Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-30

lue w nlshg IruSl MONDAY OfdereQ
an advance of five cents per gallon in
the price of goods.
Mrs. Celia Thaxter, the poetcss, died
at Appledore House, Isle of Shoals, on
Sunday night, aged So years.
Henry W, Dunno, superintendent of
the New York, Philadelphia u Norfolk
railroad, died on sunday evening, aged
IS years.
Secretary Carlisle Monday decided
that goods now in, bond will be entitled
TO the provisions of the free list OF the
new Tariff act.
In Peoria, ILL.,, Monday, the Whisky
Trust paid S56S, lG6 tax on goods at the
Great Western Distillery. The Man
haitian Distillery paid SG7 ,0O6.
The fremont and Suffolk Mills, the
Middlesex Wooden Mills, at Lowell.
Mass, started up Monday giving en-
ploymcnt to about $500 hands.
Officers of the new United States
cruiser Cincinnati, new on her prelimi-
nary trill in Long Island Sound, think
the vessel will break all records" on
her speed trial next month.
Another herd of reindeer has been
taken from Siberia to Port Clarence.
Alaska, by the revenue cutter Bear
Inc animals previously taken to Alaska
arc reported to be tlOurishing.
Miss Mary Desha of Washington, a
sister of Colonel w. g. z. Breckinridge's
second wife, Monday issued from
Louisville vigorous appeal urging the
defeat of Colonel Breckenridge.
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night, burned over 10 acres, aud con
sumed between 100000 and 5000 900
feet Of lumber, and some railroad
property. The loss will exceed $3.50, 900.
Suit was begun in Columbus, o., last
Monday against the Stcubenville Pottery
Co. under the law forbidding the impor-
tation OF alien workmon under contract.
II Is charged that skilled potter to
manage the works was brought over
from England.
The new Tariff bill became a law at
midnight Monday, without the sigma
ture OF the President. The engrossed
copy OF tue bill was sent to the White
House to the Treasury Department yes.
terday and was filed in the State De-
partment Tuesday.
A dispatch from Tiffin, Ohio, saws
that the continued drought "has reduced
the water in the SandusIy river to such
a low stage that the fish are diving by
the thousands, and are rotting upon the
ROCKS of the river bed right in the heart
OF the city, menace to the health of
the public"
a dispatch from Ishpeming, Mich,
EuNS that the gatilnlnnnt l.
land, on the South Shore railroad, has
been wiped out by flames. Many settlers
lost everything. Thousands of cords of
poles, ties and wood AS well as standing
timber were destroyed. Trout Creek and
other settlements are threatened.
United States Senator Butler of South
Carolina, candidate for reelection, has
Withdrawn his pledge to abide the result
OF the Democratic primaries. This
meaus that Butler tickets for the Legts.
lature will be run against the Tillman
candidate in the general elections, and
involves a split of the Democratic party
i'll the State.
George Il. Barnes, described in n
dispatch from Lexington, XIV, as "a
famous evangelist" preached in the
S"Ntb hpuSc Nt tAhl pluCG Dil 1uUudy ana
appealed To all Christians to vote for
Colonel Breckenridge. u number of
those present got UP and went out, and
one man asked the preacher: Glow
much did you get for this 7"
The Cocheco Mills, at Dover, N. H..
after a shutdown since july 3lst'
started up Monday. A week ago it was
announced that there would be 10 per
cent cut.down. All but the mule spin
ncrs returned to work, they refusing to
accept the cut. 1t is shown, however.
that the cut averages but per cent
throughout the works. There is but
little filling on hand, and the mills, it is
thought, cannot run long. A thousand
hands arc employed.
According to Secretary Carlisle's In
structions, issued Monday, all wool
now IN bonded warehouses at any port
of the United States comes in free of
duty after last Tuesday. 1t amounts to
63,199,32l pounds, of the value of
$75l0,672, according to an official state.
ment of the Bureau of Statistics, IN 10
and including July 3lst, 1894. Since
that time no official figures have been
received by the Treasury department,
but the quantity in bond is in excess of
the figures here given.