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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

Gordon Heights excursion grounds
and park will be formally opened on
June 10Th. A. l.. Ainscow of this city
will have charge of the restaurant aud
Jules Reybold will manage the music.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

The three,story brick house. the property
of Martha S. Stewart, Fourth and Wash
ington streets. was sold Saturday morning
at the court house by Auctioneer W. 4.
Hukill. The purchaser was w. 5. iilles,
attorneV.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

neutrality-suspicious. of Gazette anu journal
NEWARK, June last evening George
G. Evans, treasurer of Delaware College,
celebrated the 10Th anniversary of his
birth at his home, where he received the
concentrations OF his friends.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

If your EisSs betrays unsightly eruptions,
or cther sesuty-marrinS plemishes, re.
member tssA Glenn's sulphur Soap will
make you5 akin as fairSas the spotless
ennoW.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

Are you weak snd weary, oysrworked and
tired? Hoods Ssrsaparilla is just the medicine
you need TO purify and quicken your blsed and
to give you appetite and strenth. II you decide
to take Hoods sarsaparilA do not bs Induced
to buy any other. ANS effort to substitute an
other remedy is proof OF the merit OF Hoou's.
hoods Pills are the best atter-iinuer Pills,
assist d 'gsstion, euro headache. Try box.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

WASHINGTON, June 9. The Presi-
dent to-day seni to the Senate the Domi-
nation of William Reynolds to be post.
master at Milford, Del.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

use Horsford's Acid Phosphate. DR.. W. S.
Leonard Hnsdale. N. H., says: "The best
remedy for dyspepsia that has ever come
under my notice"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

BOWLING ANALYSIS.


OAKLAND COUNTRY CLUB.
WV. Foulkrod, Jr.. C. Nields, b. Hilles. 81
J. Is. Soly, b. Hilles. .................. 3
l.. Dixon, b. Hilles. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. o
J. II. Horrocks, b, Hilies. 0
G. w. Henry, b. Hilles. ..... ........... 0
Winterhottom not out. .........E........l4
II. X. Fries, b. Hilles. .................. l
+. X. Hansell, C. Smith, b. Hilles. o
A. Tillinghast, b. liitles. ............ 4
J. II. Embery, C. Harvey. b. Pike. ...... 0
Dyes, o. Legbyes, 6; wide, 1............16
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07
BOWLING ANALYSIS.


Saturday next the Field Club will
play the st. David's eleven at Elsmere.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

The Rev. w. l.. 5. Murray, ID. D., OF
Dover M. L. Church: 81 am now OPP
posed to any change in administering
the sacrament, What may be in the
future l cannot tell. 1t strikes me that
individual cups would do harm and
lead to endless trouble. ....
II think it would be better for all to
have clean mouths and take the same
cup. If not, let US do as the Swedes do,
use a napkin after each, drawing it
across the rim OF the cup"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07

The Rev. j. II. Howard, pastor of AS
bury NJ. Church, Wilmington: "The use
OF cup for each communicant is en-
tirely impracticable, even though any
one might desire it for hygienic pur-
poses. The number of cups in church
of ordinary size would be SO large that
they could not be managed ! do not
think it would cause communicates to
think less seriously of the occasion after
they BECAME accustomed to the innova-
ton that such change would make.
Like most other reforms they would get
used to it"
BISHOP COLEMAN SAYS "No."
Bishop Coleman of the Episcopal do
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

armed mehythcir passenger searched
and all their fire arms taken from
them.
AT a meeting of coal operators
held at Massburg, Pa. attended by
6fty delegates, the committee Of fif-
teen heretofore appointed to formu-
late plan for settlement of tho
strike reported that 1t had failed to
agree, All d was, upon is own,request,
discharged. A committee Of ten was
then appointed, with unlimited power
to act and settle for the district at any
price they see lit to agree on. There
is decided change of mind on the
part OF the operators from that ex.
pressed at the Cleveland conference,
A dispatch from Braddock, Pa
says: The entire Edgar Thompson
steel works are practical closed and
$500 men are idle. The two blast
furnaces and $50 coke ovens of the
Carrie furnace company at Il lnkin are
shut down for lack of coal, and 500
men are deprived of employment
The PittsbnV wire works or shut
down for wans of fuel, and 500 men
lose the means of support. 200 more
are cut of from the privilege of labor
by the suspension of the DuQuesne
forge at Rankin, on account OF ex.
haustion of its supply of coal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

