Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-05


life sentence in the Arkansas Penitentiary,
and who escaped by Draining his keeper,
was captured in Texarkana yesterday week.
The skeleton of Thomas Carrot, who
disappeared two years ago, was found Tues
day week in the woods near Dallas, Lilzerne
county, Pa. II was identified by pass
book IN the coat.
l.. A. Stevens, student in the Office of
Dr.. Stoliuski, at Ottumwa, Ia, was found
asphyxiated yesterday week He had
been killed by burglars and q valuable
diamond pin stolen.
The great Fast street shops at Spring
field, Ohio, built by William n. Whiteley
at a cost of S1.560,000, were sold Tuesday
week, at public sale. to Scott Bonham, a
Cincinnati attorney, for 100000.
Returns from over 1000 farms in Penn
sylvania to the state board of agriculture
give their estimated value to be $50, Ia, 194,
and the total amount of tax paid on them
Si2l ,0SO.S0, an average of S.3 mills.
Tho Henry G. Allen Co. of New York,
dealers in subscription books, have asked
their creditors for an extension and 1t has
generally been granted. The liabilities are
said TO be S130,0o0, and the nominal assets
considerably larger.
A dispatch from Hackensack, N. j., says
that the Rev. Louis Rymalsky, pastor of
the German Presbyterian Church at
Carlsbad, fled from that village on Mon
day. week, after confessing to felonious as
saults upon several young girls.
An express car on the Central Branch
railway, near Leonard, Kan, was robbed
early yesterday week. The safe, which
contained large amount Of money, was
thrown out of the car, which the conductor
and express messenger had left unguarded
for few minutes.
Adviccs from London have been received
at Victoria, British Columbia, relative to
the annual fall sales of sealskins, indcat-
ing that the market IS over-stocked, and
the prices paid were far below those of last
year. 1t is thought many of the sealers
will, therefore, lose money.
Bushnell & Bushnell, wcll.known real
estate dealers of st. Paul, Mimi, made an
assignment last week, the Standard Invest
ment Company of st. Paul being included.
The liabilities are estimated at $500, 900, but
W. NJ. Bushnell, the head of the firm, said
they expected TO go on with their business
and pay all their liabilities.
Tho New York Presbytery of the Re-
formed Presbyterian Church, in New
York, last week adopted resolution
abandoning the proposed prosecution of
the Rev. DR.. Milligan and the Rev. Mr..
Carson, who were accused of violating the
laws of the church in urging the members
OF their congregations to vote at political
elections.
The United States steel cruiser No. 10,
the Detroit, was successfully launched at
Baltimore yesterday week. She is of
1000 tons displacement. and her engines
are designed for o speed of IA knots per
hour. The Detroit is one Of three ships of
the same dimensions, authorized by act of
congress i'll 1889, and intended especially
for foreign service.
The grand jury at Kingston, n. Y, yes
terday returned indictments against James
Il. Ostrander and NJ. It. Trumphour, the
wreckcls' Of the Ulster County Savings
Institution, fol, converting money of the
deposliors to their own use and for per-
Jury. There are II counts to the two in
drictments found jointly against the men.
They pleaded not guilty.
The charter of tho Pan-American Rail-
way Company has been filed at Austin,
Texas. The line is to run 30 miles from
Victoria to Brownsville, on the Rio
Grande, through Victoria, Refugio, San
Patrics, Nuros and Cameron counties. The
proposed capital is s3,000,000 This is the
supposed inception OF Il big enterprise to
extend the road eventually through Mexico
into South America
The supreme court Judges at Ottawa
last week gave judgment in the appeal
against the act of the Manitoba Legislature |
abolishing separate schools. They unani- |
mously condemn the act as being ultra
wires, and assert the rights of Roman
Catholics to have their children educated |
IN separate schools. The Manitoba govern |
meni Will appeal to the privy council in
London.
In Wednesday $ session of the convention
oil militiamcn, at Chicago, it was decided |
70 hold national encampment during the |
Worids Fair, the camp TO be located within |
a radius of ~ miles from the exhibition |
grounds On motion of General onowden |
of pennsylvania, August 18th to goth. 1881. |
was adopted as the date Of the encampment.
only regular army soldiers and regularly |
enlisted national guards will be allowed to
participate.
The board of directors Of the Adams
Express Company, at meeting in New
York last week, received a formal report
from The examining committee to tile
elect that the trustees, treasurer's and
cashiers books and securities had been
found intact. A committee was appointed
to devise system by which the control of
he property should be more secure, &c,
ny winch theft and breaches of trust
should be rendered impossible.
commissioner Simmonds Of the patent
olnee, last week gave decision on an APP
peal from a decision of the board of ex-
aminers-in-chicf, denying an application
for patent for telephones, filed by Daniel
lDrawbaugh, April 81, 1891, the same being
4 4 continuance of his original application,
MED July 18th, 1850, on the ground that
The invention in controversy Was nut into
pubic use and on sale by Thomas A. Edi-
son and others, for more than two wears
prior to July 10Th, 1850. This application
has been pending in the patent office for
more than II years.
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