Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-02
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ehriy III tne morning, DuL no person WAS
injured. Six cars of train on the Buffalo,
New York and Philadelphia railroad left
the track and tumbled down an embark.
ment, at trestle near Holland station,
falling among number of laborers who
were working below. Five of them were
severely injured and two are not expected
to recover. One man was killed and two
were badly injured by RUNAWAY"
engine, in East Buffalo The 81. Louis
express train, on the New York Central
and Hudson River railroad, bound east,
ran off the track al the Forks, seven miles
from Buffalo, and two persons were
severely injured.
Moett, convicted of murder in the Court
of Coiumbia county, New York, WAS re-
sentenced ON Saturday to be hanged on
the 7lh Of January next. His counsel
will take the case to the Court of Appeals.
The trial of Abraham Rothschlld for the
murder of Diamond Bessa, WAS called OF
Marshall, Texas, on Saturday. Prisoners
COUNSEL asked continuance, which was
refused, and then moved to quash the
Indictment, alleging that nine jdrymen
were not present at the finding OF the bill
Two grand jurymen were placed on the
on Saturday.
Eugene Lafayette, q young theological
student in the Union Park Seminary at
Chicago, was held on Saturday in 81, coo
bail, to answer the charge of stealing
various articles from fellow students. j.
Il. Sherwln, commission merchant OF
Chicago, was arrested on Saturday and
held in' $500 bali to answer charge of
emoezzielnent preferred by General Rufus
Ingalls,. General Ingalls, alleges that he
placed 800 10 Sherwin's hands for
wheat speculation, aud drew $50, ard
when settlement was made Sherwln
credited him with only $3.50, refusing to
pay more.
George B. Robinson, Lieutenant Gov
eruor elect, of Colorado, was shot and
fatally wounded, by a guard, at NINE a.
Rooinson's camp, 20 miles from Lead
Vile, on Saturday night. Robinson and
the manager Of the mine, went to the
place after dark, and not replying to an
inquiry of the guard, the latter fired. He
says he fired into rock overhead, but the
fact that there mad been trouble at the
mine, and that Robinson was wounded iii
four places, makes it doubtful If the
snoollng WAS accidental.
The State Department has received a
dispatch from Bsrlin, reporting that the
cases of the American naturalized citizens
arrested in Aisacs and Lorraine, on the
charge of owing military service, have
been decided in accordance with the claim
of the United States Government The
release of We'll has been already reported,
and it Is now announced that in his case,
as in the previous case of Geihres, all
fines and penalties imposed by the German
Government have been remitted.
William g. Brockway, accused OF being
concerned in the counterfeiting of $240 900
of Government bonds, has been released
on his own recognizance in $4,000 The
condition of his release was the surrender
to the Government of the plates from
which the bonds were printed. These
plates were delivered to Mr. Drummond,
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
last Friday. 1t is said Brockway will not
be prosecuted.
The State Immigration Society of
Missouri has issued I'm address to tn.
business men of ST. Louis, setting for b
what has been accomplished by tn.
society, and asking material aid for the
carrying out of their plsus for the future.
The society is to he incorporated this
week, and will organize branches in every
county. Ex-Lieutensut Fitch, General
Sherman's son-in.law, is its president, and
lis members include some of Missouri's
most prominent citizens.
The Treasury Department has sent to
Captain Charles Valentine, OF Life Saving
| Station, No. 4, at Monmouth Beaen, New
Jersey, Elk god medals, for presentation
| to the members of hia crew, as reward
for their herolsm In saving the crew of the
| Spanish barque AKgusttlia wrecked on
tue 3i of February last. Each media is
three times heavier Khan double eagle.
A fire at West Point, Virginia, on Sun
day night, destroyed the large wharves,
Studs and warehouses OF the Richmond,
York River and Chesapeake Railroad
Company, the compsuy's steamer Shirley
be Telegraph aud freight offices, 81 partl,
louded freight cars 2 soc bales of cotton,
and d quantity OF Other freight. The loss
Is estimated al upwards of $3.50, 600
At meeting of Ministers of the Evan
gelleal Aliiauce, Ill ST. LOUIS, Monday, it
was decided to oriug suns against proprie-
tors of saloons, theatres and other places
3f amusement violating the Sunday law,
and the Advisory Roard of the Society
was instructed to prepare plan Of
! operation.
There was panic in church in
Clifford Ontario, on Sunday night, caused
by the snow sliding from the roof and
some one shouting fire" The door
became jammed By the rush to get out,
and a number of persons tainted aud were
trampled on, woman being seriously
injured,
Charles A. Hill, a lawyer OF st. Louis,
who has been several months in jail on
various charges of eounteifeitng, was
taken before the U. S Court in that city
Monday, and pleaded guilty of haying
counterfeit coin in his possession. He WAS
sentsneed to one years imprisonment.
William Oauley, a railroad hand, was
killed by falling from wall in Rondout,
New York, Monday. E. NJ. Stern, a
freight conductor on the Baltimore and
| Ono Railroad, was killed yesterday by
slipping from his train at Locust Point,
Baltimore.
Iaaac Littlefield and his twelye-year old
sou Albert, were taken violently Ill with
symptoms Of poisoning in East Slough
ton, Massachusetts,, on Saturday, and the
boy died that night. 1t is believed that
Mrs. Littleheld administered the poison,
and is iDsaae.
The recent earthquake along the North
Pacific coast was Very violent along the
Nasse river, beGwee- the British territory
AID Ala ka, Glaciers were rent from their
bases to the submits, and great masses
were cast into the creeks and valleys, I'LL
ing them up.
Postmaster-G General Maynard issued an
order, Monday, raising various post
officea 20 tine grade of those whose incum.
bents must be appointed by tue President
and confirmed by the Seuate. The order
will take fleet III January LIST.
Lucius Hotchkiss, retired merchant
and banker, died suddenly in New Haven,
Connecticut, Monday morning. His
wife, teing told that he was dying, fell
dead on the bed beside him.. She was "
years OF age.
General John A. Logan, who is visiting
some friends at Murphysboro', Illinois,
mas been confined to his bed since the
18Th inst, with painful liberated tooth,
followed by an attack of acute rheumatism.
The National Grange in session in
Washington, adjourned on Saturday
night, after deciding to hold the
next annual meeting in the same city, on
the third Wednesday in November, 1881.
The mud drum under the boiler of the
Norway Tack Factory in Wheeling, W.
Va, blew up Monday morning, wreck
ing part of the building, and killing vii
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