Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-09-30

was found near Cranberry Park. N. / Iau,
Friday. Her neck was broken and her throat
discolored She was last seen in compspv
with two men on the road leading to the ana
where her body WAS found.
Captain Howgate has telegraphed to n
Johns to engage for Arctic exploration one
of the vessels employed in the seal tisherieA
If the vessel can be secured he intends To N
it up for Polar expedition next spring in
place of the Gutaare.
OF the the 20 workmen who persisted bv
the collapse of the Hudson river tunnel h
Jersey City on the 21st of July last, the bodies
OF only nine have yet been recovered. The
work of extricating the remaining dead is still
progressing.
Immense swarms of graHshoppers tIying
from the north, and thick enough to obscure
the sum- appeared Monday at Jacksborough.
Texas. A farm on which they lighted was
utterly devastated, even the cotton stalks
being deyoured.
The body of an unknown man, about
years of age. was found on Sport Hill near
Scranton, on Friday. There was bullet
hole in the head, which was also crushed in
He il supposed to have been murdered about
ten days ago.
The fishery at Magdalen Island, in the
| Gulf of st. Lawrence, is nearly over for
| the season, and the catch Is too small for
the support of the population. MANY
| of the fishermen are already in destitute
condition.
The Georgia Stock Fair will open at Atlanta
| on October 18th, and continue one week
| Atlanta will be simultaneously enlivened by a
| military reunion, and there il to be process
sion of the "Mystic Owlos," on the Goth
| proximo.
| private letter from Egypt, received in
| Boston, says that President Hayes has CON
| muted the sentence of Stephen Nilsson, for
| merly of Boston, who was tried by Minister
| Maynard at Alexandria. and sentenced Ia
| death.
| ]. B. Yeagley and Noah W. Parker Green.
| back candidates for Secretary of State and
State Senator respectively, in Indiana, have
| withdrawn from the canvass and announced
their intention TO support the Democrats
ticket.
The New York FreeDan's Journal SAYS the
Pope has named Bishop Corrigan, of Newark
to be coadjutor Of the Archbishop of New
York, with the right of succession and the
title OF Archbishop in pdrtibus ytidelium,
| Robert Diver, aged 12 years. was killed by
Charles Himmelreich, aged IS, in quarrel
over n game of marbles, III Reading, Pa, on
| Saturday afternoon. Himmelreich struck
Diver on the temple with large stone.
Tuesday was the first days registration Of
voters in Brooklyn, N. Y. The whole number
| registered was 4323l, against II, 5i3 ON the
first registration day of 1876, and 25,lGj ON
the first registration day of last year.
| A telegram from Ottawa reports that the
driver of bread wagon, named Singleton has
become heir to an extensive property in the
| county Glare, Ireland, through the death of
| his brother General Singleton.
AT a wedding reception in Hancock county,
ILL.,, last week, some of the guests were
dangerously poisoned, but none have died II
IL believed the poison was put into water.
''of which they drank freely
At the request of the Dominion govern
ment, the directors of the Provincial Exhibi-
ton of Manitoba have had twenty-seven
boxes packed with cereals and vegetables for
| transmission to England.
Thomas Mccarthy and Thomas Kelleywerc
| burned to-death i'll II saloon at Buena Vista
Col, on Friday night. II is suspected that
they were murdered, and that the saloon was
fired TO cover the deed.
The decayed body of H. II. Conant was
found in the woods around his house AT
| Cicero. ILL.,, on Saturday evening. He had
lived alone, and it il believed lie was muir.
| dered by robbers
l.. II. Kellam, rent collector, committed
suicide by taking morphine in Norfolk Va
| Monday, because he was in uccuniary
trouble. His wife is not expected tu recover
| from the shock.
A telegram from Key West reiterates the
denial OF the existence of yellow fever ut that
port and says there has not been II single case
OF yellow fever on that Island this year or
| last.
The first order for silver certificates based
on gold deposit in New York was received
by the United States Treasury last week Ii
was for s25,00O, to be paid in st. Louis.
The Supreme Court, of Indiana last week
refused hearing IN the case involving the
validity of the Constitutional Amendments.
the judges voting az III the original case
The prisoners in the jail at Granada Miss.
fired the building on Sunday night, and 1t was
entirely destroyed, All the inmates escaped.
two of them badly burned.
James Duffy, who shot and killed William
Conner, ut Rochdale on the 2gth ult., was
convicted at Chester, Pa, yesterday, of III
voluntary mansaughtcr.
George Dorsey, colored, who fatally stabbed
Barney Nichols, in a quarrel over cards in
Baltimore, on Monday night, surrendered
himself Tuesday.
1t is reported from Montreal that American
shippers from New York State are shipping
fruit from that port because of cheap freight
and light duties.
The first fair in the Black Hills region
closed at DeadwOOd. Dakota, on SATURDAY.,
after successful week. 1t will be repeated
yearly hereafter.
A colored man was murdered by two colored
women near Tyler Texas yesterday, because
he had hoasted of being the father of a child
of one of them.
Henry Pohl was stabbed To death in a
political quarrel in saloon in st. Louis, on
Sunday night. Three men have been arrested
for the crime.
The Post Office Department is advised tia
the Republic of Hayti will become Il member
OF the International Postal Union ON the Isl
of April, 1881.
Barney Nichols colored. was fatally
stabbed by George Dorsey colored, in II
quarrel over game of cards i'll Baltimore,
Monday night.
II is believed at the Treasury Department
that the reduction of the public debt this
month Will not fall far short of 512,OO0OuO.
John Roberts, coored, died OF hydrophoba
Ill Burlington county, n. D.. on Friday. He
was bitten by dog about three weeks ago.
Robert Flowers was shot and dangerously
| wounded by his cousin, Dr. b. G.. Jones. in
quarrel at Eagle Lake, Texas, on Saturday
General j, Il. Weaver and Dennis Kearncy
have sent kilograms to Scion Chase congratn-
latlllg HIM upon his course hi Maine.
Hon. Frank Jones has written letter
| accepting the Democratic nomination for
Governor of New Hampshire.
A. MuSseman has been nominated for Con-
gress by the Cireenbackcrs of the Third
California district
Harrison Thurman was shot dead by John
Hayes. in quarrel ut Gainesville Texas. un
Saturday night.
The fund for the Cincinnati Art Museum
now reaches $4,000, leaving only 55OOOO 10
| be raised.
The London and San Francisco Bank has
decided to reduce its capital from EGOO, 900 to
f42O,OOO sterling.
/
The first anniversary of the great fire nj
Deadwood, Dakota, was celebrated there Mon
day.
Weayer's 'sHoIy Cause.''
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 27.-The following
is a circular letter addressed to the Greer
hackers of the Uuion by their candidate
for President.
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