Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-11
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Thursday by the gases in an old cesspool.
Peter Peterson was struck and killed
by lightning from 90 almost clear aky, !"
near Doland, 8. D., on Tuesday evening.
Guy Quanoe, aged years, was acci-
dentally SHOT and killed by his brother,
near Scott City, Kan, Tuesday week, while
they were hunting rabbits.
Judge Veazey of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, has gone to ST. Louis,
Kearney and other points farther west
10 hear causes assigned for trial at those
points.
The 18TH annual convention OF the
Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit As
ISOLATION opened in Denver, Ool., on
Tuesday. A committee WAS appointed to
consider the question OF the salaries Of
postal clerks.
HIKE " Meller, lumber dealers of
Ontigo, Wis, failed last week, with liabil.
tiles reported Ok $5l8, 900, and assets at
100000. The f.ilure vas preoipitatei
by an attachment for 800, 900 in favor OF
the National BInk Of Oshkosh.
d, j. Roberts, assistant general naHsen-
ger agent Of the Pennsylvania railroad ut
Cincinnati, has forwarded his resignation.
He has accepted the appointment OF as
sistant general passenger agent of the
Erie road, with headquarters at Chicago.
A freight train ON ths Baltimore Il Ohio
road WAS wrecked near Warrington, West
Virginia, on Thursday. Engineer CoEdell
aud Rn unknown man were killed. The
wreck took fire and rs cara and contents
were almost totally destroyed.
Ssavey, Foster & Bowman, mauufic-
tuners of sewing silk and machine twists,
in Boston, are involved in tile niTair4 OF
the Potter Lowell Company and the firm
has taken steps towSrd making an assign
msnt. The liabilities ars quite iargs, but
cannot yet be ata.ed with any degree o.
ACCURACY.
This United States steamer KearsarSs
has been ordered from New York TO
Aspinwall. Ii is supposed that this
action is based upon runners OF threat
ened railroad strike at that place. In.
formation to that effect has been received
at the state department from Consul
General AdRmson, at Panama.
j. ]. s. Nicholson Of Lewiston, Mars
land, has been arrested BY post-oiiico ia
apectors on the charge Of being in aurre-
spondence with ''graen goodg" men III
New Jersiy. Under the law passed by
Congress Iaroh "a, 1se9 i. Wa3 made a
penal offence for any one n mai = letter
ordering 'sBrsen goods" and this arrest
IL the first under thst act.
Rufus Barrett, FIRE 4ght conductor,
| from Evansville, Indiaua; James Ryan OF
Philadelphia, AMI Brakeman William
Bkidmore of Brooklyn, I'll green hands,
employed i'll the New York Central rail
road yards In New York, while employed
in coupling cara, we're moro or less badly
injured Thursday by being caught be-
crushed.
The Prohibition Law went into effect III
Deadwood, Lead City, and all the mining
towns in the Black Hills, yesterday week.
The saloon men In Dsadwood have been
selling right along ever the Law wa,
passed in open defiance of the prohibi.
ton sentiment Yesterday wesk SO in
functions were served on hs many saloons
tbs doors closed, and the property taker
possession OF by the sheriff,
Frank Adler, carpenter, climbed 15C
feet up the Bteeple 81 tic German Luth
erGn Church, III st. Louis, on Tuesday.
to replRce the spise. While arranging tc
descend his foot became tangled in
rope, and in stopping over &c release hi,
foot he became oparhaianced and fell
His body bounded off oornice, th9i
struck the roof Of the church and fell tt
the ground shapeiess lnass.
Acting Secretary Wharton hes sen
to the widow OF General Bsuundi
the following telegram i'll reply 10 he!
message to the President last Moude,
wseg: president desires mo to So
that be has received your telegram 10
nOuncing death OF your husband, Gen
Barruneia. While deenly HympRthigin(
with you In your affection he await
oifioial details OF the occurrence neoesGar,
to determine his action in regard thereto
Tbs matter, you may be assured, vii
recelVa most careful attention"
The paper of the Worcester, Mass.
Steel Works has gone to protest in Boz
ton, in consequence Of the Potter Lovel
, failure. The steel works manegeEG say
"rhe suspension Of the banking huus
in Boston may incomnods tue Worceste
Steel Works and compel them to latgel
increase their stock under new name
say the Worcester Ateel, OoRl and Iro
Company limited, and possibly to IL
, move their works to Management Bay
j where their coal mine is and near wher
their lion mine is"
, A convention OF confectionefs, repre-
senting the states OF New York, Pennsy
vania, New Jersey and Delaware, wa
/ held in Harrisburg Thursday. What wi
| be known ss tho Middle States Confet
TONERS Association Was organized by IL
election OF the following officers: lrss
dent, James HOLLYWOOD, Buffalo; FIRST Viz
!. President, Mr.. Croft, OF the firm OF Oro
: ~ Allen, PhiiadelphiS; Second Vice Pres
? dent, j. 4. Darby, Baltimore; Secretary
s 8. W. Messick; Treasurer, Jacob Reamei
5 Pittsburg. Eleven member OF the execl
: tive board were also elected. The pu
l pose of the ASSOC alton is to prevent tn
: adulterstion OF candies and to promoi
the interests OF conteotioneEs.