Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-14

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headed BY II. L. Belknap, for S2,50O,000.
The wages OF the puddlers at McIlvaint
q Sons plate mill, at Reading, Pa, were
on Saturday, reduced from 1878 to 1885,
per ton.
It is announced that Seyferts' two roll
ing mills, employing 500 hands. five mile.
below Reading, will this week close dowi
indefinitely.
The fifth body, that of Thomas Edwards
a negro deck hand, was recovered on Satur
day from the hull of the steamer Colder
Rule, at Cincinnati.
New Orleans rice merchants have organ.
lied a stock company with S5G0,00(
capital to fight the rice trust, and will
erect mill at New Orleans.
Iii Chicago preparations are being made
for a parade as the chief feature of the
eight-honr demonstration on May LIST. II
is estimated that 10000 men will take part
Two more bodies were recovered on
Saturday from the Hill Farm mine, at
Dunbar, Pa, leaving only four bodies re-
naming Of the 81 entombed in June, 1880
The Emma Juch Opera Company OF
which Charles Il. Locke was manager
disbanded at Los Angeles, California. on
Thursday night, owing to financial diff
culties.
The Stanton colliery of the Lehigh &
Wilkesbarre Coal Companyat Wilkcsbarrc
resumed operations on MondayEafter two
years idleness, giving employment to / 500
men and boys.
The flour mill of ]. @. Patton e. Co., in
Catlettsburg, KY, was destroyed by fire
Sunday. Charles Mccoy the miller was
burned to death. The loss on the mill is
placed at $4,000.
The residence of James iIawley at Mid
way, w. Va, was burned ON Saturday
night by fire of incendiary origin. Joseph
Linton, aged 10 years. an adopted son, was
burned to death.
The Pennsylvania railroad warehouses
and offices and 10 freight cars in Eliza
beth, N. j., were destroyed by fire early
Sunday morning. The loss OH the build
ing was $4,000.
Reinhold Pretzel, aged %; Max Rentz,
aged so, and Louis Lewinstein, aged 35
were drowned by the upsetting of sail
boat in the harbor ut New Haven, Conn.,,
Saturday afternoon.
Three barns and residence belonging
to Mrs. jacques Strykes, in Coney Island,
New York, were burned Sunday. Mr..
Morrisey, in whose barn the fire origi-
mated, loses $4,000.
The greater part of the Passaic chemical
works. at Newark, n. j., were destroyed
by fire Sunday, the loss amounting to
$4,000. About 20 iiremen were overcome
by the fumes of the chemicals.
DR.. Frank Arataud of Lake Providence,
La. on Saturday went To the office of a
rival physician, DIR. A. n. Pierce, and at
tempted to horsewhir him, when Pierce
shot and fatally wounded Arataud.
A ease of typhus fever has been dis
covered in. Detroit. The contagion is sup.
posed to have been brought by Polish
Immigrants who arrived in Baltimore
eight or nine days ago, and went directly
to Detroit.
Two men were arrested in Chicago on
Saturday charged with working an extern
siye confidence game" They had ready
for issue 10000 bogus lottery tickets. All
their dealings had been through express
companies.
A dispatch from Detroit says that Bakers
submarine boat was given successful
trial on Saturday, and that it was able ito
attain speed of 10 miles an hour under
water, to turn around, rise or sink with
the greatest ease"
The section men of the Lake Erie &
Western railroad between Lima and San
dusky who struck a few days ago for an
increase OF 10 cents day, have resumed
work at an increase of cents, with u
promise of 10 more after May LIST.
Whitelaw Reid, minister to France, was
entertained at dinner by the Ohio Society
of New York, in that city, on Saturday
evening. More than $50 covers were laid
in Delmonico's. General Wager Swayne
presided and introduced the guest of the
evening.
Notices have been posted at all the iron
furnaces at New Castle, Pa, stating that
there will be a reduction of wages, to take
effect on April 18th. The turn men will
be reduced 10 cents, the day laborers 10
cents. and the iron men I of q cent per
pound.
The river at Columbus, Miss, rose over
two feet higher than ever in its history,
and upto Sunday night had fallen only six
leet. Fourteen persons are known to have
been drowned, whilst the loss of life in the
wide territory covered by the flood cannot
be told.
All mails brought from South and Cen
trail America and Mexico by the Pacific
mail steamers for all points in the United
States will hereafter be landed at San
Diego, Cal. 1t is stated that this will ex-
pedite the service and result in the saving
Of many hours.
The steamship Phidia arrived at New
York Sunday from Santos, being short
seven in her crew. Three men were sent
ashore at Santos with yellow fever, three
died OF the disease while on the voyage to
New York, and Engineer William Coombs
was drowned while taking sea bath.
The United States circuit court at
charleston, 5. g., on Saturday granted u
temporary injunction to the Richmond K
Danville and other railroad companies to
restrain the state authorities from proceed
ing with the collection of taxes upon
and excessive assessments.
At Hollidaysburg, Pa. on Saturday
night, masked burglars broke into the |
house of John Daily and, failing to find |
my money, beat him into ilisensibilitv |
with reyolvers, severely injuring him. |
The residence of Miss Olivia Mcdowell |
was also visited, and she was cruelty cut |
md beaten when the thieves found that |
1er entire savings amounted to only &c.
Frank Damanio. n Newark, n. j., sa-
oon keeper. was arrested Saturday night, |
'harged with attempting to poison his
wife. IL is said that the police substituted
| package Of tartar emetic for one of
Irsenic which one of Damanio's com
'anions had been seen to secrete. Some
II this tartar emetic, il is charged, was
tut in some whisky and given to Mrs
)amanio to drink.
A suit has been begun in the Livingston
ounty circuit court, Illinois, against ex-
Lewis +. Payson, by the
leirs of the late Franklin Oliver, to re.
oyer l'%po acres OF lanu Whlch Ollver is
llegcd 10 have sold for 81, 400 when he
vas feeblc-minded and unable to protect
lis properly rights. The land is said to be
worth $4,000 at least.
Rebecca Langdorf, domestic in the
amlly of Solomon Bernstein, in New
,ork, was arrested on Saturday night on
he charge of having placed the 15-months-
Id child of her employer on hot stove.
he girl had the child with her in the
Ifghan Mhnf gI1dAatt1tr its I,.l
he mother to the scene, and she found the
hid horribly burned, lying ON the floor
ear the stove. The girl said she acct
entallY burned the child in trying 10