Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-26
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A rock loosened by recent rains fell
upon George Berry. a colored workman
in a quarry at Wrightsville, Lancaster
county, Friday, and killed him.
sam Leilere, colored, who murdered an
inoifensive colored barber, Ike Wilkinson,
in january, 1871, was banged Friday in
the county Jail yard at Vicksburg, Miss.
Anumber of stone idols, supposed to be
600 years old and of type differing from
any heretofore discovered, have been un-
earthed among Aztec ruins in New Mexico.
The Massachusetts, house of representa-
tives Friday, by "A vote of l04 to S6,
passed the bill requiring that sales of
liquor shall be made only to guests, in
connection with food.
John NJ. Anderson, United States consul
general at Cairo, Egypt, died at Liverpool,
England, on Wednesday. He represented
the First district of Kansas in Congress for
II years aad was 5s years old.
Representative Boatner of Louisiana
Friday introduced bill in the House au-
thorizng the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue fractional treasury notes in denumi-
nations Of quarters and half dollars to the
amount of Sl,000,0O0
The British ship Falconer, at New York
| on Thursday, from Rio de Janeiro, reports
that while at that port of her crew were
sent TO the hospital, Suffering from yellow
fever. Five OF the patients died and 10
! recovered and returned to the vessel.
An attempt was made to wreck pas
senger train on the Cotton Belt railroad,
near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Friday. A
construction train ran into the oDstruc-
| ton, which was on trestle, and fell into
| the water beneath. The crew escaped by
| jumping.
President Harrison issued proclan,a
ton Friday informing the people If
the United States that Glutemala had
established reciprocity with this country,
and naming the articles that will in future
be admitted free of duty to the Central
American Republic.
A complimentary dinner was rendered
to Secretary Of the Navy Tracy, Friday
cvening,in baltimore when the sold silver
tea service made Tor the cruiser baltimore
was presented. The service is designed fol
the captain cabin and will be forwarded
to the cruiser, now in Pacific waters.
The commissioners from the African
Methodist Episcopal and African Method
ist Episcopal Zion conferences met at lIar
rlsbnrg Friday, and agreed to report in
favor Of union of the two bodies in one
general conference, the name OF the united
church to be African Zion Methodist
capt. Edwards OF the Spermecta Gov,
Life saving Station, Friday picked M
on ocean Beach, y. j., two pilot boa
yawls. One is painted white and is almos
llninjured, and the other is painted lea,
color, with the pianks near the bow STOW,
IN. Both boats had been, appmen ly, bu
a short time adrilt.
} a dispatch from Milan, Tenn, says tina
Two Thousand panels of wire fence nav
been cut in this city by an organized gam
opposed 10 the three wire fence laws, mad
, legal by thc recent legislature. Whitecul
/ notices have been served on sevcr,i
farmers that they will be tarred and fcath
! cred, and, i necessary, killed il the fence
are rebuilt"
Il. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Eepieic SAYS
1.-The business failures occurring through
I ont the country during the last seven days
r a. reported TO Il. q. Dun & CO.. numbe
r Tor the nited States ltiJ and for Canad
j %, Or Il total Of 1872. For the correspond
ing week Of last year the figures were 25i
d representing IA failures IN the Unite
+ states and 90 in the Dominion OF Canada
4 y lyuchin;, of a colored Jockey was pr,
i, vented 10 Chattanooga, Tennessee. hur,
!. day might by the sheriff sending his pr
= soner to Nashville few hours in adyanc
T. of mob assembling at the jail. The co
ored man had made ali attempt 20 assau
Y n white woman, and was arrested 500
g after and lodged in Jail. A committee {
e ive from the mob was escorted throuls
s the Jail t. satisfy the people that the pr
b soner had escaped.
y bill TO place on the pension roll at III
" rate Of i20 month. George w. Jones ,
e Iowa, formerly distinguished senate
Y from that state, was reported to the sena
Friday, by Mr., Turpie and was in
l. mediately passed. The SERVICES for whic
% Mr.. Jones WAS thus pensioned were rel
st dered first as drummer boy in the can
n paign Of 1874 and afterwards as an aidu-d
5. camp to General H. Dodge in the Bac
d hawk war. He is now 81 years of az
IA and is in greatly reduced circumstances.
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