Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-16
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more. on Saturday with the captain and |
Is sailors of the British Barque Belgracld,
from Quebec for Greenock, abandoned "a
sinkine condition on the 28th ult lhe
schooner A. ". Thompson, for Providence,
went ashore near Fort Adams. ~ Newport
harbor last Friday night, and filled. Inc
baraue FontdbiRe has been wrecked at
Falmouth. Jamaica, and the captain and five
sailors drowned Captain J. }. Hicks, oil the
American brig l.. ~ Merritt. was drowned IN
Matanzas BAY. Cuba. on the night OF the 2tlh
ult. The steamer Hdthersdge, aground AZ the
mouth of the Patapseo river, was located on
Saturday and towed back to Baltimore TO
retake the portion of her cargo oil whlch she
was lightened.
An area of high pressure moved down from
the North to the Lower Lake region during
Thursday night, bringing with 1t very cola
weather. The temperature at Parry sound
Ontario Friday morning, was ~ below
zero. At Burlington, Vermont. the telnpera-
ture was 2 below zero. At Davenport Iowa,
ii was above zero. AtLacrosse Wisconsin,
and Indianapolis, Indiana, ii was at zero. |
The Temperature generally rose throughout |
the Northwest. though not high enough to |
get anywhere near the freezing point. The |
cold wave descended the valley of the Hudson |
Friday. the temperature falling TO zero at
PoughkeepFie. At Long Branch New Jersey, |
the temperature was below zero during sun |
rivers are closed by ice six inches thick.
A fire in Springfield. Mass. Thursday morn
ing. burned ont the Wason Manufacturing
Company. Ray Y Taylor's paper collar factory,
Blair ~ Fiskes lawn implement factory, the
GoldtEwaite Button Company place, Dickin-
son Mays paper stock and several other
firms. The losses aggregate SlOO,OOO
The chief engineer and several ire
men We're severely injured by falling walls.
The tobacco warehouse OF James Leigh Jones,
in Richmond, Va, was burned Thursday.
Loss 100000. The Theatre Comique, oppo
site the Merchants Exchange, i'll st. Louis,
was burned early Thursday afternoon.
Six ruflians rode mp to the store of Russell
Brothers. at Port Oak, near Jacksboro',
Texas, on Thursday evening" and after
buying s2Dl worth uf goods. invited Abner
Russell to 20 outside. lie went ont and was
shot dead The gang then re-entered the
store and shot John Russell. iniicting what
lis probably fatal wound. Citizens are in
pursuit OF the murderers. Charles Marshall,
rough who had murdered an noffensive
| old man. was taken from the sheriff and
| hanged by mob. at Belleville, Nevada, on
| Thursday.
The bucket factory of John p. Gay and an
adjoining building occupied by the Crown
| Manufacturing Company for making kindling
wood and window ornaments in Cincinnati,
We're burned on Saturday morning. In the
| last-named building eight iiremen We're
| standing around chute in second STORY
| room, pouring water on the floor below, when
they were suddenly wrapped i'll an ascending
burst OF smoke and flame Three of them
managed to escape somehow the other five
persisted. Their bodies were recovered three
hours afterwards.
After four days blockade by snow, train
| left Tracy, Minnesota, for the East on We'd
nesday week with 800 passengers. At $50
on Thursday morning, near New Ulm, the
axle tender broke, and ali but one of the cars
were thrown from the track, and upset in
the SNOW. Several of the cars were wrecked,
and baggage car was partially DESTROYED by
fire. Nine of the passengers were seriously
injured. but all suffered greatly from the
cold the temperature being 20 below zero.
They were transferred to New Tim as soon a.
possible.
The steamship Mosel, at New York yester-
day from Bremen, reports that on the 10th
instant, i'll latitude il.3G, longitude 63 40.
she passed a White Star line steamer with the
signal letters "h. S. l.. Il. (R,JatjLic, which
left Liverpool November 80 for New York
disabled. The captain asked to be towed 10
New York. but tins was refused, as the Nose
had not enough coal to do so. A fresh gale
was blowing at the time with heavy sen, but
the vessel, which made no signal OF distress
seemed very manageable under sail
W. 1. Il. Wilson, deputy collector, wal
shot, but not seriously, while seiZing an illicit
dlstlllcry at Atlanta, on Friday night Two
men were arrested and the dlstllltry seized
tight occurred near COoksyille. Tennessee
few days ago, between Thomas and Alex
ander WEIGH Illicit dlstillers, on the one side
and Captain Davis, United States Dcput,
Collector. and q. W. Campbell, United State
Commissioner, on the other, i'll which Davi
was shot and dangerously wounded, ant
Campbell badly beaten.
