Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
IN GENERAL.

| The machine shop and foundry at Glen
Rock, Pa, was burned last Thursday
night. Loss, $4,000; covered by insur
ance.
Dr.. MoDow, the slayer OF Captain
Dawson, WAS Thursday expelled from the
south Carolina Medical Society at q spe-
cial meeting at Charleston.
The steamer Sandy Hook did not make
her proposed trial to beat the Mon
months time on Sunday last as there was
an accident to her machinery on Satur-
day, which neoessitated postponement.
Anita and Merriam Boggs, maiden sis
ters, committed suicide in Jackson
county, Virginia, Tuesday week by taking
arsenic. They left note, signed jointly,
saying there was nothing in life for old
maids, and they were tired OF it,"
A mob of masked men attacked the
house of Nancy Yincsut, q notoriou' re
sort at Montpelier, Indians, on Wednes
dav N ght week One male inmate Was
whipped with switches, and the Vincent
woman was tarred. The other inmates
escaped. The house and furniture were
demolished.
The bodies OF Mrs. John Mc9regor and
two children were found in ten inches OF
water in a small creek, near Youngstown,
Ohio, Thursday morning. The woman
had first drowned her children and then
herself. Her husband had left her ia
destitute circumstances, and on wednes.
day she was ss.n begging for food.
1t has been decided BY the secretary Of
the treasury that so.oAlisd sauss3es, con
Stating of finely chopped pork, encased in
O skin and enclosed in air tight tins, are
not entitled to free entry by assimilation
to bologna sausages, but are properly
classified as "prspired meats" duuable
at the rate OF 20 per oeut ad valorem.
The Colorado river at Columbus. Texas,
Is 81 feet high and rising. The lowlands
are hmm lated aud the crops are de.
stroyed, rhs damage to the cotton crops
is very heavy People are moving to tue
highlands 1t has been raining there for
three weeks. II the water rises one foo
higher railroad communication will BIZ
cut on
The Postmaster Ge1eral Thursday
opened proposals for furuis hing the Post
office Department with postal cardi for
four yaars. BEGINNING O,t ,ber Ist next.
There we're twelve sets of bids received
A material raduotion in prices from tn
present cnntrhct was obtained Tue
lowest bidder was Alfred paBgstt, OF
BROOKLYN
A. cornell of 10 c,iia'a ot the Chip
pewas or Bad River Il Nerva.ion Thur.
oag Red Clpn j, b sck RIr4 aud otn-rs
stated their many grlAvHup-s tn Captain
Leahy United States lHd ~ agent rn"y
want St25 mo aunuit ~ wlth back dnes
nSed them ny the CAV rnnant and vii
send Il lrgRtes TO Warrington TO urgs
their GAINS
All hut three iron aud s'eal q ms IN
the VICINITY OF PiWRnurg hsva signad IN.
animal wage hcIe % tHe Amllynna'Et
Iron and Steel No 'ti. hey AZ
~c9oenh.,eer " o., A VI Bver7 1t 20
and the Lniu steel Com psnv tA'
bean state that Clrpeg'e, pltp9 ~ Q :
VIII pay the SaHs wage az ara pad "a
ntper mi IL q iag The atm klni IT ~prs
until JAnuTy 1t. AtFcr II It date IA
: wages Will he d sei ~ the .e I'M pr rs
) . tii'ett II thu prica Drops The Ct-nrcit
hrm vii havS su sisLn's.a nv r tn u
p,nps'i'or1 aud u tae prieas aiY ~,
4 MS other irms will have an ivautGgp
! 8v'4 the G rrreie hrn.
i In DRcemher lar tfa d pa,t rent NJ
Q a2rcu'tur rtesiv. 4 tr N tbs ciiet sec
rAtarys Office at Bri-btn., Q '-u iaId
\ Australia commune ii . gpsa in
the Department u IN nave 10 tina GOV
!, eminent Snitah q person 10 be app in
"A instructor in bgr on'ture > ure'ar'
h RuEk yes erdIy appointed Prn'e-s,- -
n ward NJ shelton of NJ .nha tan HANS,
" To the POSITION and 81 informed thr Au
It ra,iRu goyernuen Professor hi
y tas for many yeurl been professor o
/ prAc,ica' az inuitur6 in tue X ,nsls STRAIT
4 A rtg .t,l (1fnt aF,n IL. h 80 aIs han
~ rnnntcted with the Michigan Agriculture
Ia College and erFGged In tesoDiug an
practicing agriculture undrr the suspice
Of the Japanese government
The directors o. the Pullman Palace Ca
Company Ftiiay DE- 'lhred tue usup
'- quarterly dividend OF two dollars per sinai
' from mel earnings.
Mnjor Warner, comm nder-in. chief O
70 rhe Grand Army OF the Il 'public has Il
% 5ue0 II general order, in which ms urges n
:, he q Il, posts of ths country TO sen
50 a. Large ielegat Gus rs possible to the M
tionll Eleampment at Milwaukee. In
10 parade will taka place A gus " n
e Thr ltot smore, tho largest freight carry
ol ing 1T HmsGlp on the Allan ic, ths fret {
~ ia new s'"lmshipn tlr the Baltimore se
p vice OF the Joan1ron line, sailed from Li'
81 erpool for Baltimore on the 2rh Inst. ~
r. IL constructs t. carry l,2l5 cattle Ht
%, dimensions are AIS feet IN length, 46 fe
y. 5 inehes In breadth, and 81 feet TO thu sps
20 dack. She has weight carrying capacit
~ II q, 800 tons, and her speed Will br IL kao
y psr hour. Her engines will develop $50
10 morse power.
is. II is now supposed that five men, instea
~ Of three, were killed IN the explosion OF th
We mill Of the r. b. Stone Lumber Compan.
OF In Chicago. on Thursday. When II
-, coroner went to the mUrgnb to hold an II
ny quest 1t was discovered that ths hndi
on which wera supposed to ba those OF Fog
re neer King and Laborer Doisr were the r
it mains OF unknown persons. King az
se Doiler are missing. and their bodies a.
u supposed to be In the debris OF the bull
cir ing. subsequently the body OF one OF Il
", unknown men was identified as that
ne John Payel.
M Ins Sc Rotary OF the Treasury has 4
Is formed william W. Lang, Uaited Stat
air Consul at Hamburg, Germany, who
re about TO return to this country, and wi
a asks that his personal and household effec
ro- b. admitted 10 entry without exdminAtio
~, that the effects ut consuls ara subject to Il
by same requirements Of law and regulation
rs, as the effects OF other persons arriving
az this country, aud that the department
Wy without authority to grant his request, l
liza asmuch rs the examination OF his etfst
and the assessment OF duty on such hous
hold effects as have not been used abrol
for one year are required by law.
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