Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-15
IN GENERAL.

culture of Illinois shows that the orons H
that State will be larger this wear ,bs Vi
ever before. The acreage of what J.; 'Aan
per cent. larger than last wear ma "a ~
general condition equal. Oats have AZ .s
creased 10 per cent, hay nearly douh,as
and the amount of corn is about eonai ~
last years. The crop of white potaiosa, W
immense" and that of sweet pota,oao
larger than ever BEFORE" while all M'
fruits are In Zine condition" A'
The Committee of the Democrat.
National Convention appointed to notify
General Hancock and Mr.. English OF th";.
nomination for President and Vice pras;
dent of the United States, performed tbs,
duty Tuesday. General HancocS
expressed his sense of the honor conferred
upon him, and said that AZ soon AZ ,bs
importance of the matter permitted bs
would prepare and send his formal accen,
ance of the nomination.
The Democratic National COMMITTEE Il,
session at New York on Tuesday, unsn,
mously reelected William II. Bbrnum q,
Connecticut, chairman, and Frederick a
Prince, of Massachusetts, secretary.
There was tremendous rain storm a, Da.
Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday night NE
storm was even heavier to the westward ot
that place, and at Yanmeter it seems to Laya
taken "the form of a water-spout." Ibs
town was submerged to depth Of three feel
and forty rods of an embankment of tha
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad was swent
away. AT Wintersett, the Chicago and Rail
Island rolnd-house was demolished WLer
ever the storm prevailed the crops were
greatly damaged.
In the Superior Court at Atlanta, Ca, Wedues.
day, colored juror was called, for the frat
time. He served with II well-known whites
who made him foreman, and he presented
verdict of guilty against colored man
charged with burglary. The case of AVA
Gunn colored, charged with murder. coming
up, the latter refused the colored Juror, say
ing she wanted no niger to try him for M
life" White Georgians, however, generally
approve of the selection of intelligent colorel
jurors.
A fire in Tyrone, Pa, Thursday morning
destroyed sixteen buildings, among them two
banks, the Herald and Democrat offices six
stores and the post office. The upper story
of the City Hotel was burned. The loss IL
estimated at Sl25O00 to :15O,O00, and the
insurance ut about 100000 Lee x Murdoch's
mill and store-house in East Douglass, Mass
We're burned on Wednesday night. Los,
100000.
Department yesterday that he had no official
information that any attempt was being made
to invade the Indian Territory. The War
Department officials think the reports from
that quarter exaggerated, and say there will
be no difficulty in dealing with Paynes party
or others who might attempt to settle on the
forbidden lands.
Shindle G.. Young,age 81 years, telegraph
operator at Sunbury, Pa, went to Danyille on
I.x....t 49,.
to walk home. Wednesday afternoon his body
was found in the river, three miles from Dan
vile. He was wounded in the side, and is
supposed to have been murdered.
Two farmers, living between Sharon, N. j.,
and Allentown, Pa, burnt some bush on peat
land, two months ago, and then, as they sup
posed, extinguished the fire. Last Monday week
however, it revived, and, in spite of the heavy
rain, has spread over large extent of peaty
ground, which burns like stubble.
Michael Golden, driver of canal boat
being drunk, demanded money from his
captain. Timothy Riferty ut Black Rock, N
1.,IWednesday morning, and was refused. He
then attempted to kill Mferty, by cutting his
throat with Il razor, and inflicted wound
that may prove fatal.
Cyril W. Greene, John Farrell and others
have filed notice in the office of the Secre.
tary of State at Albany that they have dis
covered gold and silver ore in the towns OF
Northampton, Fulton county; Edinburgh
and Day, Saratoga county and Hope, Haml
ton county, New York.
The Navy Department has issued an order
abolishing the grades of machinist and
coppersmith in the navy. No machinist or
coppersmlth will be discharged in conse-
quenc6 of this order, however, until the expi-
ration of his term of enlistment, except npon
his own application.
The coroner's inquest on the victims of the
Lake Minnetonka steamboat explosion at st.
Paul, has resulted in verdict declaring
Major Halstead, the owner of the boat Grim
! lnally Negligent i'll not causing the boiler to
be inspected, and holding him responsible fol
the disaster.
The inquest i'll the case of the thre,
| O'CQnnor children at Jersey City was finished
Wednesday evening, and resulted i'll a verdic
that MARY OConner, the mother of til,
children, committed the murder Will,
laboring under temporary alteration o
mind"
There is a more hopeful feeling among tn,
IRON and nail manufacturers at Pittsburg, thu
Western stocks being nearly or quite exhausted
No immediate advance in prices il expected
but 1t il hoped there will be no further slis
pension of operations.
In the police court at San Francisco OF
Wednesday, the suit of Alexander Kydt
against W. NJ. Nelson, for libelng Mayo
kalloch was dismissed, the Judge saying tina
he believed the prosecution had not been il
the interest of the people.
The house of man named Tunrose, il
Chicago county, Mimi, was burned on Wed
nesday night, and two OF his daughters agct
respectively and II years, were burned t,
death. Another, II years of age, was severed,
injured.
AT Nulture mine, Arizona on the 21st inst.
Miss Lubiate was shot dead by disap
pointed Mexican sutton, named Jose Maria
Solazar. The murderer fled, but was aSol
captured, tried by a lynch court and hanged
In the Quarter Sessions Court of Philadel
phia Wednesday, David Watterson was fine,
S5OO, and sentenced to one years inlprison
ment in the Eastern Penitentiary for attempt
ing to dissuade witness from testifying.
The United States revenue cutter Co,soh,
despatched with supplies for the ice-boun,
Arctic whalers and the .Jednnette, arrived a
onnalaska on the 3D. of June, with all o,
board well.
1t is expected that 10000 Knights an
1900 ladies will be in Chicago during tn
Grand Triennial Conclave of Knights Temp
lar, which will be held in that city mex
month.
boy named Johnston started to hunt
bear on his fathers farm, near Huntsville
Ont, on Sunday with no weapon but a
empty gun, and was torn in pieces by TIL
beast.
The census enumerators in Lumpki
county, Georgia. have discovered colore
woman named Matilda Hubert, who was Dor
in Connecticut, and il alleged to be 12G veal
old.
The Clipper Herald, Of Hannibal. Mo
, estimates the total loss by the. breaking of til
Sny Leyee at $50O,00O, of which 5000, 900
on wheat and about AZ much more on corn.
Postmaster General Key has ordered tia
) hereafter officers of the Post Office Depart
ment, known as special agents shall he dese
mated as Post Office Inspectors"
) An earthquake lasting several seconds, va
felt at Memphis, Tennessee at Sl5 o'coc
Tuesday evening. Its motion was 'yibratin.
coming from the northwest"
negro, named Sylvester, was arrested
} Pensacola on Tuesday, and taken b.. Mobil,
! on the charge of having murdered Jeremia
Lynch, policeman, in 1872.
, Elmer Hopman aud Thomas Stevens WEI
wounded, the latter fatally, in an ARRAY grow
ing out of a family feud, in Denver Col. q
Wednesday night week.
The dead body of Edward Glenn, boo
peddler was found hanging from n tree ne,
, Mount Pleasant N. j., Thursday ,aofning
, E4STERs SH0RE.