Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26

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entire purchase but simply control, which
. little over 1880, 900 will secure.
Portions OF human bodies have been
found on the beach between Sandy Hook
and Seabright. 1t is thought that they
aye parts of The bodies of the crew OF the
bark Germania, which was wrecked OF
Long Branch short time ago.
Theodore L. ConkliD, administrator,
Monday fled in the probate court at
Chicago an inventory of DR.. Cronin's
estate. The report shows that the only
property left was library, worth $500,
and surgical instruments, worth 800.
Governor Beaver Thursday Issued a
charter for the new city of Johnstown.
1t inoludes the boroughs OF Johnstown,
Grubbtown, canemaugh, WoodvAle, Pros
poet, Miliville and Cambria, lhsss
horoughs having population Of at iraat
1000.
A call hos been issued for general
convention Of miners Of the United States
to be held in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan
nary 2ttb, 1890. The object Of the con.
ven,ion is the amalRamatiOn Of the min.
ing forces and the finding of o national
scale of prices for coal mining.
large freight house near the Union
depot in st. Louis. occupied by the Adams
Express Company, was destroyed by FIRE
on Saturday morning. Its destruction in
vOlved that Of thousands of Christmas
presents temporarily placed there, as
we'll as much other freight.
Charles shelar and wife and their three
children were found dead in their houEe
in Miles, Ohio, Sunday afternoon, with
Nhats fh~noN. he kLaANU
is that ShelAr, who had besn drinking
heavily Of late, cut the throeta Of the
others and then committed suicide.
The Jury in the case of Mrs. Irene
Skaels who shot and killed her husband,
Charles W. 6keels, in Fpokane Falls,
Washington, in March last, Monday
brought i'll verdict of not guilty Mrs.
Skeels found her husband ia the CON-
pany Of variety actress, and shot him.
The reported suspension OF ]. g PEBBLE
d Co., manufacturers OF blank books and
envelopes, and j. B. Sheffield L Son,
manufacturers of paper and general sta
tionery, in New York, was verified on
Saturday. The liabilities OF the two com.
psnies will, 1t is stated, reach over mil.
lion.
Henry Hill, watchman ct the Anchor
! Pottery, in Trenton, N. j., was found
dead In the canal Sun Icy morning wi b
several bruiers GU his face. He was h. t
seen alive on Saturday night coming from
the engine room of the pottery with q
strange man, and many persons bnIisve
that he met with foul play.
William Eubauks, widowsr, As years
of age, shot and killed his l6 years old
daughter, ut Los Gatas, GAL, on Sunday,
and then attempted suicide by cutting
his throat with razor, but he will prob
| ably recover. 1t Is said that the father
became enraged because the daughter re-
/ fused to give her wages.
James J. West, ex.editos Of the Oh;cngo
| Times and sx.prssident Of the Times
| OCs was convicted in Chicago Monday
| night Of having fraudulentiy over.issued
the compsny's stock, and was sentenced
| to pay fine of VI 900 and be imprisoned
in the penitentiary for FIVE years. 4
motion for new trial was entered and
West was released in SIS 900 bail.
A massmseting OF citizsns of st. Louis
was held AIondsy to protest against the
passage Of what is now commonly desig.
nstad as the "Robber Gas BILL" passed
some six mohths ago by the lower house
of the municipal assembly by vote of
| 81 10 0, and rRilroaded through the cGun-
Gil or upper branch of the assembly by q
| vote of z to 6. An address to the mayor
praying him to protect the city from
this unparalleled raid upon its treasury
by ve,oing the ordinance Was distrib-
uted for signatures and resolution
adopted providing for the appointment
OF committee Of 25 citizens to present
| il to the mayor.
| For several weeks circulars purporting
70 be froUl the commission house of
Billings Il Camp, 1856 Broadway, New
York, have been Hsnt throughout the
country inclogiug samples Of silk, satin
AMI other dgess goods, which were
offered about one.third the price ordi-
nsrily charged for ouch goods. Persons
sending orders were instructed to send
the money to tho poBt- office in New York
city. The Poiios osused the post-of5ce
authorities TO stop the delivery of BILLINGS
| x Camps mail, aud in the past few days
several bags OF letters addressed &c that
| firm have accumulated Monday thu
| police Taidsd the office Of the firm. at 1856
Broadway, and found there only o man, ,
! calling himself John Jones. and stove
ard u chair. There were no dress goods
OF any kind there. Jones, who is sup
posed to be the originator of what is be-
lisved to be mythical firm, was arrested
and taken to the Jefferson Market police
| court.
Some time ago the Apollo Club, sing.
ing society in Chicago announced that il
had made arrangements with the Audi.
torium Company by which it would give
series OF concerts for working people,
the price OF admission to which would be
only 10 cents, Subsequently,, ct a meet
ing of the trades and labor ASSEMBLIES,
resolutions were passed warning working
men to not attend these concerts, because
the Auditorium Building was under q
boycott, the walls having been put up by
non-uuion masous. On Sunday, Row
ever, the Socialists departed from their
usual practice when, at their meeting,
they declared against the boycott of the
Auditorium rs inauguratsd by the Trade
and Labor Assembly. Resolutions pre-
sented by Mrs. WoodmRn wers adopted,
in which the ''ostentAtious display" made
at the opening of the Auditorium was
severely criticised, also bewAiling the act
! OF O millionairS In paving $4,000 for q tey