Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-27

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laid the corner stone OF the Roman
Catholic Church of Our Lady Of Good
Counsel, Baltimore.
]. Adee Houck, teller In the Traders
National Bank Of Baltimore, committed
suicide OF his mothers residence in Balti-
more county on Saturday.
William II. Haun, farmer of Wood
stock, Va, attempted to murder his wife
on Saturday and then committed sui
oide. The woman has but little chance
OF recovery.
Frank Woodruff hos begun suit In the
circuit court in Chicago for $19, 500
damages for libel against the proprietor
of dime museum, who has on exhibition
Wax model of the alleged horse.thief as
one of the acoomplices in the Oronin
murder case.
Miss Lois Royce, the young school
teacher who lost both her feet in conse-
quence Of her heroic fidelity to the pupils
under her charge during blizzard, can
now walk on the artificial feet sent to
her. She il progressing favorably In her
studies at Cornell College, Mount YER
non, Ia, where she is taking four years.
course.
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hardworking Liverpool clergyman, and
now arohdeacon Of Ballarat, caught
ruf1ian beating his wife recently. Gentle
deacon thrashed the brute and then
marched him to the lookup--sn interest
ing example of the moral aspect Of ply
Bical training.
Twenty-Five thousand people In Johns
town are still being fed daily by the
state. Colonel spangler recommends
that the relief money be turned over to
the citizens and that the necessary sup
plioi be purchased from the 16 general
stores and three bakeries now running.
A combination of farmers in the yicin-
ity Of Evansville, ILL.,, by which they
agree to purchase from but one store in
O town, the owner agresing in turn to
sell at a net profit of 10 per cent, is said
to have seriously embarrassed a number
Of merchants and destroyed competition.
The French line steamship La Bour-
Rogne, OF New York Sunday from
HAVE, reports that on june Goth, at s p.
m, in latitude 44e Is and longitude 4S'
"a, she sighted ''the largest iceberg yet
Witnessed by ocean trave rs." The vessel
passed within one mile of the berg, which
the captain estimated to be 100 feet high
and 6T5 feet long.
The Roman correspondent of the
Boston Plot telegraphs: 1.-The Very
Rev. A. Van de Vyver, administrator of
the diocese Of Richmond, Va, has been
nominsted bishop of the See, in success
sion to Bishop Keane, now rector OF the
American Catholic University"
A telegram from the Lick Observatory,
San Jose, CAL, says Mr.. Barnard discov-
cred faint comet Monday morning at
O'Clock In right ascension one hour and
81 minutes, declination north 3S', 81
minutes. The comet is moving rapidly
to the north and east. This is the fourth
comet found by Mr.. Barnard ct Lick OBJ
aervatory.
The Nipsio, the sole survivor of the
American hset at Samoa after the hurri-
cane, has started for San Francisco under
convoy of the Alert. She comes direct
from Samoa, and will not stop at Auck-
land, but will touch as Honolulu. Tenn
porary repairs were made before the start
which have, IL is believed, rendered the
vessel seaworihy enough to undertake
the voyage, which, under favorable cir
cumstances, should be made in 80 or 40
days.
Solicitor Hepburn mas given an opinion
to the Secretary Of the Treasury that
there is nothing In the law to prohibit
the landing Of Chinese laborers who de-
sire merely to pass through the territory
of the United States in transit. The
question arose on an application for the
landing at San francisco of a number of
Chinese, destined to Cuba, bond being
offered for their departure from United
States territory. The application was
granted.
After Sunday mornings sermon at the
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church in
Washington the pastor, TIE Rev. DIR.
Elliott, alluded feelingly to the serious
illness OF the wife of ex. President Hayes,
who, he said, held pew in that church
during the four years of her residence in
Washington. He asked all who wished
to join in an expression of sympathy and
affection to rise. The entire coEgrega-
tion arose in body, many bowling their
heads in silent prayer.
John Lewes, the Elmira, N. Y, fat
man, who is said to have weighed $40
pounds, died in that city on Monday, of
erysipelas. A dispatch from Elmira,
says "Lewes was born in England and
was about 40 years old. He was black
smith and worked at his trade up to
about three years ago. At that time he
weighed but little more than 200 pounds,
but began rapidly gaining in flesh at the
rate OF about Eve pounds per week until
he became veritRble mountain of fat.
Everything known to medical sciences
was tried in. his case, but it baffied the
skill of the best physicians"
Another portion Of the old city wall by
which London was surrounded has Just
been brought to light in the neighbor-
hood of Ludgste Hill. II stands at the
juncture Of Little Bridge street, Pilgrim
street and the Broadway, very near an
other portion which was laid bare and
taken down about five or six years since.
''If not actually Of Roman construction,
il is largely constructed of Roman ma
terials and it probably formed part Of q
bastion or tower at an angle Of the city
wall. II is about 10 feet high aud IA
feet in length; It's depth and thickness
will be seen when the adjoining wall ia
removed"
Governor Green tells q good story at
his own expense. A few days ago, while
he was waiting for q train at the Eliza
beth station. he engaged the services of a
| juvenile bootblsck. As the youth piled
his brushes the governor grew sociabls,
and pleasantly inquired "How's business,
Johnnie?n Name amt Johnnie" 10.
conicslly answered the lad; names
Tommy. Slightly taken back by Tommy's
indisposition to be sociable, the g vernon
said nothing for while, but finally, de-
Gliding to impress the youngster to q
slight extent, he remarked "Well, Tommy
guess you don't know who am, do
you ?" "Yes, knoved you long ago."
said Tommy. "Well, who am II" "Yer
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