Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-10

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should it rain on the night Of March
9TH there nay be no inauguration bail on
Washington, rs the glas1 roof ever The
court of the pension building "leaks like
sieve" during rainy weather.
The steamboat Paris G. Brown, from
New 6fleans for Cincinnati, was sunk by
spag at Hermitage Landing, Logisiapa,
on Saturday alght. Seven Of tho vessel
hands aud one passenger pre missing.
William Alaaa, oeed 80 yearp, and
Carrie Jones, aged 80, were yesterday
found dsad in u room in Eas. Fifty
fourth street, New York. II ia aupposed
he killed tho woman WHO was hia piGes,
and then shnt himself.
Iwo freight trains On ,hd pittsburg h
Western railroad oollidl9 b, Lr Carbon,
Pa, on Saturday and BON engines were
wrecked. Engineers lcHeHry Bnd Jen.
kins were fatally injured Tho hremen,
Cor. co','-, si"tZ, ttEiugjlsHyst 7Bily.eg.
A dlspescE was rgoslje5 III Boston YES
tes38r "a Chief Ct Police grr ~ ~
Denver, Cox, announcing the capture OF
Harry q. stickney, confidential clerk Of
Y, l.. Davenport, OF Boston, who recently
detrauded his employer > the ext ut OF
some $5, 600 by raising check,
The inaugural committee informs ali
persons wishing 70 visit NashtE4ton dor
ing the Harrison and hiortoN inaugural
ceremonies that they cAu secure good
rooms and board 1t private aeuees at prices
ranging from So % Z per dgq, by ccri.
municating With Colonel H. T. W,jaat,
chairman OF the public comfort CON.
miitee.
The negotiations for tie sale Of tho
Washington Post by Shllson Hutchins
to Frank Hatton and Congressman
Beniah wilkins Of Ohio were Concluded
on Saturday. The price paid is S2Iu. COS
-one-third in cash. wilkins viii be
business manager OF the paper and
hatton will control its editorial aud news
department.
The British steamship Montana VIM
run into by the Nof,h dstman How'd
steamer Main near Baltimore on tat5r
day, and auDk in few Minutes. ghigr
Engineer Robert N. Young was Killed,
bat the rest OF the Grey was trang.eFrei
to tho Main. The Montana was yslutd
at $500 000 and her cargo was yDff5
nearly as much more. The Main was nor
injured,
At New Hope, West Va on Saturday
AFTERNOON, willie number IL tanners
were gathered at William PostBr's prisE
mill to get their sUpp,iea Of hgur. the
boiler exploded wreoking the min
Joseph j. French, Thomas Carter, Law
Shields and John WINNER were Eillea
Eli Shields and Wide Shuifi burger ". "a
fatally injured, the former dying yolter-
day. Two other men were severely
injured.
The Cunard steamship SeytLia, which
seiled from Boston for England Oh satuy.
day noon, was detained at quarantine iii
3 80 p IN. by the desertion Of about gg
OF her iiremen, WHO So 5seluently alleged
before The British consul, that lie yeKyeI
was loaded beyond the "Pleilsoll line .
and they were afraid 10 make the ycyaye
III her. Men were secured to take ia
places Of the deeefters, and tAe Seytbla
proceeded on her way.
The Alabama Legislature, at its recent
session, adopted joint resolution, ast-
ing conference Oh Quarantine reaula.
tions to meet in Montgomery, on March
9TH On Saturday tbs governor for
wafded letters to tho governors OF
Georgia, TeXss, Louisiana, Aississippi
Florida, South Carolina, North Cs!ollaa
Tennesses, kentucky and Illinois. redaost,
ing them to appoint delegates 70 the con.
ference.
The Edison General Electric Livbt
Company has been organized in Egser
county, New Jersey. The works win ba
located in WeBt Orange In the buildir pa
crested by Thomas a. Edison. The oani
tai is put at Sl2, coo, 600. The new cam.
pany will include the Edison Light Oon,-
pany and Bergman Il 90. Tits proposea
TO have piants IN cities all over the com.
try. Besides this the sparate business
Of each of the ocnaolidatsd coplpanias
will be- continued.
A man giving the name OF John Ar,brr
/ Burns was arrested in st. Lonis WednesJe u,
for murderous assault upon woman L,
disraputable house. the woman tes,ifisd
thet Burns had ehokad her and than
threatened to cut her throat snd tear ont
her heart. He changed his mind, however,,
az 70 the mode Of killing, and, seizine
her By the ankles, pushed her body ont
OF third story window, and was in INA
got OF hurting her to the sidewalk when
the officer Reizsd him. Burns, who ia in.
sane, says he was ordered by God 10 slNy
this woman for her impurity. He cams
from Hades, and when he hes comnIeted
J his mission, will return thare