ,OOa 90 meet
the requirements OF the sinking fund.
The state department is informed that
the ports OF Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia,
and Miramichi, New brunswick, haye
been proclaimed quarantine stations, and
that regulations have been issued for the
government of the same.
At Oonneaut, o., yesterday week Mrs.
Slough went TO the river to wash, taking
her three children with her. One of the
little ones fell into the water, and IN the
effort to rescue IL, the mother and all the
children were drowned
A woman, As years of age, who had
registered at the Cape House, Cape May
Point, N. j., as "Alisa Sadie Nichols,
Sturgeon Bay, Wis, committed suicide
by drowning. herself Tuesday night week.
Poverty and despondencyn were the
cause.
Pleuro- pneumonia has appeared among
another herd Of cattle in Manor town.
ship, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
Tuesday week, five animals were killed ON
one farm by order of the state veterina
rian, and the remainder Of the herd were
inocusted.
nrs. Rica Buokart, nm invalid, who had
been confined to her bed for two years,
committed suicide in Michigan, Ind, on
Wednesday week. She tied veil around
her neck, fastened il to the bedpost and
then rolled of to the floor, causing death
by strangulation.
The Postmaster General Thursday
made a requisition upon the Treasury
Department for $3.50, 900 for compensa-
tiOn Of postinasters readiusted under the
act of March Sd, 1888. The Department
will not begin the payment OF these
claims until after September 1st.
Willis Sharp, colored, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, by means of false affidayits of half
dozen negroes, managed TO secure a
discharge certificate from the war depart,
ment, and received pension and several
hundred dollars arrears. The fraud was
detected, and Sharp and his accompiices
have been arrested.
The examination of the sub.treasury at
Baltimore, consequent upon the transfer
at the Office to the now assistant treasurer
was finished Wednesday afternoon week.
A count of the moneys and securities
amounting to $l1, 1886, 1857, verified the
books Of the office, with the single ex-
ception of an excess of four cents.
At Graysyille, Tennessee, Thursday,
Thomas bondy, son of Baptist minis
ter, attempted to whip John Davis for
visiting his sister. Davis crushed
Bondys skull with stone, when Bondy's
father intefered. Tho minister aud Davis
fought with knives, and both were NOR
tally wounded.
Three sisters Nellie WymHu, aged ~
years; Lizzie, aged 10, and Sadie, aged .
were drowned at Far Rocknwny, Long
Island, Tuesday week. They We're playing
together in the wuter, and il is supposed
the elder was carried out by the under
tow, an the others persisted in trying to
save her. Their bodies were recovered
yesterday morning.
In Woodbury., Connecticut, on Tuesday
night week, Robert Drakely, is years OF
age, shot and killed his wife, aged 80, and
then attempted suicido, the bullet passing
through his hand and foot. Drakely il
the son of wealthy Baltimorean. Ht
married his wife-who had been divorced
from New Yorker, named Warwick
about six weeks ago.
The Rev. Edwin Gardner Weed wa
oonsecrated Bishop of the Protestan
Episcopal Diocese of Florida Mt jackson
vile, yesterday week.. Bishop Quintardlo
Tennessee, presided. Bishop Elliott, o
Western Texas, preached the sermon. Sil
bishops were present, and delegations o
the clergy and laity from several southern
states. A large congregation was i'll Mt
tendance.
Bernard Martin, his wife and two
children, started from Weaver, Arizona
on July 3Oth, for visit to Eric, Penna
Nothing being heard of them, search wa
made, and Wednesday week their oharret
remains were found between Vulture ant
Phoenix. Martin had received 81 900 TO
the snlo of his rancho, and the family hat
evidently been murdered by robbers.
A telegram from Washington says thu
receipts of the government since Jnly ist
have been nearly "a, 900, 900 in excess o
the receipts during the same period o
last year. The increase was abou
T2,OOO,OO0 from customs and abou
vi 800, 900 from internal revenue Ihes'
figures aro held to be indicative of goo'
state of busin, 81 throughout the country
The steamer Rtsolute, of the Bake
Wrecking Company of Norfolk, Va.
sprung leak and foundered Mt sea oi
Elbow Key, 200 miles south of st. Angus
tine, on Sunday, the Sth inst. The captain
and crew took TO life-boat, with pro
visions and water, and arrived at st
Augustine Thursday. The steamer lef
Norfolk August 4th, for Hayti, and wa
valued ut $4,000.
A heavy storm of wind and rain passes
over Pittsburg and the surrounding coun
try Wednesday night week. Telegraph
wires were blown down, houses uproofe
and cellars and Easements flooded. Fore
paugh u Samwell's dime circus was eS
hibiting in Allegheny City at the time
and the tent was torn to shreds. lnrg
crowd was present, and in the panic sey
eral persons were slightly injured b.
being trampled upon.
Mrs. Emma Frances Shaw, while e
route from San Francisco, committed su
eide Thursday morning Mt the st. jaime
Hotel in Pittsburg by taking poison. Sh
was about 40 years old, and was travelin
with her son, 10 years old. She gave th
boy Il cup of coffee in which stryohDin
had boen placed, but il was bitter aud h
did not drink it. Her husband, Isaac Il
Shaw, is general manager of the electri
light company at Williamsport.
The chief engineer of the army say
sit would be almost impossible to max
much headway with the work TO be don
under tho provisions of the River an
Harbor bill, because the season is so ff
advanced. There is certain amount {