Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-29


Nathsu r. Thayer, Deputy Collector at The
Boston Custom House, died suddenly, on FRI
day, while seated In his chair. He was broth
er-in-law of Senator Boutwell, and was 90 years
Of age.
During the Western thunGer storms on
Thursday, the lightning struck three persons at
Fort Wayne, Ind, two at Kalamazoo, Mich,
one al Hunt ngtpn, Iowa; one at Circleville,
Ohio, and the postmaster at Marion, lnd.
During barn raising at Baden, in Beaver
county, Pa, twenty men at work on a scaliolu,
were preclpitate1 to the ground by the giving
way OF its supports. Silas Mcpherson was Kill
led, and eleven others We % severely injured.
Geo. Moore, colbred, lived alone near Athens,
Ohio. On Wednesday night he was found dead :,
with bullet hole in his head, his house being
burned down.
General McCodk has received his commits
sion as Governor OF Colorado, and taken the
oath OF office. LID will enter upon his duties at
Denver early neNt month.
All the agents in the Indian Territory, ex-
cept one, have been removed, and q central
agency has been established, bringing all the
civilized Indians under its control. This is in
tended as an experiment TO familiarize the In
dams with selfgpvernment under future ter
ritora system. Leading Indians in the Terri
tory are said to tie strongly In favor of citizen
ship under the United States.
The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs has been
officially informed Of the death of the Indian
Chief Cochise, and that the chiefs last words
were advice TO b 5 people to keep the peace
with the whites. Taxa, eldest son of Cochiss
| had been proclaimed and acknowledged his
successor by all The tribe.
A very good story is circulated in Washington
| at the expense Of Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine. II
seems that the Senator was out for walk. In
passing leading colored church, lie went in
] He had been seated but q few minntes, when
| a colored dignitaty approached him and said ID
substance that the church was for colored peo-
pie, and they preferred TO be left undislurbed
| by the white people during their services. Mr.
Morrill, Immediately retired. A few dass he
| fore he had been earnestly working for The pas
sage ofthe Civil Rights Bill
BRUTAL OUTRAGE IN NEW YuHK MIR.
| Casper Fisher, who lives oil The mountain near
| Ellenville, n. Y. having taken your; wife
was visited on Saturday evening Of last wee,
| by u "skimmeltpn" party. they kept up Il
| lively din with tin horns and pans, shot guns
etc, Until the bri lie at last put her head out oil
tie window above and inquired it they "hadu I
made racket enOhgh."
Al this one of ihe party, stepping under the
window, shot point blank at the bride. Then
| they He'd. The lady, who was nearly killed
| was shot in the mouth. Six her teeth were
carried away, and they, with the wai, Were
| driven INTO her tongue. She lost at least tw,
| quarts OF blood. The whole front OF The house
is Scared with gun shot.
man about 10 sail for Europe hy sleame,
| from New York, recently while ON the per
waiting to go on board, mad satchel stolen
from him, containing valuables worth 5000.
lie had no time W pursue the thieves, as the
business calling him to Europe was imperI-
| live, and had therefore To sustain the loss.
Sarah Reeves, a coored girl of ten years, ha
been arrested at Elizabeth, n. D., for attempt
ing 10 poison the family of John Il. Miller, o
| Caniord. She put creosote in their coffee hu
| The dose was 50 large that il was detected
| Only one ct the family drank any Of the col
fee, aud That one suffered violent pains. I'll,
girl says she III! the deed in revenge for i'll
| treatment, and 5 IT, manif'ss no sorrow for thl
| crime
| RkoENriN ! 1llle boy iamel & Taliam, onl,
| ten years old, living near McDunOugl, aboI,
| pucssa dlu Il bla thing IL living swarm u
| bees. The bees swarmrd when 10 one wa
about hut himself, and pitched in tree. H.
| cIiinned up TO tue bees, tied a fope around til,
| lllhb on which they were hanging, then save,
| 1t oil and carefully lowering the swarm To tn
ground went down and hyed them AS uice
as cohllh h.. lie ran a big risk, AMONG sicli lo
| insects.
THE New NJ. +. Church, at Mas toms cuYnc
VIII be dedicated on Sunday, the Eth Of .lnl
next. The Rev Edward u. Newman, of Eas
ton, Md, will preach the dedicaiory sermo,
and other ministers will assist in the services
THE Clyde lire ofsteamers have been dis
continued between Norfolk and Crislield 1t i
stated that the Philadelphia, Wilmington an,
Baltimore Railroad Company intend soon (
put on tine line of steamers with elegant ma.
| senger accommodations