Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-01
IN dBNBRAL.
II is eoid thst the cotton crop OF Texas
his year will reach 1000, 900 bales, and
bat the corr crop will be enormous.

II is eoid thst the cotton crop OF Texas
this year will reach 1000, 900 bales, and
that the corr crop will be enormous.
The New York aqueduot commissioners
last week, with orly one negative vote,
abolished the office ot consulting engi-
neor, AT rresent hold by Benjamin q.
Church. The salary attached to tue pJ-
sliion was $500 0 year.
Cvgrtrres haye been madet to the Mary
land Wits lead Company, Of Baltimore,
&c in hs Laad Trust. There are nov
ahoat 20 ccmpRnies in the trust, leaving
only two or three 10 como in. The total
valuation of the properties now in tho
trust is about bl5, 900 600.
TIE governor OF Alaska has requested
OF the war department $50 s;Hnd OF arms
TO tqrip The territorial militia. "lhela
is NJ record OF any militia organization
! IN A!aHsa, hut. inssmuch rs tho wax de-
f! partner, Will be secured Against loss, the
arms VIII probably DO Issued in Accord
! anca with the request"
The burglars who sntered the residence
: OF eE.GoVeraOr Long, 1T Bingham, Mas
! sgchRsotts, having learned through Inc
/ p8patB th4t taree OF the stolen silver
| Spoons we're valued by Mr.. Long very
! hiehty on asccun. o. ,he family associa.
nons eoeaeG;t with them, have returned
/ ;btt pnnina Ut the pluuGuf, RonGiag the
\ pacsege through The mail.
! Il ia understood that tho capitalists of
Cleveland, ONO, have Gnout completed
arrange a snts 10 establish IA iron tubing
factory in Ottawa, Onlario. Tha syndi.
cato eav tney possess a new Welding pro.
csss. Ottawa was selected as the scene
OF operations on account OF the maPnif-
cent water power afforded by QhaudieEe
Falls.
Opponents of the Standard Oil Com.
pang IN the OHIO oil and gus fielda sny
that the big trust is certainly engaged in
an effort to buy control OF the natural
gas lands OF Ohio and Indiana. For
natural ges lands, on which lenses oorld
HAYS bepn secured short time ago at 81
Of SO an acre, $40 an acre hos been paiG
by Standard representatives recently.
The Rev. Father Curley, director o.
Georgetown Uniyersty, dled last wees
in Washington, Gged 80 yenrs. lie wa.
the oldest priest in the United States
/ and had been for 49 years professor o.
philosophy and natural science OF George
town. While man of varied acqalIe
nen.s in most of tho fields of SCIENCE
he was bust known as an astronomer and
: botauist.
In Chinsgo, last week, Lera Luti,
served an injunction restraining azArGi
: Hily6rman, banker, from turning over Il
: Ike or Robert Lure more than half o
$4,000, drawn on winning lottsr!
ticket. Mrs. Lurie claimed that Rober
aod Ike, her cousins, were attempting t
| H. L. 1. i
size Owned in the ticket, sne having
bought it on shares with Robert. Yester
day week States Attorney Long
, checker filed On information in the Eu
i, perior court asking that the entire psiz
r DO declared forfeited 10 the state. Til
/ action is brought under an express pro
E vision of the statute TO that end, and !
the first Of the kind filed III this comfy
> An injunction WAS at once granted re
strsin,ng the banker from paying owe
2 the money to any OF the claimants.
l. The attorneys of the Baltimore q Obi
. Railroad Company are preparing an az
7 swer to the complaint made by the Pitts
: burg, Cincinnati d st. Louis railroad al
Q leging that tue Baltimore q Ohio's Gin
l rate of two cents mile for parties Of 4
o or more is illegal. The complaint ha
n been filed with the Interstate Commerce
COMMISSION and the Baltimore Il OH
have been allowed 20 days from July l3t
in which to give its answer. The Bait
n more u Ohio will raise the point that
r complaint made by one railroad again.
g another hos no standing, and expects I
q be able TO prove 1t to the satisfaction q
d the members Of the commission. II the
should be compelled TO argue the que
ton it will be denied that the club rat,
K which can be taken advantage of by an,
body, discTiminates against Individual