Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-30

at Bloomington, H., on the 4th of August,
1879, which has occupied the attention of the
Circuit Court at Clinton ILL.,, the entire week,
was concluded last night when the Jury. after
eight hours elaboration, found verdict Of
guilty" and fixed the punishment at death.
At Plantagenet Ontario David Provost has
confessed that he murdered Pierre Brunei in
September last. He says Damos Brunei, son
Of the murdered man. instigated the deed,
and stood by while his father was being
choked to death. NJ. A. Mcknight who
killed James Derrick and accidentally shot
John W. Kemp, nj Bolton, Texas. on October
18th, has given himself up to the authorities.
A trial of the electric light rs a means OF
/ Illuminating the Hoosac Tunnel was made
Yesterday week, aud proved successful.
Two ordinary brush lamps were used and
1 locomotive head light. They were arranged
on platform car so as to throw in advance
light equal IN brilllancy to 4 900 candles.
! Barney Duffy and John Mahoney, Migrants,
I on Saturday evening laid down on heap OF
I cinders carted from rolling mill in Paterson,
| \. j. After while Duffy WIS asphyxiated
| by the gas from the smoldering heap, and
Mahoney made him some coffee in an old tin
/ can, and then procuring aid took him to d
! hospital near by. Alahoney then went back
! aud laid down on the same cinder heap, where
/ he was found Sunday morning, dead and
horribly burned. During the night he was
| smothered by the fumes from the coal heap,
| and tue wind freshenlng famed the cinders
to glow
Corporal Norton, of Battery X, Second
Z Artillery, Jacob Klein 4 citizen. and another
| soldier, attempted to cross Mill Creek, near
Fortress Monroe in small boat, on Saturday
| afternoon. The boat capsZed and Norton
was drowned. The other two were rescued,
but Klein died soon after from exhaustion.
Two children of Il farmer, named Anthony,
! persisted by the burning of their house, near
Toledo Ohio, on Saturday, during the absence
| OF the parents at far, in neighboring
| village,
DR., j. II. Payne was shot dead and r. +.
| Jones and his wife We're wounded perhaps
| fatally, by an unknown man who fired among
| the passengers III car of the Iron Mountain
railroad, i'll Arkansas on Friday night. The
assassin escaped, There is mystery about
! the tragedy, but 1t Is supposed the murderer
Is one of party i'll conspiracy to rob the
/ express and that, the plan failing, he re-
vensed himself by shooting the passengers.
Edward Purcell, a gate-tender, was killed
by train at Meridcn, Conn. on Saturday.
I \. w, Clnm freight brakeman. was knocked
from ear and killed by the bridge at Prince
ton junction, New Jersey, on Saturday morn
/ lng. locomotive Of the Long Island
ralroad ran down an embankment at Hicks
VILE. on Saturday morning. killing George
lh'b the engineer.
The Pacific FIGURING Mill of Keller
Brothers. IN st. Lonis, was DESTROYED by
tire Thursday afternoon The lugs il esti-
mated at 100000. A fireman was killed and
another injured by the fall of a wall. and a
mill .Dploye was badly burned The principal
| business block in Corsicana, Texas, WAS de-
stroyed by fire Thursday morning. Loss
| 5000
sleigh containing six persons was struck
by tram ut railroad crossing near Lucan.
Ont ON saturday night. James McGrath.
lbs wife. his brother Matthew, aud his cousin,
Ellen Blake, were killed. NcGrath's 49,
nouths-ald infant was dangerously injured.
ANNE MclIrath saved herself by Jumping
from the sleigh II moment before the
collision.
Eugene Fairfield Williams, who some time
ago pcrsccuted Rev. DIR. DIX, of New York
and who was convicted of forgery and SEN
fenced 10 three and half wears imprison-
moht at sing Sing died in the peniteutiary
hospital Wednesday week. Of disease of the
stomach,
John G. Wnstun, Grin c. Whitney and
'harlrH IL. Perkins, convicted OF defrauding
the Gu'rrnment III the match bond cases"
IA Chicago, were sentenced last week each to
one years Imprisonment in the penitentiary
at hard labor.
Ihc water main nj the corner OF Main and
Exchange streets. in Buffalo. burst on Tues
day night, and the water flooded several
stores and the Great Western Railway Office