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


urday. The assets amount to about
$50 600; the liabilities are unknown.
An English syndicate has bought the
Weyand Il jung brewery ia Cincinnati,
and the Crescent brewery in Aurora, In
diana. The amount said TO have been
paid is 81, 725, 600.
Annibal Price, the new minister from
Hsyti to the United States, ON. Saturday
presented his credentials to Secretary
Blaine. He will be presented to the
President this week.
About 40 buildings in the business por-
ton of Petrolia, Pa, were burned Sun
day. The fireplugs were filled with mud
and no water could be had. The loss is
estimated at about 800, 200.
A reassignment Of the property of Lewis
Brothers d Co., dry goods commission
merchants of New York, was filed on Sat
urday. The firm has settled with the
creditors and resumed business.
Louisa Yost, aged Is, being disap-
pointed in love, tried to commit suicide
in New York Sunday night. She put Slrub-
Der tube on gas fixture and inhaled the
gas. Her recovery is doubtful.
All Sin, Cinnamon, who had at
tempted to assault little girl, received
Calgary, Manitoba, on Friday. The
lashes were vigorously laid on by police
man, with "cat."
Benjamin Fl. Day, "the patriarch Of
penny papers," and founder of the New
York San, died at his residence in New
York city on Saturday, aged 80 years. He
was born in Massachusetts and went to
| New York to work as a compositor when
is years old. he started the Sun in 1888,
and afterwards sold it to Moses Y. Beach.
1t ia reported from Boston that Walter
Potter has returned from England, where
he went to perfect negotiations for theJ
sale of the New England tanneries. Three
English accountants have arrived in Bose
ton and are investigating the accounts o.
the two dozen tannefies which it ia pro-
posed to purchase. AboEt 10000, DOC
is said to be the amount involved. The
Shaw tanneries comprise nearly half OF
those in the proposed purchase.
deed of trust was iled in st. Louis
on Saturday by the Terminal Railway
Association, transferring all the personal
and real property, clsimH, demands, title,
franchise and all appurtennnceB to tho
Central Trust Company of New York to
secure payment on $1,000 900 worth of
gold bearing bonds, bearing interest at
81 per cent for SO years.
The Luke Fidler and Garfield collieries
OF Shsmokin, Pa, shut down for M in
definite period on Saturday, owing to-
stagnation In the coal trade. Fifteen
hundred men were thrown out of employ
ment. The only collieries now working
in the Shsmokin district are the Bear
Valley, Burnside, Henry CLAY, Excelsior
and Enterprise. Eight thousand miners
are now idle.
A constable from Westmoreland county
arrived in Scranton on Saturday with q
, warrant for the arrest OF General Master
, Workman Powderly. 1t was found that
the warrant was defective, it containing
, no specific allegation, and the constable
was advised by the court not to attompt
, TO make an arrest upon it. The con-
stable returned to Westmoreland county
without Mr.. Powderly.
| The British steamer Lassell, at New
. York on Sunday from Rio Jareiro, re-
: ports that when taking on cargo at Rio
l Jareiro everything Appeared very quiet
r there. The best OF feeling existed be-
b tween the populsce and the soldiers, so
j far as could be seen. There was no in
@ terruption to business, and, in fact, every
: thing was going on as smoothly asitthere
o had not been any recent trouble in the
: government.
t At o large meeting held in Riehmond,
t Va, on Saturday night, resolutions were
Q adopted urging Mrs. Jefferson Davis to
Q have the remains of her husband inferred
in Richmond, as it was the capital Of the
Confederate states. Gov. Lee presided,
and speeches were made BY Majoi
9 CHARLES J. Strongfellow, Gen. Peyton
IS Wise, the Rev. j. w. Jones and the Rev.
q J. L. nj. Curry. A monument association
IS was orgsnized and Mayor Ellison wal
d chosen President.
y erasmus Mattison died in Utica, N. 7.
> on Sunday, aged 81 years. He was I
g member OF the 3lst, 33i. 34th and 35ti
Congresses. When Mr.. Madison was il
9 Congress, in &c 57 he was charged will
70 declaring that large number of mem
z beers Of Congress- were purchssable. Th'
affair caused great excitement in Congress
y and throughout the country. resolu
70 ticn ordering his expulsion was offered
/. in the House, but, after long and bite
IL debate, it was finally tabled Before i
9 could be called up again Mr.. Mattisol
q resigned his seat. "M
The city council of st. Louis on Frida.
night, by vote OF to g. passed an or
dinance authorizing private parties st,
build gas plant, for which the city shal
pay rental of S225 GOO, or per cen
on $4, SOC, 600, for 80 years, ana at tn
~ end OF that time shall buy the worn on
a plant for 81, 800 GOO, or return it to liz
=. owners with q 50.year franchise and
AZ present of 50, $50, 600, to be taken frcpl
IL sinking fund crested FOR the purpose
i. During the time the city ia paying rem
X tai Of $225, 900 year for the works, i
4. must bear the expense Of all repairs an
a improvements" The passage OF this as
an founding measure has caused sensa
az ton. It ia claimed that the measure osn
IN not legally stand, even though, which
IN doubtful, it receive the signature Of th
ne mayor. ."
tract Of 651 acres of land, six mile
west of Chicago, was purchased on Satin
day by Il. Suydam Grant Of New York
OF The purpose il to remove the Grant Lie
in connective Works from Paterson n. j., (
,e- this site. part OF the land will b
On plated and sold in lots. Two companies
err each with capital OF 81 600, 600, hay
ed been organized 10 handle the purchase
sc one company taking care Of the land IN
nd the other the mandatory. Z L. Je
ut ferry, late general manager of the Illino
Central railroad, will have supervision {
both companies. The stock Of each
already paid in. About half the holder
a. are Chicagoens. The price paid for th
no land was tri1e over 81, 600 an acre.
%: first the capacity of the works will be %
N. locomotives q year. Between !, 200 an
an 500 men are to be employed in th