The residence OF Charles b. Fisher. OF
Charles street, Baltimore, was DESTROYED b
fire before daylight Sunday morning. III
family escaped, but Mary lasker, a culore
, woman, and Perry Diggs a colored boy, wer
fatally injured by jumping from fifth-stor
5 window. Tie woman died in half an hon
after the disaster. The fire originate
: from the furnace in the cellar. The loss o
+ the building, furniture and library is est
!, mated ut 100000.
II Notice was filed in the office of the clerk Z
: the United States Circuit Court. at Boston, o
saturday, Of SUIT for libel against til
: Boston mary advertiser by Edward Gran,
j. who places his damages at S2OOOOO. III
Z Adc1tt%1' office was attached the same ia
for the sum claimed as damages The suit
,. returnabe May LIST. II appears that an ed
IS torlal was published in the paper last Thur
/, day reviewing Cranes railroad record ali
IL crtlclslng his alleged schemes: hence Il
'e suit
!. Miss Elizabeth Taylor, aged Is years, WI
l., accidentally shot by the discharge of pist
'e III the hands Of her atlanced, at Daklan,
It Cal, on Monday night. The shooting toe
81 place at the gate OF her fathers house. Mr.
)f Jones and her two children were burned
l. death by the explosion of Il coul oil lamp,
,r Independence, Missouri. on Monday nigh
\. Sllas Burns, aged 40 years, was drown,
~ while skating ut Bay View. New .Ierse
III yesterday.
" At Liberty, in Redford county, Virginia, ,
10 Mon lay three colored men were sold at pull
auction under the old vagrant law, by ord
lg of Il magistrate, absolute ownership 10 cen
he at the end OF three months. There were fl
lp bidders at the strange sale and the II
fortunate men were FINALLY knocked duy
liz for - cash, charity for their destitute conc
~ ton being the principal motive of t
~ bidders.
~ John +. L. Brown, owner of the pleas,i
>" Bay House. at Long Branch was thrown fire
Vi his carriage last Thursday evening and
at ceived injuries which may prove fatal.
an carriage containing II party OF young ueol
M was demolished by tram ut a railroad GRO
Ye ing III dublin. Ohio, On saturday night. ant
-. Young woman, named Clara iIansboroul
-, was killed. Another Young woman and
young man We're severely injured
~ During the last seven years the product
HN OF the gold and silver mines of the Unit
81 S2Il, 900 i'll silver. This il an averA
Is yearly production Of O,000, 900 gold Al
lin 33s, I1n,UOU silver. OF the total proluctit
liz about H5ia Yer cent of the gold and Cos, !
j., cent. of the silver went to the mints and usr
~, offices to he converted into coin or bars.
Ia Thomas Dilley, an old farmer, was fon
II murdered. with his wife beside him uc,
" scious and probably fatally injured in
!di house near tuona station. Iowa, on sat
ne day morning. Money i'll the house was |
~ touched, and 1t is believed that an
itn grndse, and Ill feeling cugendercd by a la
alt suit, caused the crime. Two young II
itt mmed Gallon are suspected
I'D The dry goods store of Bcniamin Bills,
.d, 90, III Hartford. Connecticut, WIS robbed
"a about rl,IOO worth Of silks on Friday ng
The schooner G1pYioUHd. living at the railrt
-" dock at SANDY Hook, was boarded by THE
70 On thursday night who carried OF q n
iia gun and some clothing, jill, cables and oil
~ loose material.
~ Captain DDugherty, the Indian Agent
iiu Grow Creek, Dakota arrived ut Sioux c
iia on Thursday, with party OF Sioux Chiefs
am the way t. Washington He reports the ri
IN, Sioux much dissatisfied with the agreenl
- of the lied Cloud and Spotted Tail bands
~ give the Milwaukee Il 81. Paul railroad
~ right way OF going through the great Sit
lst. reservation.
leu Fayne's colOniZers, who raidcd in the Ind
en-, Territory and were expelled by the troop5.
ets manned camped Monday at Hunnewcll, no
red OF the territorial line Payne has been
luz posed from command. Tile troops eonfro
,rc ing the raiders have been reinforced an
NV cavalry company Is scouting iii the Oklahu