Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-05

National politics, casting III
Albert O. Savage was fatally shot BY Jamao
G. Green, in st. Paul, Mimi, on Mondss
night They had been drinking together AMI
Green refused to continue the spree. ma
murderer kept a crowd at bay with III
revolver, and then walked to the station honss
and gave himself up.
The puddlers employed by Burden Broth.
ers, in Troy, N. Y, are said to have called
upon James A. Burden on Friday, and volun.
tarily proposed that their wages be redncaa
u per ton. Some time since, when price,
were rising, the firm, unsolicited, raised Ia
employees wages. 40
Colonel Wales, commanding the Mexican
troops in pursuit of Victoria's Indians, baa
had two fights with the latter not far from
the border. In the first fight three Mesicana
and four Indians were killed. In the second
Blk Mexicans were killed, the Indian loss being
unknown.
The Democratic Presidential canvass i,
New York was opened Wednesday evening bya
large mass meeting, or rather meetings fbe
principal one being held in the Academy Of
Music. Samuel j. Tilden presided and spoke
Among the other speakers were Samuel /
Randall and Congressman Ewing, Of Ohio.
The census gives the population of the sv
cities OF New Hampshire as follows: Man.
chester, 81, 45S Nashua, IS, 453 Portsmouth,
9,732 Concord, 1854 Dover, II, 693 ;Keene
6,7S6. Total, 87,9G3. The twenty-four larges,
towns in the State have an aggregate poppa,
ton OF II 400.
William Thompson, being drunk, fell of
porch and.broke his neck, at Bergen Point. n
j., on Monday night. His widow notified The
PONCE saying that she supported the family
by washing, while Thompson spent his time
in saloons, aud she had net money enough to
bury Inn.
The census gives Vermont population Of
49,, 455, gain Of 1904 in ten years. Tbe
populations OF three counties, Franklin
Windsor and Chittenden have decreased
The figures are subject to a slight revision
six portfolios having been returned for errors
A monument will be erected over the grave
OF Charlotte Cushman in Mount Auburn
Cemetery, in Boston, in few DAYS. IL ia An
obelisk of Hallowell granite, 'the design
being an exact reproduction in form of Cleo
patry's needle as 1t stood at Heliopolis."
Three boys, not older than 10, left Elizabeth
N. j., on Tuesday morning, for a crabbinp
expedition in Long Island Sound. They have
not been heard OF since, and are supposed to
have persisted by the capsizing of their boat
in squall in Tuesday afternoon.
A violent storm of rain and hail visited the
truck and fruit section around Norfolk, Va.
on Wednesday. The wind blew down barns
and out-buildings, and the hail stones, some
OF which were AZ large as hens eggs, de-
stroyed vegetables and fruits
Plans have been prepared for a new silver
vault in the United States Mint, in Philadel-
phia, and work will begin upon it at once II
VIII be used for the storage of the standard
dollars, of which it will hold 5000, 600, weigh
ing in the aggregate 100 tons.
The barque Valqyrien, at Quebec, took to
that port John Nowlan and John Powers Of
tho schooner Alice and Williams, of Glouces
ter, Mass, who were picked up from dory
after they had been three days and three
nights without food or water.
The captain Of the schooner E,,nice p.
Ne,1co,nb, at Boston, rciterates the statement
made by him on his last trip that he was fired
upon by Spanish cruiser, and he ia positive
That when fired upon he was ten miles from
the Cuban shore.
The American Steamship Line will be rein
forced about the beginning OF 1881 by the
addition of two large steamships, which are
now being built at Belfast, Ireland. Another
steamer will be placed on the Red Star Line
next September.
The wife of DR.. Herman Croft, OF Stone
Ridge, near Rondout, N. Y, was drowned on
Saturday evening, by the horse which she
was left to mind while her husband visited
patient, becoming manageable and backing
into the canal.
The outlook of the coal and iron trades is
reported to be 30 bright that anticipatons arc
entertained that more prosperous results will
attend both during the com ing year than
have been experienced at any time in the past
10 years.
