Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-21

The leather firm of William Johnson &
Company, of Boston, which failed, filed
e petition in Insolvency last week. Tho
amount foy which they failed is 4iiS 1886.
admiral Ghersrdi, whose management
of affairs Of Hayti, during the troubles
there last summer, won for him the
thanks OF Secretary Tracy, has been or
dertd to proceed TO the West Indies
again. He will go down in either the
kearsarge or Galena.
A dam ct McuieIlnn's Touring mill,
about mile west OF Alton, Ontario,
broke yesterday morning week and the
water swept 10 the town. Six mill dams,
four bridges and several mills and dwell,
ings were destroyed, and au aged couple
named Harris were drowned.
Tue Hickory Ridge coal mine at sha-
mokin, Pa, owned by W, l. Scott. has
suspended operations indefinitely. II il
expected that the Hickory Swamp mine
Will also shul down. Tie cause assigned
10 the dulnes3 Of the COAL trade in the
West. Five hundEed men are ont of work.
Tbs leading manufacturers OF loft
deGG whiting papsrs ia Eoiyose. Mass,
have concluded TO shut DOM their mills
tC relieve the market OF the surplus now
on hand. They claim that fully % tons
are produced daily, more than the
market requires, and for ak months there
has been decline in prices.
At the monthly meeting OF the direc-
tors OF the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
last week President Mayer presented the
annual report, which showed the gross
esrDinER TO be 1921 1903 DOL; the expenses,
! . pft An
SG,402 ,l57.
Premier Msroior OF Quebec arrived in
| Montreal Thursday from Baltimore. He
said that 'what he did say in Baltimore
was that among French and British
Canadians there were both anneI6tionists
and snti-Rnnexslionsts, and that the lat
ter we're in the majority"
Assistant Attorney.geuesal Tyner of
the post eilloe department has decided
that the printing Of advertisements
closely Resembling United States money
orders is violation OF the spirit of the
law, and has ordered that their prbliea-
tion and distribution be discontinued at
once.
big deal in the Ohio oil FIELD was
contaminated Thursday by wh.ch j. Il.
Mckinney OF TiEusyIlle, Pa, and Nav
York and Philadelphia capitalists secured
70, 600 acres OK territory. The company
will erect refner!es and will operats as
an independent concern. The land is
situated in Findlay and vicinity.
A dispatch from .as ve~niiicn Resar.
yatiCn IN northern Minnesota, says tbs
the Boise Fort GhippsWaR haze accepted
the preparations Of the government made
| =.
regard 10 taking lands 10 seysrnlty, ,ond
n for tia purpcss have celed to tho Uai.el
STATES thei: reservation, embracing about
1l6 OO0 ac,ea.
Third Assistant Postnaster. general
Hszsn has submitted 10 tho Postmaster.
general his estiuNe7 of The eHper az
;ures required for postage a,s,ups,
stamped envelopes, posiM cards, NC, fol
2 the service, ior the fiscal yoa- beginn,na
July lsf, 1880. Tue total amount asked
for IS 81, 3oG, 500. THIS smount is So, 26l
leon than the appropriation for tho present
year.
TIE American Manufacturer state.
that 20 pc, cent o; the forge companies
o. the country have formed a cosabina
, tion Tor mutual protection. It is ciaimef
. thst the combination hos nans of tht
, features OF trust, as tic several com
4 nsn!os rctGic their identity and have
, complete ohorga Of thor works, SO the
the business will be carried on tho same
az uRaai. Some effort VIII be medic 4
gnslain Pr'cea.
! Ehbeit y, Hall, kuovn in ~op.Ea Kan.
u ns Alexander, snd VINO il wanted il
L Pueblo, Col, for emaezSlemcnt, hea beel
. arrested in Washington. Ii his room tb,
o pa!ice faVnd fonr cola watcher aud Eeys
i. Iel Eisc74 Of jgvHlry s7t witt diamonds
o He represented hims j. IN Philadelphia
. rs Fred O Harpe,, ca Ei5r o' he ban
G Of Sheridan, Mot and usad cards sit!
tiht geIst'amG2's pacls and caisisl deyic
cation printed upon tbam, In ais posHe;
slcn WIS IS boed c. eEhahs GU tic aboy
y las nod bSnk, and the a.Ghs disclosed III
So Sac, that g n1mN r Of thom Leo bee
x GtaWn Tor con9iacfabie Sums 20 tho asde
"a o. wartime Pc soGg Many hlauF drnft
:. or gestetn banks werJ al.o disco .aa il
: i.a room.
" dispatch from COrirEtan. n Hama
Is aays STAT Freshly ii ht week u Brown
G.FTe! q a371try Glvrch, aSaa. tsi
miles tJam CoviAg en-, so persona. aiq
guiEE: vi i @ai,0 csp5 snd Haahs. escs
. b,a1.aRei aud armed w.lh club, e4s4rc
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