Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-02-21

sidney T. Fslrchid. father of Secretary
OF the Treasury Fairchild, died nj nj home
in Cazenovla, New York, on Ftiday. He
WAS stricken with apcpleS3 Thursday
evening. He YVES 50 years OF age.
Petitions are circulating In Essex county.
New Jersey, for u local option e,ection, uni
II is thought the 500 signatures reqIred
10 order yne elae'loa Will bb Obtained Ia a
few days. Newark is the contra OF tbs peer
brewing interest Of the country.
TINS washing on Star Says that the com.
pla,nanr Dr.. Rocers, ~ The Pan E'pcltle
| cnse OF Rorers against Garinnd, intends tn
summon President Cleveland efiar tine 4th
! OF Mar, h 10 testify as 10 statements in 70.
/ gard 70 the Pan Elfcrue 01mpany alleged
! 10 have been made to ihs President by Mr..
! Garland, Casey Young, senator Harris and
others.
According to a dispatch from CHICAGO all
the members OF ths Canadian prl apelt
| viii he tnvlted 10 uaka r. rour oil the princi-
pal cities In this couutry. A number Of
con2Te amen will be- iuvitsd to do the
honors 10 guides Tor she visitors. The pro-
posed Xcu sion Will art about May lat
from $ sp4nston Bridge. TIE expeuses OF
the excursion will he b0rae by q few 9entle-
map unless Congress sees ~ 10 make an
/ precipitation for the purpose. Later in
tue season 1t Is proposed to have the inter.
state commerce GOmmiss loners visit Canada
stopping at every pollt whore railroad
communication bitw5en the two countries
exists.
The Grand Lake Coal Company, ono Of
the largest coal Il ms Ia Pitt burg 90 = iday
confessed judgments Tor 5D,IU0 Ia trust
for certain creditors. Ths en3rln made d
levy on threa OF their toxb11's. The OK.
tent Of thu failure Is not known. but It i;
Hatd tho enb srrass ment dat back to lasi
august, when the rrrnt sOrm at New
Orleans destroyed a lgfga amoInr Of rht
coal and craft Persons interested stat
that tho Indebtedness OF the Arm will ex
coed 52)0,Gl0, ami may reach $500 0D1, tn,
company has been shipping SIX to sevei
million bushels ut coal Annually to lowe
ports, and 2,0oco0O 10 New Orleans ant
Galveston.
The "Harmonlsts" on Friday commemo
rated the ssh anniversary a their societ
vt the village OF Economy, In We-teri
Pennsylvania. The sect WAS founded b.
George Rspp, with about go members, 4
await an expected second coming o
Ohrist, which Rapp imagined would tax
place IN 1883. To prepare for this seoJn
advent, he insisted that bls follower
should sunder marital ties. and those VIII
vera not yet married should tuke VOWS Q
cslioacy" They also put all their none
and property in common fund. The com
I sbltl1u Il1lHuulN III louO, III
prospered greatly by fruRality and industr
= and their lands are said to be now wort
/ ss0.0t0,000.
! The Catholic Re,os OF New York Frida
recsived the following caplesram froi
Rome: Yesterday only two cardinals re
ceivei tbeit hats, Dusmet and Mach
D'Annible being too airk 10 attend the oel
n emory, This preeonizition OF the foilog
: ing bishop. took place: John Foley.
d iroit; J In J. Hsnness y, to Wichiti
I Thomas Hsslin, TO NRtchez 7. ]. Dowlin
a was irao.la lated from Pstarblrp, Canada, I
!. Hamilton, Canada, and Dean 0'Oonnor vi
4 named for tue former sea, Bishop John
i. K4aae, Rector Of the American Oathol
!. University, was namei to tho Titular 50
:. OF Aiasso, and IN the consistory OF Mig
A 0'C0nnell, rector OF the American Colleg
- In Rome, asked tor and received the pa
ia llum for Archbishop Janssens Of New o
~ leans.