Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-09-10
rELEoRAPHlc SUMMARY.

Ex-Governor Worth died at Raleigh, N.
O., on Sunday night.
Dora Rlcord, aged 1e years, drowned her
self in the canal al Lowell on Sunday.
George Hewson, a carlman, was drowned
oil Albany on Tuesday.
j. @. Howe, an aged and well-known
merchant of Boston, died on Tuesday.
Gilbert Hall fell while attempting to jump
on train at Portland, Oh Monday, anu was
killed.
A fire occurred at Navasota, Texas, on
Tuesday, which destroyed property TO the
amount OF S45,00o.
The California State Fair opened on Mon
day There is a splendid showing of stock,
and the attendance is large.
On Sunday Clinton Smith, of Mt. Morris,
N. Y, was kicked by horse, and died on
Monday from the injuries received,
Thomas Ward was fatally stabbed by
Charles Owen at Providence on Sunday
Owen has been arrested.
On Saturday Michel Hart aged years,
son of David Hart, OF Boston, Was run over
and killed by Metropolitan horse car.
The water in the six distributing basina at
the Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia,
was scarcely foot deep on Monday.
Tile Western Pacific Railroad has been
completed to the Bay of San Francisco. The
first through passengers from New YORK
arrived via Almcda.
The Coroner's jury in the Carter murder
case, al Philadelphia, have rendered YER
dict that the deceased came to his death at
the hands Of Joseph Snyder.
The Good Will Engine Company, Of 1'ren-
ton, N. j., arrived at Boston on Tuesday
They nre the guests OF the Charlestown ire
men.
A telegram to the Richmond Dispatch,
from Farmvllle, announces the burning oi
the Presbyterian Female Academy at that
place.
f. 3. G. Lindsay, Postmaster at Raven s
Nest, Scott County, Va, was arrested and
taken to Richmond on Tuesday, for robbng
the mails.
Abbott Loyejoy, Of Baltimore, was ar
rested at Milford, Conn, on Saturday, ana
taken to Baltimore by Marshal Patterson,
charged with the illegal vending of Ken
tucky lottery tickets in that city.
Prof. Davidson's scientific party has re-
turned TO San Francisco from Alaska. Ihe
result OF the expedition is satisfactory. The
party visited q region of country never be-
lore penetrated by white men.
Judge jeremiah s. Black, of Pennsyl.
vania, has brought suit in thesum OF $25, ,O0u
against the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road Company, for injuries sustained during
the Summer
Mrs. Catharine Washington died in Ham
ilton County, Ohio, on Saturday morning,
aged so years. 1t is claimed that she was
relative of President Washington. She
was born and married on the Washington
estate, in Culpepper County, Va.
The fire steamer John Fuller, OF New
York, chartered by Engineer Graf to raist
the water from the Schuylkill into the Fair
mount reservoir, arrived in Philadelphia on
, Tuesday morning, and went into service on
Wednesday morning.
, Wells, Fargo s. Co.'s coach, which lei
, Helena, Montana, August 29th, was robbed
bv bIghwaymen at Malade Station, in Utah
Territory, on the night of the 3lst, ol nearll
$50, 900 in gold. The passengers were no
molested, and some $40, 900 thus escaped
the robbers A large force left Corinne oi
!, the 1st inst. in pursuit of the marauders,
n The British iron bark Harbeek Castle
bound from San Francisco July 10 for lqui
que Peru, with a cargo OF $1,000 sacks o
3 barley, went ashore August 81, of Pedro
a Blancos, about 800 miles south OF San Fran
s cisco. The vessel and cargo were tots
is loss. The crew were saved. The vess'
l. had experienced hurricane August 1,whic
u crippled her. and she was returning TO tn
8 port of San Francisco tor repairs.