Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-01

Two agents of the Oil CITY tube works
were at Castle Garden Thureday aud 80
cured so immigrants az yArd hands and
common laborers, at from 81 20 to 81. SO
per day.
The treasury department has decided
that a large pair of candelabra specially
Imported for presentation to the Church
Of /. Mary at Syracuse, New York, or
not Exempt from duty as works OF art.
The steamer Prince Frederick Hen.
driek, which arrived st New York Thurs
day from Port au Prince, reports bat Re
east of Port au Prince on tue 17th, il
which one man was killed and several
Uounded. Hippolyte was driven from
his ! osition.
Acting Secretary Batcheller OF the
Treasury department, holds that wooden
waste which m have been broken up
and put through the garnetting mschine,
whereby it become practically soonred
wool, is dutiable at the rate prescribed
for scoured wool.
Stephen W. Dorsey was arrested Thurs-
day in New York on an order Issued by
Judge O'Brien of the supreme court, for
contempt Of court in negienting TO put g.
su appearance ut the supplementary pro
reedlngs on a Judgment obtained against
him by the Eevai ia Bank.
1t has been decided by the treasury
department that 80 called Cornwall stone,
imported from Cornwall, England, aud
nsed by potters to produce fusion with
other material, is du,iahle at tho rate OF
SO per ton under the provision FOR ''al
ehIths or clays, wrought or uDplanlfac-
;urt
A largely attended meeting o. TeAlthy
and prominent citizers OF New YORK wa
held Thursday in the city hall to arrange
'or the holding of u worlds txpo'itlon IN
1892, in commemorstion of ths discovery
" America by Columbus. After an I'D.
dress by Mayor Grant, VI was decided 10
appoint committees on arrangements
inance, perm anent organic alton. legality,
site and buildings, aud the meeting ad
jourued, subject TO the oAli OF the chair
The treasury department bnsacquiesced
in the opinion OF tho attorney general,
that Chinese can pass through United
| states territory in transit to foreign ports,
and the practice OF the dep lrtment wLich
mas been exactly the reverse, will he
modified accordingly. Instructious were
| Friday sent 10 the collector lat New
Orleans to permit the landing Of the
| Chinese who recently arrived there on
their way TO China.
! 1t is stated ut the pension office that, In
he event that the investigating commit
| tee discovers that re-rAtings have been
made in violation of law, the facts can be
| reported TO the 'mmissioner, and the
law points ont the course he ia to purBne
| The pensioners are given GO days in
which to show cnuse Why their increased
pensions were not illegally granted. II
they FAM TO respond, then the counts.
sioner can have their pension certificates
recalled and the amount adjusted to its
legal limits.
The action OF the collector NJ New
York in assessing duty at the rate OF
So cents per pound and IS cents
ad valorem on certain wooden cloths,
unfinished and undyed, CONNER
oially known as wool cloth in the gray
has been affirmed by the Treasury
Department. This cloth is used for car.
rlags cloths aud for ladies' eoatines and
importers 10 be entitled 10 entry unda,
tho provision for "hannel" dutiable at Is
caDts per pound md SO psr cent ad
| valoreM.
Forty OK employer OF tho Brauford
lock works LETT New Haven Thursday
morning for Florence, Alabama, where
they have been Induced 20 90 nv Charles
Foster, agent for Misunderstanding con
Germ in Trenton, New Jersey. The men
are guaranteed work for three years a,
wages ranging from 81, as TO 80 per day
Foster sends the men to their defamation
on special cars, the amount of which il
to be deducted from their wages. Severa
OF the men were accompanied by theil
families. There nre many veteranr
amoug the men, one of them being 6s
years old, and having been with the locA
works for 80 years.
News was received at Parkersbure
West Virginia, Thursday for the frs
time since thu recent fl Iod in that state
from West Fork and Henry Fork
Every store from the head to the monti
of tue forks ere gone or ruined. Houses
fences and crops are wRshtd away ap(
several lives were lost Not q singl,
farmer or resident escaped damage
Hundreds are bankrupt and will have I,
be- supported temporarily by the county
The commissioners to-day estimate tn
loss in Lee, Tygart, Slate sad Steel,
counties at half million dollars. A
saulsberry not single house or bridg
standH on Its foundation and many peo
pie ere in the woods. Help is needed q
once"