The Missouri Pacific shops at Fort
Scott, Kansas, have shut down on
account of scarcity of coal, putting
above 200 men out OF work.
The body Of an unknown workman
was found in Fayette creek, near
Scottville, Pa. having the head aud
face battered out of all resemblance to
human features.
Geo. Is, Keffer, chief Waterman at
the Mayer coke works, Pennsylvania,
was shot in the breast, and perhaps
fatally wounded, while attempting to
arrest three Hungarians strikers who
were prowling about the works at
night. They escaped.
Capt. w. l.. Digger, wealthy
septengenarian, of Chattanooga, and
Miss Fannie Ricketts,, aged "a, eioped
and were married at Dayton. Per-
haps this is one of the results, evil or
happy, az the case may be, OF the bad
example of the late winter lingering
so long in the lap of spring.
A two-year-old daughter of A. Il.
Garrett, young railroad man of
Jackson, Miss, while playing with
some matches ignited them, the flame
caught her clothing and she was burn
ed to death. She was in a sheet of
flames when discovered and the par
ents' hands were badly burned in try
ing to. save her.
-Four hundred strikers, seized the
steamer G A Hill, and moved down to
Camden, W. Va, where they attempted
to land, but were warned oil by sheriff
with an armed posse. They went on
to Middleport and Cheshire, where
they caused the men to quit work and
join them. They then returned
and finding the landing still
guarded, they left. promising to re-
turn with greater forca
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07
A Negro rrencher Come 10 Grief

A negro preacher by the name Of
|. L. Burgess, has come to grief in
Florida. While employed at Turpen-
tine stills near Putnam Hall, he pro-
posed to several negroes the project of
seizing several white women and car
rying them into the swamp: Prepar-
atoms We're in progress for carrying
but his proposition, whom the scheme
was betrayed, and Burgess and his CO.
conspiritors fled. An officer pursued
Burgess into Georgia, captured him
and brought him back. Apprchend-
Ing danger on account OF the excite
ment prevailing, tho ofiic or left the
cars at al out Of the W ay station in
tending TO slip through the country,
with his prisoner to place Of safety.
Notwithstanding his precautions he was
intercepted by mob OF 5 or 100
men, who took Burgess and hanged
him. w lille in charge Of the officers
he made confession.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

A Nice paper recently contained the
following, which has occasioned CON
siderable amusement among the Amer
leans there. 1t is headed every
American" ga very rich Yankee has
recently offered the Countess of Janze
$500, 900 francs for her house, its furni-
ture, objects of art and whatever else it
may contain worthy of purchase. The
residence is to be torn down most care
fully and scientifically and transported
stone by stone to the other side of the
ocean, where it is to be rebuilt with
out the slightest departure being made
from the original building or in the
arrangement of its furniture. .
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The ruling in Chicago case that a
lie told by commercial traveller to his
employer vitiated the contract made
by the two is, in the opinion of the
San Francisco Chronicle, good law.
The point in this case was whether
the drummer had canvassed certain
town. He declared to his employer
that he had canvassed it; the evidence
showed he had not, so he was dis
charged. 1t is refreshing at times to
see the law uphold strict truthfulness,
for in most cases legal decisions lean
far toward what might be called the
white lies OF business or professional
ethics.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The seaport community of New
York stands next to London in the list
OF the great cities of the world. Com
pared with other American cities it is
larger than the combined populations
of Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, st.
Louis and Baltimore, and it would
take all of the large cities in the United
States, emitting Chicago and Phila.
delphia, to make one New York,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

Rhode Island is revising its laws
relating to women. Every married
woman can now in that State make
will, make legal contracts and rent
and manage her own estate. The low
er house has just passed bill confer
ring on married women the control of
their personal property and the equal
ization of courtesy and dover.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07
Gold COiunge,

The gold coinage executed at the
riiadeiphia mint during the present
nscal year which ends on June 80.
VAL % the largest in the history Of
ne mint. The total will be about
Soo, 900, 900, against only $l1 $40, 2o2
Tor the calendar year 1892 and ST, 2s2.-
100 for 1891. The largest previous
record was in 1861. when the gold
coinage was $67 1913, 1870, and in 1881.
when the amount was $67 ,272,Sl0.
Inc gold image OF other years has
not approached these figures.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

A prize of $4,000 is offered by the
Russian Count Orloff Davidoff for the
discovery of remedy perfectly GER
tain to protect or cure horned beasts
against cattle plague" The award OF
the prize is in the hands of the cura-
tor OF the imperial institute of medi-
cine of St Petersburg, and the com
petition is open to the whole world.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07
dbr 1n6a Reporter.
--rublishsd Every Thursday A.
IUKA. MISS.