Turner Wilson was shot dead by Benjamin
johnson, at Balltown, KY, OH Friday. John
son, who IL son of ex-Iientenant- Governor
johnson, fled to his fathers house in Bards-
town. and had not been arrested up to last
night.
Tho State election in Alabama was held
Monday. The returns az far as received
indicate Democratic majority over the
Republicans and Greenbackers, which il
estimated in Montgomery at so, 900 or upwards
Mrs. Mary Ann Robbins committed suicide
IN kensco, Wcstchester county, New York,
Thursday last, by taking Paris green. It
IL thought her mind was affected by the loss
OF n favorite son, who died some time ago.
severe thunder storm, with high wind
prevailed in the country around Troy, VT, on
Monday afternoon. A building in Derby was
consumed by lightning, and trees were
ieyelled and houses unroofed by the wind.
A captive balloon at Youngstown, Ohio,
broke loose on Saturday, carrying Off man
| and woman. 1t assembled to great height
| Nothing has been heard of it since.
Jennie Cuddeback, aged 81 years, commit
| ted suicide by drowning near Port Jervis,
y, on Friday night. Her father commit
| ted suicide III jail several years ago while
awaiting trial for murder.
| Sixty-ve head of short-horn cattle were
| sold at Mt. Sterling, KY, on Wednesday,
There was large attendance of buyers, in
GLIDING some from Canada, and the prices
averaged 1898 per head.
| Ward IIaight, his wife and daughter and
Belden Wilmot, of Stamford, Conn, were
lost on Long Island Sound, last Tuesday
probably by squat.
The local election in Portsmouth, N. H., re-
suited i'll William II. Sise, Republican, being
elected Mayor for third term The Board
OF Aldermen and Common Council are the
same al last year.
Isaiah Bakers wife, daughter and nephew
were struck by lightning in n field near
Bridgewater,N N. g., Thursday last. Mrs. Baker
| was Killed, and the Others seriously, if not
fatally injured.
Inc census of the First District of New Jer-
sey, comprising the counties of Essex, Passaic,
Morris, Bergen, Warren and Sussex. shows a
population of aO7, 1877, an increase Of "a, 5D
| since 1870.
Warren Smith, of Halifax, has challenged
James II. Riley, of Saratoga, to row three.
nile iace Tor 81 900 a ride. II il expected
that the race will be rowed at Saratoga, next
| month.
The census gives Arizona Territory popu.
latlon OF Al $50, including LOGO Chinese and
l,oi5 Indians, excluding the reservation and
iueblo Indians, who have not been counted
The excitement in Jonesboro', Ga, over
tine murder of the col0red girl and attack on
| Il COlOreQ family continues but tbe praQapop
OF troops prevents any breach of the peace.
The trial Of James Deiarnette for the muir.
der of his sister, in Danville, Va, has been
postponed until the September term, owing
10 the absence of witnesses for the defense.
John II. Clementshaw, who swore that
Sharies DE Young fired a shot at I. NJ Kali
LOCK, was convicted of perjury in the Superior
Court at San Francisco, last week.
The school population of Petersburg Va,
| IL placed by the census at 6,392, of which
3426 are cOlorod. This is said to show de-
crease of l,O25 in five years.
John Roman, aged 81 years, a butcher, Of
Philadelphia, died at the Riverside Hospital,
New York, Friday, of small pox, after All
Illness of about two weeks.
The body Of Alfred G. Chandler, aged G1
who disappeared from Milford, N. j., two
weeks ago, was found hanging in the woods
near Morfords on Friday.
A seyen-year-old daughter of John Booth,
| OF Lancaster Pa, died of hydrophobia on
Monday night. She was bitten by n dog
about seven weeks ago.
About 10 Scotch farmers, "all persons Of
MEANS" arrived in Montreal on Thursday
night on their way to the Northwest, where
they intend to settle.
The crop reports from Southern Manitoba
are very favorable. The potato bug however,