Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-11-13
NEWS SUMMARY,
A Collect Os nj Incident, Acefs
6sRss, O. tm - and Casualties,
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n AOtIeEs Oa nj Incident. Ace1a
deRss, O. tm - and Casunlities.
From eli Sec Ions fIhe OuntrY
The Grand Jnfy in New Orleans yes.
:eraay indicted the PROF r.etors OF the
st. Charles, City, St. Jam 8, Cassiday's
md other hotels, for failure to comply
Sith a law requiring knot.ed ropes, Of
'utfsient length to reach the ground,
o be provided in each led room 'front.'
ng on streets or alley ways for the
Escape of guests in case Of fire. The
penalty fer the first offence is fine Of
$500.
William J. Grover, aged so years, Of
LED Bank, N. j., married Jsmima Au-
mack, aged only l3 years, in May last,
and the ill-matched couple went to live
in Eatontown. Last Saturday, Grover g
abuse drove his wife from the house.
She returned on Thursday night to
get her clothes and be shot her twice
in the head, inficting mortal Wouni g.
A small Canadian schooner carrying
twenty tons of nitro glyosrine, for Port
Huron, was driven ashore in the har-
Dor at Erie, Pa, on Wednesday, dur
ing a gale. Up to last evening all Of
forts to remove her proved futile, and
it was feared that the pounding Of tie
waves might explode her dangerous
cargo and do terrible damage.
The body Of a man in an advanced
state Of decomposition was found hang
Ing by rope to tree in the woods
near Point Pleasant, N. j., on Thurs
day. On the ground was found va
lise containing shoemaker's tools, and
in the mans coat pocket was pawn,
ticket from Philadelphis "loan ofiee,'
bearing the name Of Martin Metz.
G. T. Places Oil refinery, owned by
the Standard Oil Company, at Hsrr's
Island, near Pittsburg, was burned
yesterday morning. The ire was start
ed by man dropping lamp in the
hydraulic press room. The loss is
about $4,000.
The total population of Msssaoh aohusetts,
according to the census returns, ia
l, ,IS3, ,O96, OF whom 924, 565 are females
or G6,044 mora than one half. 443,l
of the population are foreign born, and
1904 are colored.
A warrant has been issued for the
execution on January l4th next, Of
William Milbourne, oolored, convicted
in Somerset county, Nd, OF the murder
OF William Pcwhatan, in July last.
The feet in Hampton Roads began 10
separate yesterday morning. The Sara
toga will go to Baltimore to recruit
boys, about IS boys being required to
make up her complement.
Samuel Allen and Edward T. Bruden
colorsd sailors, quaIrelled on schooner
in Baltimore harbCr, yesterday morning,
and Allen was knocked overheard and
drowned. Bruden was arrested.
J. Henry Pargman, President Of the
Laurentian Railroad, and baggage
man, whose name Is not given, were
killed by railroad collision near st.
Therese, Quebec, on Thursday evening.
The steamer Cortez, from Milwaukee
for Olwego, with $4,000 bushels Of
wheat, went ashore near Sandy Creek,
in Lake Ontario, yesterday afternoon.
The crew were saved.
The body of Nicholas Nswlin. aged
80 years, who disappeared about two
weess ago, was found in the river at
Chester, Pa, on Thursday night.
A freight train on the Great Western
Railway ran off the track at Dundas,
Ont, yesterday, and seven cars were
wrecked. A number of cattle were
killed.
James Humphrey was shot dead by
his trother-in-law, DR.. J. Aust, in
Winslow, Ind, on Thursday night.
Both were drunk at the same time.