The Mormons have decided that
they do not like to be called Mormons,
aud would prefer to be known as Latter
Day Saints.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The valuable collection of auto
graphs which Charles H. Christian, OF
Orange, N. j., has sold to w. B.
Derbyshire, Londoner, includes,
among many others, an epistle from
all but one of the presidents of the
United States.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

1t is proposed to hold in Baltimore
in 1897 an exposition in commemora-
ton of the centennial OF the incorpo-
ration of the city. A number of lead
ing business men will organize COM
pany with capital stock of not less
than $500, 900 nor more than 81, O0O,-
900 for this purpose.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

A contributor to the London
Graphic suggests the establishment OF
circulating picture galleries, which
shall occupy the same relation with
regard to paintings as do the circu.
lating libraries in respect of books.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The supply of Columbian stamps
has been exhausted, and the public
will now return to the use of the
smaller and more convenient postage
stamps.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

Disastrous Hoods have caused con.
siderable damage in the province OF
Knlu, China. The Punjaub river be-
9ame damned at Charkkupri by q
Landslide forming an immense lake.
Yesterdy the dam collapsed, inundat-
ing the country below. 1t is estimated
that 200 persons lost their lives.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

HousE-A bill was passed granting
pension to Mrs. Mary Levins, OF Car
roll county widow OF Jacob Levins,
soldier of the indian war of 18l7,-
The bill to repeal the state bank tax
was taken up in committee of the
whole and debated until 5:20, when
the committee rose aud the house adj
iourned.
One Hundred and Forty Sixth Day.
SLNArE. "A joint resolution appro.
priating $40, 900 for the expenses Of
the Investigations ordered by the sem
ate was passed. The tariff bill was
taken up and debate on the. sugar
schedule occupied The time until near
the usual hour of adjournment when
it was agreed that a vote OH pending
amendments shall be taken by 10
O'Clock tomorrow, that on any other
amendments the debate shall be under
the ten minute rule and that the sugar
schedule shall be disposed of before
adjournment tomorrow. Then, after
an executive session, the senate at
6:20, adjourned,
UoUsE.-The state bank tax law
was discussed in committee of the
whole until near the usual hour OF
adjournment when the committee rose.
The senate joint resolution appro-
pria.ing S10,0 for the expenses OF
the sugar trust investigation was
passed. and at A 80 the house adjourn.
ed until noon tomorrow.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The physicians of the United States
now number 118, 453 New York leads
with IL, III; Pennsylvania has 9310,
and Illinois ranks third with 5000.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The Illinois Central has issued or
ders taking two passenger ana one
freight train from its lines Oh account
If scarcity of coal. Factories al
Sioux City, Ia, are mixing corm with
coal for fuel.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The police at Bennington, Iowa, at
midnight, captured Il lot OF dynamite
bombs and fuses in The hands OF the
strikers or tramps in box car. AL
the men escaped but one.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

About dozen men have been az
work in the mines at Rathburn, Ham
ilton county, Tenn. The other even-
ing several hundred strikers gathered
around the entrance and when me
mi II came out opened fire on them.
Thirty OF forty shots were fired but
no one was hurt.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The North Pacific railroad is under
water from Horse Plains, Mont, to
Hope, Ia, a distance of So miles, and
the water is still rising at the latter
place. Hundreds of farms along
Clark's Fork, never before flooded, are
from to feet under water. Settlers
rushed TO the highland, but hundreds
of cattle and horses were drowned.
Several bridges have been washed ou'.
The Canadian Pacific is transferring
passengers by steamer from Ruby &c
Mission, a distance of 35 miles.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.


The Frazer river is still rising,
When dark came on last night the
food during the day had gained an
other inch at Westminster, 3 inches at
Mission and inches at Langley. AT
Chilliwaciet the flood gained 6 inches,
inundating large area of land, The
work of rescue still continues, though
nearly all OF the imperiled settlers,
and as many of their horses and cattle
as remained alive, have now been
carried to places of safety. Funds
are being raised and provisions col
lected for the homeless settlers. The
hot weather continues and great
depth of snow still remains i'll The
mountains. There is every indication
that the river will rise much higher.
At Yale the flood is rushing through
the canyon al the rate of ten miles an
hour. There is little prospect of the
railroads resuming traffic for several
days. Telegrapnic communication is
also shut off most of the time,
UNFORTUNATE PUEBLO.
All day long and up TO midnight the
Arkansas aud Fountain rivers have
not fallen an inch. A report from
Cannon City at 80 O'Clock says that
a cload-burst occurred there at 5
O'Clock, water in the Arkansas rising
six feet. This rise has not yet been
noticed in Pueblo, and when the water
again rises it will only do little dam
age, the worst having already been
done.
OF the four bodies found to-day,
one is John Conf, about 80 years of
age. He came here about three weeks
ago. Nothing is known of him be-
You'd this.
Mrs. Carolina Fiser was found in
her house under trunk.
In all eight bodies have been found.
Three remain unidentified.
The losses as reported tonight will
reach ST. 100000. 1t is again raining
heavily at 8 o'clock.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The mines at Whitwcll, Tenn, have
been leased by the Pikeville mining
company, and il is stated that the
striking miners will go back into the
shafts at the old scale. there action in
going out having been taken merely
in sympathy with the several strikes.
Six hundred men will be given work.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The conference of the coal operators
of Illinois. held with view to set
Element and end of the strike came to
naught.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

