Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-25

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IN GENERAL.
Mrs. Samuel Mather, of Cleveland, o.
Monday gave S75.000 to the Western
Reserve University for its college for
women.
Twenty-four hundred and thirty i'm
migrants were landed at the barge Office,
New York, on Monday, including 1900
Italians.
Hog cholera is reported to have broken
out with unusual severity near Water
loo, Iowa, one farmer losing his entire
herd of 100.
The brickmakers' strike at Denver,
Col, was declared off on Sunday night,
and the old men will ask for work at the
reduced wages.
Forty persons were poisoned at
Brushton, Franklin county, New York,
on Saturday, by eating ice cream not
properly prepared. All may recover.
The banking firm of Sax Bros. Of
Nashville, Tenn, made an assignment
Monday, with liabilities amounting to
100000 and assets of about an equal
value.
j. Richardson, a shoe manufacturer of
Reading, Mass, has discharged all of
his lasters, owing to demand by the
Lasters' Protective Union for an increase
Of 80 cents per case.
The firm of Whitcomb g. PAYNE. man.
ufacturers of calf boots at Holbrook,
Mass, close their factory this week in
definitely, owing ito the unsettled state
OF business throughout the country"
Anton Karl, an old and trusted dis
bursting officer of the United Stain
Geological Survey, was arrested es
Washington on Monday, charged with
ambezzling $4,000 of government funds.
Two girls named Lathrop, aged 0 and
IA years, were assaulted in the streets
of Binghampton, N. Y, Monday, bv
a young man, aged 10 years. The
child was terribly maltreated.
a dispatch from Key West, Florida,
says that Joseph Demerett, aged 10,
stabbed and killed his father Monday. |
The two quarreled over $40, which the
father accused the young man of steal
ing.
Prof. George NJ. Mowbray died on
Sunday night at North Adams, Mass,
aged 66 years. He was widely known
as the inventor of nitro-glycerine, with
which the blasting for the Hoosac Tun-
mel was done,
Grain freight rates by lake, which
nave Tor some, time been at very low
basis, were advanced Monday. this be-
ng the result of the ore handlers strike
1t Lake Erie ports, which caused brisk
demand for boats.
A tornado passed over tile counties of
Monroe, Metcalf and Washington, in
southern Kentucky, on Monday, and
swept about 80 farm houses away, be-
,ldes damaging crops to the amount of
$4,000 or $4,000.
A dispatch from Lock Haven saws the
leayy rains in that section on Sunday
aused flood in the river sufficient to
ring in all the timber and logs along
he stream. Cleartield reported six
GOT flood there on Monday.
John McKeown, Waller Jones and
ohn Chanlis, boys ranging in age from
to IL years, were drowned i'll Doak's
ond, near Washington, Pa, Monday.
lcheown and Jones were each drowned
l trying to save his companion. !
The tobacco statistics Of Pcnnsvl-
ania, shown by a census report issued
londay, indicate there were 1886
lanters in the state during the decade;
$685. acres were devoted to tobacco;
&c product was 2S,956,247 pounds, at a
alue Of 81 ,9S4,75 l
At Benite, Texas, on Sunday. Bill :
inkerton shot and killed Colonel Burt
embrook, having shotgun loaded
18th nails. Pinkerton had insulted
RS. Pembroke. and on her resisting
m he got gun and shot Pembroke. 5
Race troubles have broken out in \
|arminttown," South Nashville, Ten
ssee, and two companies of military
We been under arms for three nights
st. On Sunday night Waterman,
ardlng stable 10 prevent its being e.
rned, was fired on by two negroes, RI
q a riot was imminent on the arrival
a force Of police.
The acting Secretary of the Treasury
s informed the collector of customs Of
Michigan, that fresh fish CO
zen IN Canadian waters by means Of
ats and tackle owned by American
Izens are exempt from duty, notwith-
nding they may have been collected
1 brought to Sault Ste. Marie in ve
am vessel Gocumented in Canada.
Governor Pattison on Monday signed -
Dlll making an appropriation OF
10000 for an asylum for the chronic
ine. Wharton Barker, John b.
rm, John Curwen, John NJ. Reynolds r..
Henry NJ. Dechert, were appointed "
to carry out the provisions tn
the bill. The Worlds Fair bill was
approved by the governor and the
lmissioners appointed.
he department of state has been no.
ID that the British government has
ointed Sir George Baden-Powel and
w. Dawson agents for that govern
It to visit Alaska and collect infor-
ion respecting the seal fisheries. The Ki
ement coming from London that V
e men have been appointed arbiters III
'roneous. The negotiations looking
FILTRATION of the claims made by the
ted states to jurisdiction over Beh.
Sea have not yet progressed to a
It that would permit of the appoint stol
t Of srbiters.