Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-10-10
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port, N. ", early on Sunday morning,
greatly damaging shade and fruit trees.
Right Rev. Thomas Hubbard Vail, ID.
D., LII. D., Bishop Of the Diocese OF
Kansas, died OF Bryn Mswr, Pa, on Sun
day, after an illness of two weeks.
A dispatch from Usage City. Kansas,
says the strike Of the coal miners at
Scranton was amicsbly settled on Satus-
day. The employers granted an advance
OF &c cents per ton in mining.
Father Boyle, Catholic priest, was
convicted Of q charge Of criminal assault
on Miss Geneva Whitaker, in Raleigh,
North Carolina, on Saturday night. He
vas sentenced to be hanged on November
goth.
Postmaster general Wsnamaker and
John Field met in Philadelphia on Batur-
day. The latter, it is stated, will proba-
bly, accept the Philadelphia postmaster
ship, Notwithstanding the pressure OF his
private business.
The comptroller OF the currency has
declared o first dividend Of 263 per cent.
in favor of the creditors OF the First
National Bank, OF Albion, N. Y, on
claims proved amounting to $685., S22.
This bank failed August 26th, 1884.
All the cigar stores, barber shops and
similar places in Lancaster, Pa, were
closed Sunday on notice from the Law
and Order Society that they would be
prosecuted if any sales were made. The
proprie.ors of drug stores refused to sell
anything but medicines.
Argument on the motion to dissolve the
injunction against the Chicago Board of
Trade in order to stop the delivery of
October pork was pushed on Saturday.
Judge Shepard dissolved the injunction.
| W. y. Wallace filed q motion in the sp-
pellats court to revive the injunction.
! The Republican city campaign COM
mittee OF Philadelphia on Saturday de-
cided TO purchase 90, 600 poll tax receipts.
The mayor, it is stated, refused TO ASSESS
the policemen, fremen or other city em-
| ployas TO raise the money for the tax re-
ceipts, but guaranteed no would raise 1t
'3rom other Sources"
The Great Falls and Canada Railroad
Company has been incorporated in Great
Fails Montana, with 80 SOC, 900 capital.
The Company will build railroad from
Great Falls to the Canadian line. The
principal purpose Of the road Is to pro-
vide an outlet for the coal fslds at 10th
bridge.
1t IL said that many people in Johns
town, Pa. are improperly sheltered and
poorly clothed, and are suffering from
the cold. At the Red Gross Hospital
there are now % cases of typhoid fever.
Two more bodies were taken out Of the
river on Saturday. It 10 said that from
present appearances there are great
many more dead yet in the river.
The captain and crew Of the schooner
Benjamin Garfside of Philadelphia were
landed at Vineyard Haven, Massachu
setts, on Saturday. The schooner, while
anchored near Handkerchief lightship,
was run into by the schooner Mary B.
wellington Of New Bedford, and sank in
less than 30 minutes. Tho crew sue
cseded in getting aboard the Wellington.
The Wellington had . hole stove in hel
pert bow.
The latest returns of the Montana cleo
ton give Democratic majority Of on
joint ballot in the legislature, with one
in doubt, which may increase the
majority to 8. In several counties the
vote is very close, but it is not thought
the official canvassing will make any
material change. Toole, Democrat fol
governor, has a majority OF about 800
Garter, Republican for Congress, {
majority or about ,2JU.
George D. Lswton, of East Orange
New Jersey, was arrested on Saturday
afternoon aud lodged in the Essex county
Jail in default Of $4s,000 bail. He wal
sole executor of the estate of Jane Null
OF Newark, who died in 1879, leaving be
quests amounting to $I93, 600 to her aigh
oaildren. II is charged that Lawton, fail
ing to pay the requests, disappeared, re
turning to Orange only few months ago
This amount of his bail is the sum whicl
Jennie Null Allaine, one OF the heirs
claims as her share CT the estate.
Carrie Hill, aged 10 years, has beel
, arrested in Topeka, Kan, for theft. Fou
weeks ago she got olerkship in Halmol
: Il Co.'s millinery and fancy goods store
and since then she has not only robbie
them repeatedly, but has carried ava.
, with her three wagon loads Of good
worth 80 900, which were found in he
8 room and identified by the firm. A yea
Ggo she clerked q week or two for Bern
heimer 4 Lewis, and in the search o
Saturday several hundred dollars' wort
a Of goods that she had taken from ther
were found.
A warrant was issued by Judge Bon
Of the United States circuit court in Bal
: timore on Friday for the arrest of th
. negroes concerned in the Navassa Islam
nurder. United States Marshal Georg
d. 3 Cnirnes made return to the wRrrat
taRt he was powerless to make the arres
: whereHpon judge Bond certified to Pres
; iIent Harrison ths facts Of toe case, an
they will be laid before the President
I counsel for the receivers for his actor
1t is thought that as soon as the Pres
!. dent receives the statement he will reie
i 1t to tho Attorney general for on opinio
4 az TO the question Of the jurisdiction {
Il the United States over the island.
9 The most exciting pennant race in Ii
history of bR'eball was finished on Ha
!. urdsy, when the National League chan
Il pionship senson Of 1883 was brought to
! clos0. Ihe New York clu5 repeated Il
i performance o. last year by winning Ii
I dag. Tho Boston club, which hes spare
no expense to get together o winnin
G team, ia close second, and the Chioag
i club, made up entirely Of new matsria
:, is third. Philadelphia, which early
. the season seemed likely to be in Il
4 fight for first place houors, ends up
:! four notch. Fittsbnrg, CLEVELAND
Indianapolis and Washington follow
N the order named. The race was so clio!
. that Il required the result OF Saturday
\ games to decide the first six position
10 iiepresertatiye Mills of Texas, VIII
j. arrived in Washington on Saturday, sal
!, that the Democrats of the House will
u united unde. the leadership Of Speak,
= Carlisle, and that the Republicans wi
y i,e unable to do anything which Ii
!, Democrats don't want done. The Demc
/ crats will permit no political Legislation
.s He Says the Republican talk ABOUT nc
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