On account of scarcity of coal the
Illinois Central will discontinue two
passenger trains in the Springfield
and Gilman division, and all freight
trains but one. The Wabash shops
will close, 1000 men going out Of
work.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

The striking miners at Connelsburg,
Indiana, having side tracked forty
cars of coal and torn up the track at
both ends of the aiding i'll defiance OF
the restraing order of court, the gov
ernor has ordered nine companies of
troops there to assist the sheriff in EN-.
forcing the orders.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07

On the appearance Of the state troops
at Connelsburg, Ind, the strikers, hav-
ing been warned of tn il approach, dis
persed. The railroad men began at once
to move the coal cars which the miners
had held up. The sheriff made three
arrests.
Through the efforts of citizcns the
mine owners and the strikers commits
lee, held u prolracted conference at
Leavenworth City and came 10 an
agreement under which tha men We're
to return TO work at the Riverside
and Home mines, which are now
closed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-25
TllrOOp.

Notwithstanding tue inclement
weather thnt prevailed on Saturday
,Lv Ihroop Hose company picnic was
largely attended and every yboiy seemed
10 enjoy himself. The boys are moro
than pleased with the result. Owing
to the heavy shower about ii O'CLOCK
the picnic WIS closed and tho gold
watch drawing was postponed uuti)
Monday evening An auction sale wss
made of the remaining stuff on hand,
Hickie McGarry, j. Browning,
+. Browning aud George Holland,
all OF Marsh wood. spent Saturday
evening and Sunday in town.
Mrs. Kennedy and her little girl are
doing we'll.
W. X Coleman took the gold ring
przs for the best walter ut the pinGic,
Peter Perry and his friend, Miss
Martha Lynn, Of Richmondale, wer
in town on Saturday.
Miss Mamie Vail, Of Oneonta, is Wis
i,ing her parents here.
Mrs. T. j. Williams has been on the
sick list
Richard Barnes, of Priceburg, was %
caller in town on Tuesday last.
Miss Alice, Willie and Frank vii =
Iams of Scranton, aud Miss MAY Ban
field an J Joseph Fab riagrr, Of ThrooI, +,
spent Sunday at Mount Lookout.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-25
book with greater allowance Of baggage
was strongly adyocnted


The Reading management has arranged
to effect important economies in the coa'
and iron department that Will result IN
reducing the cost Of mining considerably.
system Of rigid accounting Will DO ih'
augurated, which will compel greater
carefulness by mine bosses.
1t is stated on good authority that Louis
Sharpless is to return to Pottsvillc ana SUI
perintend the machine work and machln-
cry at the Pottsville Iron and Steel COM
pany's rolling mills. Mr.. shnrpless for
merly held this position before he went TO
the Reading Rolling mills several years
ago.
The monster l20-ton locomotives OF Coke
Bros. & Co., the coal operators, have been
found too heavy for use on the Lehigh di-
vision Of the Lehigh Valley railroad, eN,
tending from Mauch Chunk to Easton. and
the CoXes are having six lighter engines
built at the Baldwin locomotive works TO
replace them.
Shipments Of Pocahontas coal over the
Norfolk and Western railroad for the
week ended July IA aggregated rs, 3i5 tons,
an increase over the same week or last
year OF 20,96S tons, For the year to date
named the shipments have amounted to
l,S92, 747 tons, an increase OF l4l, ,653 over
the corresponding period last year,
Superintendent Kudlick, of the Cross
Creek Coal company's colleries, has issued
general order warning all employees t.
use great care in handling powder aud eX-
plosives used in mining. The order alsc
warns the men to keep within the bounds
of the mine laws in every particular, re-
spscting the use of this deadly article.
The Pennsylvania railroad reports that
the quantity OF coal and coke originating
on and carried over its lines east of Pitts
burg and Erie for the year thus far has
been 1ll5 661. tons, compared with 10,
94O, 455 tons in the corresponding perioc
of 1898, decrease of 3,S24,7SS tons, Ol
which 5. 762, sis tons were coal, decrease
OF 2, 3O3, 0o7 tons, and 1858, l52 tons coke,
decrease Of !, 1874, 6Sl tons.
The Pennsylvania railroad is now hand
ling ut Columbia about 1000 Cars day
This is an exceedingly heavy movement
and IL the average is maintained to th'
end Of July the month will be about th'
heaviest OF the year, Notwithstanding th'
fact that the movement was very ligh'
prior to the beginning of the present week
There has also been noticeable increase
in through passenger traffic within tn,
last few days.