Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03
IN GENERAL.

Mexico 1.-THE largest colony of Mormons
that is to be found outside of Utah.
Eight business blocks and the Congrega.
| tionalist Church at ST. Adams, Vt, were
destroyed by fire early Thursday morning
INVOLVING losses agsregating upwards Of
Colonel Jonas H. French, president OF
assignmentWe dnesday week. His liabilities
are estimated at 100000, which will ex-
coed his assets.
| A number of workmcn were buried by
q landslide near Tacoma, Washington,
| Nov. 25th. Twelve were killed outright
and several others were buried. AT last
reports rescuing parties were hard at
work.
The department of state last week re-
ceived official confirmation by Minister
| Conger of the resignation of President
the office of president by Vice-president
Peixotto.
The British government has notified the
Newfoundland government that its Bait
net Is unconstitutional, and proposes that
Canada and Newfoundland shall submit
a joint test case to the imperial priyy
council
Gov. Hovey's remains were taken from
indianapolis to Evansville Thursday
where they lay in state for two hours
They were subsequently taken to Mount
Vernon, where they were buried with mill
tary honors.
the American Steel Barge Works, for 1.-THE
first of American whalebacks.n The
vessels to be built will each carry i4o, 00C
bushels of wheat, and are intended exclu-
Sively for lake trade.
Robert j. Walker, son of Mayor Walker,
| at Helena, Mont, and said to be nephew
Of Secretary Blaine, while delirions at
Tacoma, Wash, on Nov, 25th, walked out
Of his window on the second floor of q
hospital and was killed.
Belle Forester shot and fatally wounded
her stepfather, John Morris, six miles
west of Shawneetown, ILL.,, Thursday.
The girl opposed her mothers marriage
to Morris few weeks ago. and is said to
have declared that she would kill him.
| An election for mayor was held in Provi-
dence, r. l., last week. The result was :
| William X. Potter, Democrat GAIL;
Charles $. Smith, Republican,, 6,305; Henry
q Clark, independent, 700, r. i Edmunds,
Prohibition, 29i; 5. ii. Bailey, National,
The President Wednesday week made the
| Sullivan of Illinois, United States consul
at bermuda, and Marcus r. SuIzer, Of
Indiana, special agent to make allotments
OF lands i'll severalty 10 the indians, by act
OF Congress approved February Sth, 1887,
vice Joseph Il. Gray.
Two men, giving the names of James r.
Smith and William Il. Collins of Florida,
we're intercepted in Jersey City on We'd
nesday week, while on their way to meet
a dealer in ''srcen goods in New York
CITY; They were taken into custody and
| held for concealed IaaAltt
weapons.
The foreign commission to further the
interests of the Worlds Fair in Southern
Europe has been appointed by Director
general Davis and consists of ViCe-presi-
dent Thomas u. Bryan and Harlow N.
Higginbotham of Chicago; Thomas Il.
Bayard, ex-United States senator, and
National Worlds Fair Commissioner
james Hodges.
A dispatch from New York says that
negotiations are pending for an amicabie
settlement of the differences between the
Standard Gas Light Company and ex- Presi-
dent Wallace q. Andrews. The latter is
said 10 be willing to return $i,500000 of
the common stock, said to have been
illegally appropriated by him and his asso-
ciates.
While workmen were putting tar roof
on the fremont House. in Marshalitown,
Ia, Nov. 25th, barrel of tar exploded
and the structure was soon Quilted by fire
The post-oifice and number of large
business firms on the ground floor suffered
severely by fire, water and smoke The
total losses will probably reach $4,000,
nearly covered by insurance.
News has reached San Antonio. Texas,
from Guanajuato Mexico, of an accident
which took place in that city last Sunday,
resulting IN the killing of II people and
the serious injury of nine others. Several
hundred people had assembled in bull
lighting arena to witness fight between
two goats, when part of the amphitheatre
gave way. The heavy timbers iell on the
crowd, crushing men and women beneath
their weight.
The car house of the Second Avenue
Traction Company, at Hazelwood, Pitts
burg, was destroyed by fire early Thurs.
day morning, together with &c cars and
hye horses; The flames communicated
with the Electric Hotel, which was also
destroyed. The loss to the traction com
pany was S95, 500, and to the hotel $4,000.
The traction company was unable TO
resume operations Thursday morning, but
the other traction lines rendered the use Of
their cars, and the road was opened again
Friday.
According to dispatch from Guerdon.
Ark, crowd of colored men Thursday
ofNi RbhtACi Silt lONti lldISluI, WHO mad
arrested a colored man on charge of
theft, and released the prisoner. The
skrmish ens9ed The wh aha tov general
out in force, guns, knives and rcvolvers
were freely used. Balls from Winchesters
flew. in every direction, but as far as learned
no damage was done, besides the killing of
one man, whose name could not be learned,
and the Wounding ofa negro named Newt,
Bradley"
Professor S. G. Chandler read before the
Boston Scientific Society. on Tuesday
week, an analysis of observations show
ing that the parallels of latitude which
were commonly supposed to be fixed lines,
are really mutable. In general. Prof.
Chambers discovery is that the pole of the
earth reyolves about circumference with
about 80 feet radius, in 427 DAYS. This
discovery, it is claimed, accounts for many
OF the discrepancies in astronomical OBJ
seryations which have been bothering
astronomers for nearly 200 years"
The steamship Mariposa arrived at San
Francisco Thursday, "a days from sydney.
via Honolulu, bringing details of the muir
der of Mr.. Sawyers. by bushmen, at Tango,
Snnto IN the New Hebrides, on September
18th, THE natives, who numbered II to
IA, approached the clearing as if to apply
for work, and as Sawyers advanced they
fired, killing him. They attacked Mai
colin, Sawyers partner, but lie drove
them off with revolver. 1t was after
ward found that Sam, a native servant Of
Sawyers, had been put to death and his
body torn to pieces evidently to form a
meal for cannibals.n
bill was filed in the United States cir
cult court at Chicago Friday, by Sarah
a., Edith and Virginia /. Copeland and NJ,
n. Lamb, all of Washington, d. c., asking
the appointment of receiver for the
American Mining & Smelling Company,
rs an lllinnis cnrnnrntinll tli,o non, ,.inisS.