Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-20
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| The Standard Sugar Refinery In Boston
have secured 10000 tons Of sugar IN Uuba
al cents, calling for IN outlay OF some
~, 600, 900.
1 Raphael +. Ferrandlni aged s years,
while trying to catch a floating ball 10 a
gutter, after u rain storm IN Baltimore on
| Friday afternoon, was swept Into sewer
and drowned. His body was not recovered.
! A handsome granite and bronze me-
mortal erected at the grave of President
Arthur in the Rnral cemetery ut ALBANY.
N, r., vas unveiled Oh Saturday by tho
donors.
General William 4. Withers, breeder
! 81 noteU i,ltsos, died NJ his home
I IN Lexington k5, IN svalas from The
elects o. Wounds received in the Mexican
war. He was 81 years of age.
The San Francisco EUenia9 Pest SAYS
that I'll ,OO0, 900 has been subscribed for
the proposed cable hetEesn Honolulu
! and San Francisco, and that the work O,
laying the cable will be commenced
within is months.
The remains Of General John seyier.
Oowles Station, Ala, were Monday re-
Inferred in grave in a cotton fold. near
moved to Knoxville, Tenn. The removal
WAS superintepded by Governor Tnylor
and stat and committee OF the Tonnes.
see legislature.
In New York, on Monday, Thomas
Kelly, an ex-convict WHO pleaded guilty
OF highway robbery, was sentenced by
Judge MARITIME TO 20 years in tho state
penitentiary. Kelly's confederates, James
Clinton aud Martin OoTbit, who robbed
Hiram W. Jollier, Of Norwich, Don.
pecticut, Of So and SO watch, on NAV
18th, were sentenced to Ii years each in
states prison.
An explosion OF gas occurred Monday
morning in the Nottingham mine at
Plymouth, Pa, operated by the LehiVh
d Wilkesbarre Goal Company. Miohsel
Andrew, aged 20 years; Simon Novalh,
aged 20 yeare; John Kutsohki, aged n
years, ana Joseph Taylor, aged 50 years
were fatally burned. The accident was
caused by the carelessness OF Polander
who went into a chamber full Of gas
without first testing the air.
An agent of an English syndicate was
IN Boston, recently, and made a PROPOSE.
tion to all the Roxbury brewerg, which
II accepted, will give the Englishmen
possession. The breweries which it is
proposed to purchase are Houghton's,
Roessle's, Burkhardt's and PfaG's, the
aggregate valuation OF which ia esti.
mated at from $4,000, 0J0 to 81, OOG. 900.
Whether the purchase will be made lie az
yet an open question, the general feeling
among the broweries being that unless Mi
enter into the agreement none will sell.
John kinosid of Gunnison, Colorado,
who Is In Chicago, said Monday: s"rhe
syndicate Of Chicago and Pennsylvania
capitalists who went to Gunnison to in.
spect some lands supposed to contain
anthracite coal, found richer discovery
than they anticipated. Ahuge mountain
OF almost chemically pure manganese Of
IRON was found, together with almost
unlimited veins of anthracite. This man.
ganese is essentially the spiegel eisen Of
commerce"
David May, who embezzled over So 900
from Amoa Dotterer & Son, Of Point
breeze, Philadelphia, was before Judge
Desnoyers, in Montreal, Monday morn
ing. One of the Dottsrers, who was
present, said that, having recovered his
money, he did not wish to prosecute May.
The judge refused to let the prisoner 90
unless Dotteres guaranteed to prosecute
him on the other side Of the line. The
guarantee was given, and May, accom-.
panied by the detective and MIR. Dot
terer, was to leave for Philadelphia last
night.
The question Of the legality of the pro.
posed importation of foreign theolopians
ior the Catholic University OF Washing
ton, was recently referred to the AttoP-
ney General on an appeal from the
opinion given by the solicitor Of the
treasury that such importation would be
violation OF tho provisions of the Alien
Contract Labor law. The Attorney Gen.
erai Monday returned the papers to the
TREASURY department with q statement
that he does not consider the case In Ia
present shape as properly calling for
official recognition. The point made by
him IL merely technical, and refers solely
to the manner Of reference. This obisc.
ton will probably be overcome by a
formal request by the Secretary OF the
Treasury for an opinion as 10 the legality
OF the landing Of the persona in question,
a: 0. X NJ. @. castles will elect officers
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