Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-06-28
NEWS SUM
Snit aEstnst She Narag ansetI.SUp-
posed deAsh.by viOlenee-StahaB~d
tO Death by ROugha-Vtner acci-
dents, Incidents, Crimes Rnd

| tO D0utD Dy AOuS nh-VtHrH HVcb'
dents, Incidents, Crimes nRd
| .CasuaIsies. ,-4- ,--
James Kennedy, a jswelry peddler O
Newark, N. j., was found dead in q
room in = hotel in Hartford, Conn, or
Friday. A Corensr's jury has return
cd verdict that Ksnpedy's death was
caHsed by his being kicked by some
unknown person while suffering from
an enlargement Of the spleen.
Cornelius Mayer, a we'll known glass
manufacturer Of Brooklyn, N. Y, wa,
stabbed to death, by gang Of roughs
in saloon In Williamsburg yesterday
morning. John Brady, Thomas Foster
Frank Marley and William Hanley
have been arrested for the crime.
The wheat harvest is nearly finished
in the southern portions OF Ohio
Indiana and Illinois, and ths yield ir
most places range frem Is 10 25 bushels
per acre-fully up to the expectations
of the farmers, it ls said. The quality
lis good. A few car loads have beer
shipped East, the price paid being s;
to S5 cents per bushs..
When tho ship Lille Seullerd, Q
Yarmouth, N. s., arrived at St. John
N. B., from Philadelphia, yesterday
her second mate, William Mulholland
was handed ever to the police author
tiles, for having killed seaman, ram
cd Lamborn, on the voyage, while the
latter was assaulting the first mate.
A man named Fo,d died In Elizabeth
N. j., on Friday night, from injuries
received by the bursting Of IN emery
wheel, in Singers Sewing Machine
Works, the day before. A boy was
seriously injured by q similar accident
three weeks ago.
A letter has been received in Lead
vile, Colorado, from man named
Blake Burton, who left last April, with
two others, for Gunnison. Burton says
he Is q captive among the Ute Indians,
they having killed his companions, bu,
he hoped to escape, as he is on good
terms with several OF his captors.
About one hundred drivers on the
Second Avenue strest railway in Nsw
York struck yesterday for an advance
of 25 cents per day. Some disturbance
occurred and several arrests we're made.
The Third Avenue drivers are expect
ed to follow suit TO day.
The commencement excsrcises of the
Lafayette College, at Easton, Pa, were
inaugurated yesterday morning, in the
chapel, President Cat.ell preaching the
baccslaureate sermon. To-day will be
Sanior Glass day, to morrow Alumni
day, and Wednesday Commencement
day.
Rev. James JAmisson, for fifty years
o Methodist minister in North Carolina
and Virginia, died in Meoklenburg coun-
ty, Va, on Friday, and was buried in
Danville yesterday. His funeral was
very largely attended.
Attorney General Ward, of New
York, has given an opinion that tVle-
graph pcles are taxable as real estate
in the towns in which they are situa-
ted, land are to be assessed in the
name of and 10 the company owning
the line and not in any wise as "noa-
resident"
william w. Bsady, convicted Of
manslaugLtsr in New Orleans, in kill
ing Mrs. Herbert, by throwing her
from the third story Of house, was
sentenced on Saturday to 20 years i'm
prisonment at hard labor.
A jealous young woman named
Keissr shot at aud missed William
Zieglsr, her sweetheart, and then shot
herself dead. near Paris, Ohio, on Fri
day.
The wife OF Governor Williams, of
Indiana, died yesterday in Wheatland
in that State, after long illness.
James ?. Hughes was drowned while
bathing in Dead Lake, at Asbury Park,
N. j., on Friday.
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank Of
St. Paul, Mimi, suspended on Friday.
Its assets are reported at $l42 600; liza
bilities only $45, 900. An early resump-
tion is expected.
Thomas B. Hopper was hanged a.
Greenfield, No., on Friday, for the
murder OF Samuel C. Ham, committed
on August 20, 1879. lie asserted that
he was Innocent.
George B. Gates, Vice President and
General Manager of the Buffalo, New
York and Philadelphia Railroad, died
last night, in Buffalo, sged 6S years.
Z. II. Lathrop, of Springfield, Mass,
one of the leading Butler men in Mas
sachusetts, has resigned his member
ship in the Butler Syate Committee.
wrecked Railroad Trains.