Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-19
IN GEN ERAL.


man, formerly Of Philadelphia, is reported
to be dying OF disease OF the spleen, IN
Denver, Col.
The convicts OF the Tennessee peniten-
tlary were on Saturday leased by the Ten
neseee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
| for el000 900 Per annum. The convicts Will
be employed in the company's mines.
| Negotiations for the settlement OF ethe
strike at the works of the Columbia Iron
Company at Lancaster, Pa, have been de-
clarad of. the company refusing to dis
charge the non'union men now In their
employ.
The great retail dry goods and notion
house of Bamberger, Bloom d Co., In
Louisville, Kentucky. was destroyed by
fire Sunday night. The loss is estimated at
nearly 81 900, 900. Six firemen were killed
by failing walls.
| DellajWalker, aged 10 years, committed
suicide by drowning at Langdon, New
Hampshire, last Friday night She was an
intimate friend of Miss Skinner Of Keene
and Miss Walker OF Springfield, Vermont,
| both OF whom took their own lives last
winter. All three attended the Vermont
| Academy together.
The Nicely brothers, confined in jail at
| Somerset, Pa, under sentence OF death for
the murder OF Farmer Umhurgor, vester-
day overpowered the sheriff, and. when
deputy sheriff went to his assistance, one
OF the brothers, with the sheritf's revolver,
shot the deputy, and both made good their
escape. The deputy's wound is serious
one. The fugitives were subsequently cap
tured.
The secretary OF agriculture is going to
make personal Investigation of the
sorghum sugar factories of Kansas. sit is
an industry we are fostering" he says,
''and We are going to make It q success.
Last year Fort Scott made 800, 900 pounds
at profit. The reason we continue gov
ernmental inspection Of this thing is that
we want to find the cheapest way Of rlak-
Ing the sugar."
At Pikeville, Kentucky, on Saturday,
Plient and Doll Mayhorn. two of the notori-
GUS Hatfield gang, were convicted Of the
murder Of the Mccoy brothers and sen-
fenced to Imprisonment for life. They
claimed that they were urged to the deed
by old Ance Hatfield. Ellison Mounts was
found guilty of the murder OF Z flora
Mccoy and sentenced to be hanged on
December Sd.
In the United States circuit court In San
Francisco, Monday Judge Sawyer rem
dered decision In the haDeas corpus case
OF Deputy Marshal David Maggie and dis
charged Maggie from custody. bill Of ex-
ceptions, filed by counsel for the state, was
allowed by the court, and pending an APP
! peal to the United States supreme court,
Maggie was ordered released on his own re-
coRnlzance, with bonds fixed at 5000.
A dispatch from Pittsburg says that the
negotiations for the eale of the large in
terests OF tie Monongahela river coal OPP
orators to an Eastern syndicate are pro-
crossing very satisfactorily. and It Is pretty
, generally believed among the coal men
that 1t will bs consummated by January LIST.
7 The larger operators will take stock IN the
. proposed company. 1t Is In the Intention,
II possible, for the operators to control a
. majority Of the stock and manage the az
fairs of the company.
, Frank Amos, a prominent citizen OF
! Morgan county, Ohio, was murdered at his
= | hnrna Mon1au hp ra hia nIpaa
: who literally hacked his face and head to
pieces with a butcher knife which she had
, carried four weeks avowedly for that pur-
s pose. Amos was picking berries In field
. with his wife when the attack was made.
, She and man who was passing on the
road were attracted by his cries and
reached him only In time to see him breathe
: his last and to see Mrs. Hamton and her
daughter run away. The murder grew out
OF a lawsuit, In which the testimony OF
Amos threw the costs on Mrs. Hamton.
The flood relief commission completed
u Its work In Harrisburg on Saturday. IL
j. was agreed 10 give Johnstown 81 100000
now. This will be distributed on abont the
v same basis as the first distribution. Up to
!. this time the commission has received
"a $2605, 114.22, and has on hand to-day
70 81 ,666, 456,50, subject to contracts not yet
7, completed amounting to S&S,0On, and APP
10 preparations to other pats OF the state OF
10 Ss4,190.05. In the Conemaugh Valley
ID 4769, 1872 40 has been expended. and In other
4, parts OF the state $i69, 275.02. SubscrIp.
N tons are still being received by the COM
mission.
= 81 The case of Mary Glynn of pi.tston. was
~ called In the criminal court In WilResbarre,
Pa, Monday. She is accused CT poison
1t ing her mother, Mrs. Mary Creaghau OF
,r Scranton, and also being implicated In
Of poisoning her father-in. law and her
ID mother-in-law some months ago, 1t is
~ alleged that the three victims were MUIR
10 dered by Mrs. Glynn and her husband,
20 Edward In order that they might obtain
90 the insurance placed upon their lives. The
ne prisoner appeared In court careworn and
he downhearted, and pleaded mot guilty.
ne Having no counsel, the court assigned two
r. members OF the bar to act In her defence,
m By request Of counsel her case was then
continued until next week.
The portraits of Generals Grant, Sher-
30 man and Sheridan, which were painted by
ry direction OF George W, Childs for the Mills
be tary Academy, at West Point, will be fcsp
Id mally presented to the Academy on October
n Sd. The ceremonies will be held In Grant
"a Hall during the afternoon, and 1t is ex-
~ pected that the Secretary OF War. Generals
" 6chotield, Howard Kelton and other promi-
nent gentlemen will be present. The corps
of cadets will parade and take part in the
ceremonies. General Horace Porter will
~ represent MIR. Childs on the occasion and
- will make an address In presenting the
n portraits. Colonel John NJ. Wilson, super
ne intendent of the Academy, will receive
cir them.
i'd A statue erected in memory OF Genera
yo Grant In Fort Leavenworth. Kansas, wsS
ed unveiled on Saturday. The cost OF the
I'D statue was betrayed by public subscription.
II, from all parts of the country. The statue
~ is bronze military figure OF heroic size
no nine feet high, upon q polished granite
ne pedestal OF equal height The left foot Il
ne slightly advanced and the left hand holdt
nd paper OF official appearance to whict
points the right forelinRer. A SLOUGH hat
which all the army veterans recognized n
once as Grants army hat, covers the head
The figure is draped In a long military
So coat, the cape thrown back over the shoul
lu- ders.
nd 1t is reported from Milwaukee that al
al American syndicate will oe formed to com
10. bat the English syndicate which Is attempt
- ing to control the beer brewing business o
.ot the world. The American syndicats, 1T Il
tn eatd, intend to form gigantic stock com
an pany, with a capital of $lu0,0N0.OG0, witt
he which virtually TO buy M any big brewer
The In the country. Vice-president Merkel o
iva the Kraus Merkel Matt Company, who con
~ firms the report says: 1--WE do not propos
AHA to be undersold by anybody. nor will W
attempt to crowd any ono else out Of tn
market by cutting prices below a livlni
Id. level. don't think prices will be at al
,er- affected"
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