Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-26

There are four cases Of trichinosis in
Centreyille, Wisconsin, caused by eating
raw or partially cooked ham.
The backbone Of the Cornell Mills strike
al Fall River, Mass, seems to be broken
| Nearly half of the 900 looms are now rum
| ming.
Seventy longshoremen quilted work on
| the British steamer, Ripon City, at Boston
on Friday, owing to a difficulty between
the steamers captain and the walking boss
Of the longshoremen.
A policeman named Frank Kafta dis
| covered three young men in the commits
| sion Of burglary in Chicago on Thursday
night, and he shot and killed one of Them
| supposed to be Frederick Pothchild, who
| tried to escape.
| Gov. Hill of New York, has signed the
| bill which makes il mandatory upon the
authorities Of all cities of over 5000 in-
habitants to provide for the appointment
| of police mattons and for the separate
confinement Of female prisoners.
Isaac Buffard on Thursday attempted to
| cross Valley creek, near Birmingham, Ala
bama, in a wagon in which were his wife
and three children. The creek being
swollen the wagon and team were swept
down the torrent and the children were
| drowned.
There is unusual activity at the Cana
dian government cartridge factory in
| Quebec The factory is running full time,
and orders have been received from Ottawa
for al immediate establishment of fac
| tory to manufacture large Martini-Henry
ammunition.
The strike of the journeymen painters in
| indianapolis is ended The masters con-
ceded the eight-hour day and raised the
wages q cents over last years schedule
| The joufneymen agreed to allow the mas
take as many apprentices as they see fit.
Two young men named Kimhall and
Allen were arrested on Friday for attempt
ing to wreck Boston IL Maine passenger
train near Wells Maine. They confessed
that they placed sleepers on the track last
Monday, but said they did it for fun
and that they had been drinking at the
| time.p
The Worlds Fair architects have figured
ont plan whereby a great saving will be
made. The buildings, it is proposed shall
be constructed principally Of wood and
| staff. staff is the French name for a COM
parativey Inexpensive building material
| consisting chiefly of a composition of ce-
ment and gypsum,
Charles I. Norton, author Of hand
book of Florida, went to Tallahassee a few
days ago to discover, if possible, the much
talked of Florida volcano. He climed a
| tree to get view of the country, and as
| he was descending lost his footing and fell
| 10 feet. 1t is thought he is fatally injured
| lie is a correspondent of the New York
| World.
Miss Mitchell, missionary, on Friday
/ entered Il protest before Acting Secretary
Grant against allowing the lately hostile
Indians now in Chicago to be attached to
| an Indian show. She said that it would
be regarded by other Indians as a premium
on msbehayior and would also prove 10
| be injurious to the best interests of the
Indians directly concerned
A report has reached Wheeling, West
Virginia, that about 1000 Italians working
OH the Pittsburg, Ohio Valley and Cincin-
natl Railroad and a pipe line, about eight
| miles below Belaire, are organizing and
| are drilled in companies and regiment.
They are also receiving guns. 1t is said
that they have organized on account of an
order issued from Chicago"
Mrs. Quigley sister of Anthony Day,
who was hanged at Welland, Canada, in
December, 1890, for wife murder, died on
| Thursday in Rochester, New York. On
her death-bed she confessed that she had
melted Day to the murder, and helped him
when he pushed his wife over the preci-
pice, near the whirlpool Of Niagara she
held Mrs Days dress skirt over her face
and pushed on one shoulder while Day
pushed on the other.
sydney Dillon, president of the Union
Pacific railroad, on Friday confirmed the
report that the directors were arranging to
place blanket mortgage on the property.
II is said the mortgage will be made for
S25O,OOu,OOO, the largest ever recorded, and
will provide for taking Up the underlying
liens as they move and also for an inimt-
diate issue to pay off the floating debt. The
plan is expected to be completed in time
to present to the stockholders at their meet
ing next month.
1t IS reported from Cut Bank Mont, tile
present terminus of the great northern eX-
tension, that after the great storm of six
weeks ago, which threw 1000 men ont of
employment, numbers of them started in
the deep snow for Summit, ITO miits
further west. Many persisted from co d
and exposure. The record so far is sew II
from freezing, while large Numbers h d
arms and legs severely frozen. 1t is al o
certain that a great many have persisted
of whom no traces have been found and
whose bodies have made food for woly, 8
and coyotes.
A mass meeting of the Italians of New
York n"i is vicinity was held in Conner
Union Friday night to dnounce the lynch
ing Of their Cuuntrymen III New Orleans,
Five thousand Italians packed the hal :,
and more than as many more were unable
to gain entrance. Signor A. De Ange o
presided, and he and others made speechts s.
There was at times great excitement
among the audience, but quiet was p e.
served by the efforts OF the committee in
charge and police. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing the lynching of inno-
cent persons in New Orleans.