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

Iulteu oLdteos
Judgments against g. p. Denis. a
Chester, Pa, wooden goods manufacturer,
on two notes amounting to Sl3, $50 were
entered on Saturday.
A heavy hail storm passed over the
eastern section of Lancaster county, Pa,
on Saturday afternoon, badly cutting the
tobacco plants on many farms.
The strike at the Fishback rolling mill
of the Pottsyille Iron and Steel Com
pany, at Pottsyille, terminated on Satur-
day. the demands Of the men being
granted.
The Indianapolis "Ice Trust" has col
Iapsed, the break resulting from On effort
to force the price still higher, this years
rate having been lao per cent higher than
last years.
The shipments of iron orc from the
Lake Superior region for the Last week in
July, aggregating 270,0Sl gross tons,
constituted the largest single weeks
work on record.
The Philadelphia schooner George
Churchman, from Glen Cove for WASH
ington, D. o., with paving stones, Is
ashore on the bar at the former place,
and lies in perilous position.
The miners who stopped work several
days ago ut the Pratt mlnss near Biz
mingham, Ala, returned to work on
Saturday pending settlement Of their
differences with the company.
The strike in the Connellsville coke
region shows signs of collapse. The
men OF the youngstown, Norwood Il
Standard works, numbering about ! 900,
konh 60, Eas
The Scott Elevated Railroad bill passed
the st. Louis house OF delegates on FRI
day and went to the mayor, who will
doubtlesH sign it. The road will be II
miles long, aad will cost $4,000, 900.
The Camden, N. j., BARRIERS Assoois-
ton Sunday authorized itB secretary 10
notify ell BARRIERS in the city to close their
shops next Sunday, and appointed q
prosecuting committee to secure inforna-
ticn against all offenders.
The railroads from Camden to the
South Jersey seashore resorts Sunday
and Saturday carried down 657 car loads
OF passengers, estimated to make So, 900
persons. This is said 10 be the heaviest
travel Of the season so FAR.
A female burglar, IS years Of age, was
arrested on Saturday night, after q severe
tussle, in house in Brain;ree, Mass.
She would give no name, but said she
had subsisted in the woods on berries for
the past few weeks, and had no home.
A trust has been formed for the pur.
chase or control of the entire cotton
manufacturing property OF Fall River,
Lowell, Lawrence, New Bedford and the
best mills in the couutry. The syndicate,
it IS said, represent principally foreign
capital.
There was q special delivery of Letters,
for the first time on Sunday, in New
York Sunday. Postmaster Van Colt
holds that so long es fes of 10 cents for
epecial delivery is collected the special
ssrvioa should be rendered irrespective
Of the day Of the week.
Consul Crouch of Milan, in dispatch
to the stste department, reports the per-
lection OF . machine 10 be used in silk
spinning, with which it Ia estimated "the
reeler can increase her work 20 to 25 per
cent, aud with less trouble and more pre-
cision than by the old method"
A cloud burst occurred at Sparta
Church, Miss., Monday night week, de-
yastatlng tho country Tor miles around.
man named Inmsn, encRmped with his
family near riyuiet, awoke N the night
to find himself surrounded by water. All
escaped except q girl of 2 years, vino
was drowned.
James Little, alias William Robinson,
escaped some years ego from the Moth
Caroiira peuitentiary and settled quietly
in Knoxville, Tenn. whsre he accumu.
lated considerable property. He WAS dis.
covered few dase ago and taken "a
Releigh Sunday afternoon to serve the
remaining three years of four yesrs
sentence for larceny.
II ia explained" at the State Depart.
ment, that tno letter to Lord Mayor Sex,
ton, of Dublin, which, tina latter asserts
was broken open in transit, twas purely
a routine communication, acknowledging
the receipt of copy of the resolutions Of
aympsthy with the Johnstown food suf.
ierers adopted by the Dnblin Council.
The letter was signed by Acting Score
tary of tate Wharton, and not by Presi
dent Harrison"
One hundred leading citizens of st.
Louis met there en- Saturday under cal
by Governor Francis and Mayor Noonar
to consider the expediency OF holding &
worlds fair in st. Louis in commemora
ton of the discovery OF America by
Columbus. 1t was unanimously agreed
"tbst the citizens of st. ouis shoult
prt forth every exertion aud make every
effort possible to secure the holding Of
the great exposition in this city in 1892 ;
Dnring Jnly "a, ZIG imniRrants landed
at CATTLE Garden, New York, agains
2S 600 in July, 1888. Every month thi
year has been marked BY gradual de
crease in European immigration. Among
the reasons advanced are difflsulty il
finding employment here, inducementl
offered by various South American gov
ernments and encouragement to remain
at home given by foreign monarchie
whose surplus population has beer
worked off in past years.
In the United States court at Littli
Rock, Ark, on Saturday Judge Caldwell
rendered decision in favor Of the Irol
Mountain & Hot Springs railroad, VIII,
were charged by the Little Rock Il Mem
phis railroad with discrimination in favo
OF another line. Judge Caldwell hell
that there was no power in the laws o
the Urited States, either in the inter
state commission or in the United State
courts, compelling one railroad to entel
into convention as to rates with com
peting roads.
The war department has awarded til,
contract for furnishing castings and fnrg
ings for 10-iuch rifle to the STANDARD
steel Casting Company OF Thurlow, Pa
at ~ cents per pound. The contract FOL
furnishing the army with forgings fol
three hoops and parts OF breeoh mechan
ism for 10 inch steel wire gan, ha
heen awarded to the Bethlehem Irot
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