Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

Hon. John B. Packer, a prominent law
yer, died suddenly at his home in Sum
bury, Pa. Tuesday morning. He was
born in 1924.
George S. Harris. senior member of the
Philadelphia lithographing firm of George
s. Harris & Sons, died suddenly, at Attain
tic City, Tuesday afternoon. He was 81
years of age.
The ship Canada, the largest ship ever
port on Monday. She is ITS feet long over
ALL IS feet beam, p feet depth of hold,
2,400 tons net.
Roland Brown, q negro, who feloniously
assaulted Mrs. o. Berry last Friday. was
taken from the Jail in Blackshear, Georgia,
on Monday night by a mob, tied to tree
and shot to death.
AT Montgomery, Ala. Tuesday the case
of George H. Patrick, charged with forg-
ing the resignation of Commissioner B. W.
Bell before Justice Jackson, terminated in
the discharge of the defendant.
The steamer Servia, which broke her
high pressure crank pin on the 9TH inst,
when 217 miles east of Sandy Hook, ar
rived at New York Tuesday night in tow
Of eight tugs. There was no panic on the
ship.
E. NJ. Stratus & Co., furniture dealers, in
Montgomery, Alabama, sold out Tuesday
to preferred creditors. The firm also ran
a rectifying house. which was sold 70 the
represent an Indebtedness of $4,000.
injured his wife with Ratchet Tuesday
morning, and then stabbed himself to
death with pocket knife. Domestic in
felicity led to the tragedy. Dowd was
about so years OF age and leaves family
of nine children.
The National Editorial Association will
meet on July 14th in st. Paul. All the
states and territories will be represented.
Seven hundred delegates have already
first public exhibition Of the type-setting
machines will take place.
The police In Lancaster, Pa, have ar
rested Is tramps who have committed q
number of robberies in Lancaster, Lebanon
and Berks counties. The tramps hid their
plumber in the Lebanon hills, and 1t was
subsequently sold In Philadelphia. The
officers recovered quantity of goods.
The Williston mills corporation, having
cotton yarn mills in East Hampton, Mass,
has filed a petition in insolvency. The
capital stock is $3.50, 900, and only 100
hands have been employed in recent years.
1T is understood that the company owes
little, and is principally anxious to wind
up its affairs"
A st. Louis paper asserts that all the
barbed wire interests of the country have
been merged Into q trust known as the
Columbia Patent Company. John w.
Gates of st. Louis will be chairman of the
executive committee and have charge of
the output Of all the wire mills. The head
quarters will be in Chicago.
A. l.. Douthett, treasurer of the Porter
Douthett Company, boiler manufacturers,
and ex-superintendent of the Allegheny
schools, was arrested in Pittsburg on Mon
day on ten charges, the principal one being
that of embezzling $1,000 of the firms
money and classifying the books. He gave
bail for hearing on Saturday. IL is
thought the matter will be compromised,
as he has made over his stock to the firm.
Fifteen years ago Frank Woosley and
John Brock left Springfield, Ohio, to go to
Texas to raise cattle. Woosley disappeared
and Brock was suspected of numbering
him. Brock narrowly escaped lynching.
He devoted the balance of his life and
fortune to. finding .Woosley, and sue
ceeded in locating him last week, thus
proving his Innocence. He will now sue
Woosley for $4,000 damages for not dis
covering himself when he knew of the
search.
The chief Of the bureau of statistics re-
ports that the total imports of tin plates,
terne plates and taggers tin during the
month of May, 1891, amounted to 10l 49,
OILS pounds, valued at s4,43l 1854, and dur
Gus year, 1914 ,0s1 pounds, valued at
81 ,51i, 525. During the IL months ended
May 3lst, 1891, S2O,6s4,741 pounds, valued
at $2S, 730, SOL, and during the IL months
ended May 31st, 1890, Cos, 700, 632 pounds,
valued at S1s,63o,454.
r. Z. Taubeneck, chairman of the ma
tional committee of the Peoples Party, is
in Frankfort, KY, taking personal control
of the organization in that state, in view
of the coming election on August Sd. 1t
is understood that a large vote Is expected.
| A private circular has been issued by Sec
rotary Schilling, in which he says; "a
victory or even a large vote in Kentucky
will do us more good in other states than
| hundreds of speeches and hundred thou
sand documents"
The steamer Australia, which arrived at
San Francisco Tuesday from Honolulu,
| brought news of the arrival of the Ameri-
can missionary barkentine Morning Star
at that place. after cruise of year. Two
| calls were made at Ponape, Caroline Islands.
| In the first visit Spanish soldiers and ma
tives were found engaged in warfare. AT
one battle the Spanish mustered out 200
men against the natives but were defeated,
in spite Of the great odds, with heavy loss.
| At the second visit of the Morning Star the
natives were found at peace.
Judge Ross of the United States circuit
court at Los Angeles, Cal, on Monday dis
missed the libel on the schooner Robert
and Minnie, seized in connection with the
Itata episode. The schooner loaded at San
Francisco with arms and ammunition for
CHILEAN insurgents, which woretransferred
at San Clemente to the steamer Itata and
were taken to Iquique. Judge Ross, in
his decision, says while the fact alleged
may be good reason for confscating the
Itata, there is nothing 10 show that the
schooner was fitted out for purposes OF
war, and hence the Libel was dismissed.