Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
IN GENERAL.

AS, 1875 900, 800, 900, at 1U65.
The sixth annual convention of the
National Confectioner's Association |
opened Tuesday in New York. About |
100 delegates were present from all parts
Of the country.
The Judiciary committee of the New
Hampshire house OF representatives voted
Tuesdays to ito report the Option
License bill. The measure also includes
the repeal of the Insurance act.
William Kirby, an assistant bathing
master, was drowned Tuesday at Long
Branch while trying to save the life of
William Hirsch, q foolish young New
Yorker, who ventured too far out. Hirsch
Shl go. aehoTe in on exhausted condition.
Four more iron firms in Pittsbnrg have
signed the Amalgamsted Wage Scale:
Oliver Bros. d Phillips (three iron mills
and one steel plant employing over 5000
mep), j. Painter d Sons. Moorhead Bros
u Co., and Union Rolling Mill Co., of
Cleveland, o.
The car lead of wines and preserved
fruits sent TO MIR. George W. Childs by
the citizens of Los Al geles, California,
for the benefit of the JUhnstown suffer
ers, was sold Tuesday at auction by M.
Thomas & SONS, Philadelphia, the amount
realized being 81, 2l2 GO.
A meeting OF the Retail Shoe Dealers
National Association was held Tresiay
in Boston, Among the questions dis.
cussed vas "bow to promote tho honesty
OF employees and. on this point the
general opinion seemed wisely to be
"thst adequate pay and good example
of honesty aud diligence in business
would produce the desired result,
The members of the Philadelphia
Board OF Surveyors and the Chief Engi'
nesr and Surveyor returned Tuesday
from Johustown, where they had gone by
invitation, in order to suggest measures
to prevent future disasters by food. They
think that the streams should be widened.
detpened ana Strengthened and the level
of the ground raised from to 10 feet.
The superintendent of the Philsdel-
phia public schools, in his annual report
to the board of education Tuesday,
stated the number of school buildings to
be 25S; SCHOOLS, d50; teachers, 52i,
pupils, 1866 The value OF the real
estate and furniture is "a T6l ,421;
amount OF school expenses, 81 357 1872,
and the cost per pupil, including night
schools, $50 n,
In the United States circuit court in
Boston, Tuesday, counsel for the Bell
Telephone Company made 8 motion that
the company be allowed to withdraw its
answer in the government suit and file,
instead, plea. Ju1ge Colt set next Sat.
urday as the time for hearing on
the motion. The court also extended,
on motion OF District Attorney Calvin,
for three months from July 18th, the time
for taking the governments testimony.
The Legislature Of Rhode Island met
4 in special session Tuesday to enact q
/ law for the regulation OF the liquor traffic.
A committee was appointed TO report a
license bill on the 10th inst, to which
y date the Legislature adjourned. Before
a adiourning, license bill was introduced
|. in the House, which includes among it
provisions, local option with the license
/ to manufacture or sell fixed ct not les,
O tbRn 81 600 and the retail license at mo-
q | han $500.
/, General Felix Agnus OF the Baltimore
K American, called upon Secretary Rusl
o Tu,E lay and presented him with ,tht
fine mare which the secretary rode OF
the occasion of the festival held last MAJ
at General Agnus' country seat. Sh
was the saddle horse Of the four.hors
= team that pulled the big hay wagon Of
which the newspaper correspondent
were taken from the railroad depot t
NJ General Agnus' house, the secretsr
:, driving the team. The mare is ful
n blood PercheroD, II hands high an
II pure white in color. The secretary Wi
4 send her TO his farm in Wisconsin,
ID The eighth National Christian En-
deayor convention met Tuesday in th
Armory OF the First Regiment, Philade
phis. At least 5000 delegates are i
}. attendance from all parts of the Unite
~ States aud Canada The Rev. Francis f
50 CLARK. d. D., of Boston, was elects
D. president. The report OF the generG
" secretary was read, showing that thel
y are in the union nearly 5000 societit
., and 500, 900 members. The conventio
u sermon was preached by the Rev. d.
- Wells, Of Montreal.
Tho board OF appraisers met in Ne
Z York Tuesday. The Secretary of Ii
Treasury presented several Gases wher
m appeal bad been made to him. In on
'h case wicker work basket, one of man
as imported by Postmaster General Want
as maker, was approved by the Philade
o. phiG official under the Lead of boxes IN
r. assessed at So per cent ad vnlorem. Nj
sh Wanamsker appealed, declaring it was
=. basket and therefore only dutiable at
g. per cent. The board held with the Phi
d, adelphia appraiser, and Mr.. Wauamakt
will have 10 pay the high rate. The wor
re of the board will take at least two week
os and many vexed questions will probabl
ag be settled.
u Two councils were held with the Il
" dians Mt Grow Greek Agency, in Sou,
III DAKOTA Tuesday. The leading CHI
e. replied to the arguments of the commi
az siUners, claiming that the eovernmer
": had failed to treat them properly. The
ia said that "they formally owned va
*. territory, and that their lands ha
ay dwindIed without their getting anythir
" for it, until they had but little left. al
u, now were asked to sell psrt OF that. The
re did not have enough for themselves al
es their children who would come aft
60 them" At the conclusion OF the co
iu ferences those in favor OF the bill beRi
ne signing, but it was doubted whether Il
requisite three.fouSths could be obtaine
10 Samuel b. Leach, the expert maohini
,as who was alleged to be one of the co
~ spirators in the Electric Sugar Compai
20 swindls in New York. was discharge
VI from custody Tuesday. When the ca
~ ~ was called for hearing DR.. Peter Cass
~ New York, who eau ed the arrest, ask
~, for another continuance. The fact W
~ then developed that the New York graz
:, Jury had adjourned without finding
~, Indictment against Leach, aud Dr.. Ga
'S wanted him held until another graz
W Jury had considered his case. The cou
~ ~ he'd that he couid not do this and d
~ charged the prisoner. Then, on col