Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-11

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ed, and fourteen robbed, not only of their
watches and porte-monnaies, but of their
clothes, so that they were compelled to
hide in the woods all night. In the morn
ing they contrived to communicate with
certain persons passing in the vicinity
who furnished them with raiment enough
to get home. No doubt these individuals
are more than ever sensible to the ecstatic
emotions engendered by attending pic
mic in the neighborhood of New York.
About two O'Clock on Saturday morn
ing, young man named Thomas Iris
tram, who resided with his mother and
brothers at No. "a East Broadway, New
York, was shot and killed in his own
bedroom by his brother Richard. 1t ap-
pears that the two had been out drinking
together, and it is supposed that drunk
en- quarrel ensued between them, during
which Thomas was shot. Richard has
been committed to the Tombs.
AS a discharged soldier, named George
w. Crowell, was walking on the track of
the Providence. Railroad, near Hyde Park,
on Thursday night week, he was struck
by the outward bound Shore Line train
and instantly killed. He had stepped
from one track to the other to avoid an
inward bound train, not noticing the one
which killed him was approaching. The
deceased belonged in Pawtucket, Rhode
Island.
The police detectives of Cincinnati,
few days ago, broke up gang of burg
lars and thieves at Covington. Seventeen
noted professionals are under arrest.
Their headquarters at Coyington were
filed with stolen goods of every desCrip-
tion, valued at about 100000.
During performance an actress at
Paris theatre took laudnum because an.
other actress received more applause.
The play stopped.
Mrs. Margaret Hartley, of Illinois, who
had just lost son in Washington, being
on her way to visit some friends in Bos.
ton, asked polite-looking young man at
East New York what train she should
take. He said he was going to Boston
and would accompany her. Arrived at
Boston, he took her carpet-bag, ostensibly
to show her an omnibus, but started of
with it on q run and made his escape.
The bag contained all her money, $3.50
IN drafts, her dead sons gold watch, and
number of valuable souvenirs Mrs.
Hartley is more than sixty years of age.
Liby Hayes, sweet little girl of four
years, was run over by street car in Buff
falo, Thursday afternoon week, and lived
about an hour.
John Brennan, the unfortunate Syra-
cuse youth who took poison and then shot
himself because widow would not marry
him, died on Thursday week.
AT Lockport, Thursday week, j. w.
Nixon, canaiman, while pushing boat
with pike pole, slipped and fell into the
water between two boats, which came to-
gether, crushing him to death and horri-
bly, mangling his body.
On Thursday afternoon week, Peter
Irainor was sufocated in Troy. lie
foolishly entered a cider vat filed with
mephitic gas, from which another work
man had just been compelled to turn
back. 1t was nearly an hour before his
body could be recovered.
James McDermott, a returned soldier,
made some trouble in Troy on Thursday
night week, by dropping dead. Two
coroners-Burns and Brennan-claimed
to have "viewed the body first. Each
empaneled jury and held an inquest.
A house in Chicago was burned on
Thursday week. Two children, Peter
and John Fannin, were locked in room
by their parents. A brave fireman dash
ed in and found them lying dead in a corner
OF the room, locked in each others arms.
1t is supposed that they set fire to the
room while at play with matches.
A terrible accident occurred July l4th
to party of English tourists at Monte
Croni, in the Alps. They had mounted a
peak never before climbed by man, and
were descending by rope fastened at
the top, when one OF them fell with such
force as to break the rope in the centre,
and four-Lord Francis Douglass. Chas.
Hudson, Edward Whimper and Michel
= Cruz--members of the London Alpine
> Club. were hurled over precipice
bounding four thousand feet from rock to
rock. They We're crushed of course into
undiStinguishable shapes.
On Sunday, two negroes met respect
able white girl near Evansville, Ind, and
assaulted her. They were caught and
put in Jail, On Tuesday, crowd Of
citizens broke the Jail open, took the
blacks out, put them to death with pis-
tols and clubs, then suspended their bodies
and left them hanging until late hour
in the evening.
A returned Rebel named Kelly u as
summarily hung, few days since, at Bel.
5 gen, Mississippi, under the following cir.
eamstances; He went to saloon in the
Piaeei and ordered a lieutenant of ,,;I;.;,