Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-18

Henfy sleDert tobacco commission mer
chant in New York, has suspended. His
| liabilities are estimated at S25O0
The Richmond Terminal directors or
| Friday reelected the old officers and de
elared q dividend Of p per cent on the
| preferred stock.
Mrs Lucy Fayerweather, widow of the
New York leather merchant Daniel b.
| FAyerweather, whose big will decided over
S2,OO0,t00 TO colleges, has determined To
contest the instrument.
The directors of the Worlds Fair, in
Chicago, Friday night, appointed Moses p.
Handy, the well-known journalist, to be
chief of the department of publicity, at a
salary, it is understood, of $1,000 year
A freight train on the East Tennessee,
| Vagina u Georgia road was wrecked near
Atlanta Ga, on Friday. Morgan Findall,
engineer, and Dock Gray, brakeman, were
killed, and w. I. ferris, fireman, was
fatally injured.
Work has been resumed at Buck Ridge
and Cameron collieries at Shamokin, Pa.
At all the collieries Of the Reading com
pany IN that region the working time has
been increased three hours per day. This
will affect 1000 miners in Shamokin.
During fight in Brooklyn, n. ", on
Thursday night, James Terrell fatally
stabbed james McManus. The combatants
were employed by Tho Western Irn;nn
Telegraph Company as messengers.
The strike in the yard of the Baltimore
q Ohio Railroad Company at Glenwood.
Pa, is ended. Full crews were at work
ba;ng bar9llad ~ az ", "
Nh Miniiaae uiiilctl1E. me
in other yards.
nullding IN course OF erection in
brooklyn, \. T., was blown down on Fri
uay ~ lefi on y one-Slofy hrlek structure
occupied py NlGhoilnl l1elphino, an Italian
s ;rL ana nus VIE and twochldren;
me ldlnlly was buried IN the ruins. All
were rescued awe save Roslna, a l2-years-
Ola glfl, VINO was Killed.
The treasury department onBFriday pur-
chased 100000 ounces of silver as follows.
100000 ounces at Slot 10000 ounces Al
Sl,054 $1,000 ounces at 81 $3.50, 25.0OO
ounces at 81 .0559, $4,000 ounces at 81 .056O;
10000 ounces at S1.05iS, 100000 ounces at
Sl.O5I0, $1,000 ounces at Sl.0575 75.ODD
ounces at 81 ,0579, 10000 ounces at 81 .O5SU.
25,00O ounces at Sl.0590
Deputy United States Marshal r. NJ.
Roper left Rolla, Mo-. d week ago far !,
point 40 miles south of that place to arrest
Illicit distillers. On Thursday his body
was found in lumber camp with the head
cut off The ground gave evidence that he
had defended himsclfto the last. 4 NOON
sinner named Lane has been arrested Iii
connection wit the murder.
The name of the indianapolis. decatur
e. Western railway has been changed 10
the indianapolis, Decatur x Quincy. Righf
Of way has been secured for IN extension
of the road from Decatur. ILL.,. to Boards
town, The Decatur & Western has been
consolidated witlithe INDIANAPOLIS. Decatur
d Quincy, and this, with CONNECTIONS. Min.
ii is claimed. make a short line hpfwre,,
New York and Denver.
ON Friday afternoon an express train
picked up a man lying on the railroad in
the lower part of Harrisburg, Pa His right
shoulder and arm were crushed, but ii lie
hospital he pretended not to knew how IL
received his injuries. He gave the name If
Edward Hendricks, and said his home was
at SO Cherry street. Reading. A Xii ~
burglar tools was found upof him. Hen.
bricks is about u years old
The morocco workers in Lynn, Mass.
have, il is said resolved that if the manu-.
factirers do not settle the present labor