Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-21

The Philadelphia SUalay Mercury has
suspended publication after an existence
Of 40 years.
The Egcaiag Critic. in Washington u.
G., has ceased publication and has been
placed in the hands of a receiver.
The miners Of Spring Valley, Illinois,
who struck on the LIST of May, have de
cided 10 resume work on last years prices
and conditions.
Friday passed a bill amending the Com
pulsory Education law by striking ont the
provisions requiring the teaching of the
English language in parochial and private
schools,
Hungarian strikers assaulted two Italian
deputies at Lcith, Pa, Friday morning,
beat them severely, and robbed one of
his revolver, watch and 800 in money
The assailnnts were recently evicted from
company houses.
The plush weayers in the employ of ].
& J. pobson, Falls of Schuylkill' have APP
pointed a committee TO wait on the firm
and protest against the employment of a
number of female weayers who recently
arrived from Bradford, England
At Stanford Illinois, on Friday, j. A.
and samuel Riley and Berry Fowler took
drinks from bottle which they supposed
contained whisky, but which was filled
with aconite. in a short time ]. A. Riley
was dead, and it is said the other two can
not recover.
H. Bugord Grimes, chief clerk of the
city treaSmer's office in Richmond, Va.
was convicted Of embezzlement on Friday
and sentenced to one years Imprisonment.
Ifhc indictment upOn which he was con
victed charged the theft of SOB There are
three more indictments against him,
Robert Moore, colored, for the murder
of companion Of his own race, com.
mitleCl in July Of last wear was HANGED
on Flilay at 'rrcnton Ga The execution
was public and was viewed by 1000 people.
Moore made long address to the crowd,
advising them to avoid cards and whisky.
Albert Bierstadt, the artist, will do his
share towards commemorative the 409th
anniversary of the discovery Of America
by painting mammoth historical picture
Of Watlings Island, which is held hy the
majority of geographical authorities to
have been the first landfall Of Columbus.
By fall Of coal and rock in the Gaylord
mine, at plymouth, Penna., on Friday,
three Polish miners We're killed. Felix
lIerzhlowicz, aged 81 years, leaves a wife
and one child; Felix Yicrashftzski, aged
So, leaves wife and three children,
Joseph Rowitzsiii, aged AZ, leaves a wife
and one child.
The machine miners and operators in
the locking Valley have reached COM
promise for the coming year. Old prices
will be paid for I'LL work except room turn
ing which was advanced to i6a cents a ton
Machine entry price will be paid for all
narrow work, except for break throughs
The old price for this work was IS cents
per ton and S1.50 extra for each room
turned.
General Butler, on Thursday. secured
the release from Jail, in Boston, by writ
of pesonal replevin, Of Mrs Clarletta John
son, who, by sentence of Judge Carpenter
Of the United States circuit court, was serv-
ing her time for alleged perjury in a pen
sion case The last case wherein this writ
was used in Massachusetts, was in 1874
and inquiry among lawyers develops the
fact that to manyof them it was unknown.
The coping of the new Henley school
building in Birmingham, Ala, fell FRI
| day as the children were entering the
building adjoining. Five little boys were
hurt-james Oden, seriously injured about
! the head and body; Ed Marks, B years old
| skull fractured; Albert Mayor, aged IL,
head seriously injured Fletcher Summers
and George Harnlcy, slightly hurt None
of the children were lead at night time,
but 0aen, Marks and Mayor are in criti-
cal condition.