Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-05
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cling money order funds.
The Office of the Times. Record, Pro.
hibition paper of Valley City, Dakota,
was completely demolished by mob Lash
Tuesday week.
Herman Mueller, aged So years, bar.
keeper in Baltimore, committed suicide
Thursday by shooting himself through
the breast.
The first bslo OF cotton for this season
was sold in the New York Cotton Ex
change Thursday. II was OF inferio
quality and brought 10t cents.
The carpenters strike at Birmingham,
Alabama, is virtually ended, nearly all
the contractors having granted an in
crt sse of Eve cents per hour.
The Supreme Legion Select Knights,
A o. U. W, closed its biennial session
Thursday in Kansas City. Pittsburg
was selected as the next place of meeting.
The Rev. DIR. Yost, chancellor OF the
University of Florida, Thursday pre-.
sented to Heidelberg College, at Tifiin,
Ohio, museum OF curiosities. valued at
960, 1000.
Oliver Wendell Holmes celsbrated his
50th birthday at Beverly Farms, Thurs
Of congratulation from all parts of the
country.
The leather factory of Stephen Dow 4
Co., at Woburn, Mass, has resumed
operations, all the hands returning to
work at reduction Of from 81 to $3.50
per week.
A. M. FORSYTH and Mrs. Killer. Of i'm
moral reputation, we're visited by a COM
..naN 80 Dnw IL - l.
given each coat of tar and feathers, and
warned to leave that part Of the country.
They left.
The Ironton Pig Iron Works, near
Buffalo, New York with capacity OF 100
tons OF iron per day, were started up
Wednesday by Cincinnati parties. who
have leased the plant. The works had
been shut down TOR sixteen years.
Charles W. Thompson, merchant and
postmaster at Thompson's post.ofioe,
Montgomery county, Md, has been
arrested on charges of forgery amount
ing to about $500. He resisted arrest
with knife AMI pistol, but was over
powered and committed to jail.
James NJ. Newbaker was aasassinated
at Satartia, Mississippi, on Wednesday
week, as he was entering his house. An
attempt was made to kill him about
year ago. He was prominent politician
and candidate for the legislature before
the last county convention.
telegram from Pittsburg says the
| difficulty between the window glass
| workers and their employers lis still as
| far from settlement as in the start. The
conference committee Of the manufacture
| ers has not yet asked for a conference
with the workers. committee, therefore
the lockout will extend into September
and possibly October"
The sales agents OF the six great coal
| producing companies met last week in
New York and decided to restrict the
| production for September to 5000, 600
tons, decrease of about 900. 900 tons
from the corresponding month LAST year.
No change was made in the price, but
that matter was left open until Septem-
Der llth, when another meeting will be
held.
The National Cotton Committee OF the
Farmers' Alliance has promulgated
series OF resolutions advising farmers to
sell no cotton before September, except
| what may be absolutely necessary to meet
obligations. September 18th is ap.
pointed as the day when the authorized
representative of each sub alliance shall
meet the county alliance to receive in.
structions from the National Cotton Com
mittee.
The treasury department was recently
informed that large number Of Cuban
cigar makers were coming into Key West
In violation OF the contract labor law.
The emigration agent of Key West was
thersupon asked for statement, and, in
response, he has reported to the de-
partment that these Cubans are constantly
passing into and out of the United
States, but that thsre is no evidence of
the existence of contracts for employment
which would make their entry illegal.
mass meeting Of the striking miners
OF the Chicago, Wilmington and Vermil.
lion Goal Company was held at Braid
wood, Ill, Wednesday week and II was
unanimously decided to accept the u per
cent reduction offered by the operators at
the Chicago conference, provided the
l.company would agree to allow but three
men 10 work in place instead OF four,
as formerly, aud allow them certain other
slight concessions.
The schooner Landseer, the first Of the
Iceland fishing feet, arrived at Glouces-
ter, Mass, Thursday, with 1856 goo pounds
of fetched halibut. Che reports that the
snmmer on the Icelandic coast was the
finest ever experienced thore. American
vessels were not permitted to land fish
without paying for it. The schooner
Ben Hur also arrived at Gloucester yes.
teraay from the Grand Banks with
200, 900 pounds of goldfish. Three other
vessels brought an aggregate of 265, 900
pounds.
The Secretary OF War Thursday ac-
cepted the resignation from the army OF
Surgeon Joseph Y. Porter, who resigned
bucaune he was ordered from Jacksonville
to Louisiana DR.. Porter Is at present
State Health Officer OF Florida, and has
complete control of the precautionary
measures to prevent any yellow fever
epidemic. ae asserted that the order
directing him to proceed to Louisiana
was in violation of an understanding he
had with the War Department, by the
terms of which he was not TO be assigned
to active duty because OF disability in
Cured in the service.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
says that "a New York syndicate will
make liberal Investments in the purchase
of one or more ully-developed extensive
iron properties in the soutn if any Of that
character, with record Of good profits
in the past, ran be had at reasonable
prices. The Record also reports the sale
of the EmbreeviIle iron works, compris.
ing abont As 900 acres of timber and min.
eral lands near Jonesboro, Tenn, to an
English company who will, 1t is reported,
develop the property on a large scale at
an early day; also the organization of
two companies, with capital stock of
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