Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-04

The Maryland Legislature Friday elected
| Colonel Spencer g. Jones of Montgomer,
| county, state treasurer.
Henry g. Dowd, better known as "Jack
the Slasher,h was acquitted of murder il
New York Friday on the ground of in
sanity.
During q lecture to seniors at the John.
Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Fri
day some one exploded large fire cracke
shatterlng the windows.
Twenty-three immigrants, who arrived
at New York Friday in the steamer
Aller, were debarred from landing under
the Alien Contract Labor law.
Ore bearing go ounces of silver to the
ton is said to have been discovered at
Creole, Colorado and / 800 people have
gone to the place within the past week to
locate claims.
The residence of II. f. Bell. near Nash.
vile, Tennessee, was destroyed by fire
Friday morning, when Thomas Bell,
aged q years, who was demented, was
burned to death.
Secretary Tracey has informed Senator
Hoar of his determination to name one of
the largest new battleships now building
lor .ne navy the Marblehead, in honor of
the Massachusetts town of that name.
Three of the principal stores land the
post-oflice at Searsb0ro Ia, were entered
by burglars on Thursday. The robbers
stole mule and dragged one safe into the
country, where they broke it omen.
The Official customs returns for Deem
Der, 1871, OF the trade with Cuba and Porto
Rico show an increase in the exports from
the United States of 100 per cent MS com
pared with the exports of December. 1sgo
Three bye elections to fill vacancies in
the Canadian house of commons were held
on Thursday and resulted in the return Of
Gibson of Lincoln, and Henderson of Hol-
ton, both of whom were unseated ''for
corrupt practices by agents." Their inaiori-
ties were largely increased
The electric, cars in. Pittsburg are now
running regularly without interruption
from the strikers. II was learned Fri
day that "a committee had been appointed
to duty at the Pittsburg end of the road,
The committee will scrutinize passengers
and will take down a list of business men
who ride on the line. The list, it is said,
will be given to the Central Trades Assem-.
bly, for action"
A bill to revise, and consolidate the laws
regulating the sale of Intoxicating liquors
was introduced in the New York legisla-
ture Friday. Among other provisions
IS one that ''any person who whether
having license or not, shall sell or offer
or expose for sale any strong or spiritnous
liquors, wine ale or beer on Sunday, be-
fore l o'clock in the afternoon, shall be
sunny vi u uilSutuleuilOT.
Governor Stone of Mississippi, has re-
ceived telegram from Grover Cleveland,
dated New Iberia, louisiana January
18th, in response to his telegram of Jnnu-
airy 9th, conveying the intelligence that
the legislature had, by joint resolution,
invited him to visit the capital as the guest
of Mississippi. Mr.. Cleveland regrets ex-
ceedingly that it is impossible for him to
accept the courteous invitation.
A Baltimore dispatch says that ''the
Western Maryland is now building road
from Williamsport, Md, to Cherry Run, u
point on the Baltimore & Ohio and pro-
poses to build to Chickies, Pa. to connect
with the Reading railroad. When this is
accomplished the Baltimore & Ohio and
Reading will be furnished with connect
ing link, and the grain and coal trade that
now comes to Baltimore may, through
Baltimore city's own road--the Western
Maryland-be carried to Philadelphia and
New York. The management Of the West
ern Maryland Company, at leass the
executive part Of II, is thorough accord
with the Baltimore & Ohio Company"