Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-22

phia this year.
Lock Haven, Pa, was visited by hail
storm yesterday week. One house
was struck by lightning, but the occu-
pants were not severely hurt.
A cloud burst occurred in Patterson,
N. j., yesterday week. On Hamburg
avenue the sidewalks were washed
away; streets vera washed out and
cellers foeded. In some places the
water in the streets was four feet deep.
ALTHOUGH the Standard Steel Company,
OF Harrisburg, has advanced tho wages OF
its men, the latter insist upon organizing
AZ a branch Of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton OF Iron and Steel Workers, notwith.
standing the opposition OF the company.
A block OF buildings in Jacksonville,
Flo was destroyed by fire last week, in
volying loss OF S25 900. The depot OF
the Christian Moerlein Brewing Com
pany of Cincinnati, Louis Lehman agent,
lost $l4 900, which is included in the
above estimate.
Ferdinand Bauer, aged so years, bar.
Der in Columbus, o., committed suicide
last week. Hs placed 4l.oalibre re-
yolver at his heaG and 32-oslibre at his
uEuEt hlh ltsl4y bbka ohNAS hNhAE NHSS''
BAuer's act is supposed have been caused
by dependency.
The trustees of the assigned leather
firm OF L. and A. e. Batcheiler 81 Go. OF
Boston issued a preliminary statement
lust week, in which they said that the
liabilities would probably amount to
81 800 900, and that the assets would be
sufficient to pay about 90 cents on the
dollar.
A Chicago dispatch says that the west
ern railroads have decided to accept the
proposition of the Transcontinen,al
Association for the sale OF tickets for the
u. &. X. encampuent at Milwaukee,
with interchange OF routes and extension
Of time limits east Of the Missouri river
gaieways.
There was very heavy rain storm az
Easton, Ps., last week, and the water in
the Lehigh river rose eight feet in two
hours. Two bridges and O dam on the
Clinton branch of the Lehigh Valley rail-
road, and all Warren county bridges,
between Phillipsburg and Stewartsville,
were swept away.
There was no rioting in the Councils.
vile coke region yesterday week. Several
lnora of the independent operators
signed the wage scale. 1t is said that
the reason some of thu operators have
not vet signed is that ''the price OF coke
cnnld not be changed this month";" but
that ell will sign by September ist
The Augusta Exchange, al Augusta,
| Georgia. last week adopted resolution
| pledging the support Of its members Il
| the organized movement instituted by
the farmers OF the South TO protect them
selves against the baggipg trust or any
| similar combination by substituting bag
cling made from cotton in place Of jut
baRging.
| q. p. Seymer, Superintendent OF tn
Kansas City Goal and Coke Oompan.
Mines, was shot OF from ambush Gnt
killed last week at Carbon Hill, Wake
county, Alabama, Soue time since b.
employed several ot;iceTs 70 stop moon
SINNERS from selling "mountain ds8" Il
the miners. i is supposed moonshiner
ssot lin,
Lawyer Whitehead Of jersey City, Ne,
jersey, yesterday week obtained writ Q
habens corpus from Jnd5e Laeombe, I
the United States CireriI Ooust, orderin
Collector Ethaids 10 proGuce the
I
ordered to DO sent back on the groun
that they came 20 this countryin Violate
.. the contract labor law.
This general pa,gen'.s agents OF tn
leading railroads Of tire county, in coy
ference n. Cape May last week, cousit
cred the question of reducing sImms
excursion rates from southern ciies I
, eastern and northern resorts, and IL
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southern territory. u was decided I
reduce the rates 10 socletias and congei
, tions.
A number OF prominent Chicago pgoI
erty ownrrs, who have bsen mlSlrg 6
i fosts locking 70 the psrmaaent lmpg1v
:, Inent OF the lake frcnt, last week sent
: delegation To tina oticeTh Of the tliinoi
!, Central railway to complain Of certai
unsged abuses of privileges end to ns
tls the removal or tebuil1lug OF the oil
station, which has never been rebui
J.. since the great fire.
l.. pae schooner Levi RArt hence 4
n Boston, wli.e sliiug down the Ds.awa
n on Tuesday night struck a submergt
:. obstruction near J1s Fiogser ShoAl u.
y sank. The crew were taken II By Il
a tug J7Rnboe and brought back to Il
! City. Dtvcr3 left last evening in tae san
"a tug to put hGtch coIuhinss on the Il
" ward hatch, and an Effort WILL be ma
10 raise her at olca.
Tee oity billg in equitg to regirain d
Phladapaia y Reading hGiiruad 90
i. pany !sum constructing railroad oy
i. C4Etu.u streets OF philldsIphia WAS fl
a. lsEt week il ccGr. OF common pleas
Dt 1 Nc ipjun 3tion vas asked Tor becat
10 the railroad company agreed not 10
a. my q the w0.k complained Of uutii
o. matter is decided By th9court. Arsnme
". 10 eypactsi reEt mcuth, when Il can
heafa by tGll boaGb.
Several ahve manufacturers in Clue
i. ERti have been asked their selling pr
% IKE olfes8 cGple through BTadstres
M epencv sgd were raree. slted as co,ni
~ from EEE,ifhr4Gn who serG already
NJ the clsg, WhesD AjIue Purchases had be
n irhae. Unlike the brewery syndica
n. this sA0s factory - ndicste offers cash
an asi purchases, their purpose being to I
each factory buugnt as MI individual Q;
cern under chasga o. o TOaunGeg,
4 Bnt WA begun IN the United Sta
n circuit court al Helena, AskGnsag,
~ Tuesday, by S. L. sweet against 35 c
d. 3=ns " Farcs. City, hsksrsas, comp
Il. ing some o. the leasing merchants
that city. Tic P'ainl'i was, dufiDg
riot on tho 18Th Of Mng ias.. one OF
mel wqo, it 10 claimed, w,sa compelled
leGye tho atate, md NOW, being q Gill
M OF lhe state Of Tennessee, he brings
er- suia ip the Ucised States court
he BOO, 600 damages againHt tas deienda
rat WHO, he sii-les, drove him from his hi
iah because hS chose to vote as his own So
~ meats dlltGtea.
lily The interstate commerce commiss
,en has received complaint Against