Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-02-03
IN GEN ZEAL,

Ane hssVlest ram storm on the pscia.
coast since 1861 began on the PAN p ;aaI
and spread from British Oolumb;a a'.
Southern California, Up to 4 a.. 70
Sunday morning the fall was {, AZ ino Juioct
San Francisco later in the day Il N hes 10
to clear up The Sacramento Ypllar sap
Caohe CreeB to Red Bluffs. looLs ' Ia
vast lake. The town of Naps and nns Nav
watsonviile are flooded Several p e.. u
outs are reported on the line of ,bo ' n
trial Pacific and Santa Drug railwavs G M
lower portions of San Franoison ile
Sroded, and the damage there Ia h, "els
IL il believed that tue loss throuobnn.
State has been immense. 4'"' We
A mail train on the SUDBURY Z to..
town railroad was thrown from Tho ,.s
by broken rail, near Middlpaurn D. aaVA
Saturday morning. The two nass" run
coaches capaized and caught fire bn, H. ~
occupants, % in number, were rescnsd ' ~
breaking in the doors and windows 70!
we're injured, five seriously as fol,oms
Andrew Wolfkili, conductor: W n IL
of Lewistown, mail agent; Samuel Ramas'
of MiddieberR; Mrs Margaret Grienss
Selin Grove; aud John Statalpecksr =,
Middleourg, An engine md snow.plov
on the Olaremont ralroai, in NJ,
Hampshire, ran of the track on S,,r,a,'
afternoon, seriously injaring two men
Late mail adviepa from New so.u
Wales received in San Frspcisco ,.na.,
that bill authorizing the cons,ructio, -,
All miles of railroad had paus,d ,ta
Colonial Pailimeni. The han vest nros,aa.,
in New South Wales aud South Ans,r.li'
were favorable, he wheat crop esnacialIs
being large, and there was increased bna;
nesa activity at Sydney. The coyysr s,,
BmeTaid had sailed for the Solomon
l-lands 10 punish the natives for recon,
attacks on British subjects. Fayorshs
accounts had been received from the Nav
Ireland settlement, where 30 Additional
cofonists had arrived.
The drainage OF Lake Okeechobea cor
traeted for by the authorities of Fln,;da
will, il successfully accomplished re.nI,
not only In the reclamation OF the bed n
the lake itself, but, it is believed, in that
of the two vast swamps known "a ,hs
Everglades and the Big CtprsvS
which lie south of the lake, 81 4 cover n.
greater portion If the lower end nj tho
| PehhiSuiu' 'h' EserRiaues, 10 miles in
length, and about the same in width r,sly
constitute vast lake from to feet IN
depth, studded with thousands Of small
islands.
In Whitevale, Ontario, last week, during
her husband 8 absence Mrs. Shenparj
killed her two little boys, ona IN infant Of
seven months, the other three yeurs old
and then cut her own throat, il is believed
fatally. Samuel p. Lemay merchant
was shot dead by his drunken brother
Clinton, vt Out OF, Louisiana. on We'd,
uesdny evening. The frstricide ESCAPED
A horse trader, named Shelton, was killed
by Samuel Smith in quarrel at Viola.
Warren county, Tennessee, on Thursday.
The War Department has received A
number Of dispatches relating to tho
movements Of Sitting Bull and bis Iudiaps
but they contain nothing Of inltres.
beyond wha, has already been published.
Relative to Major llges' inquiry whether he
shall go to the Canadian border to receive
Sitting Bull and his followers. in the event
OF their surrender TO the Canadian
mounted police, it is said ut the War
Department lhst Some diplomatic core
spouderce will be necessary before such
an order can be issued"
There is general upward movement Ia
gram and provisions at Chicago, which is
attributed to the Large foreign demand,
rather than to any combination to force
up prices reaction, however, though
IL may be- but moderate one, is among
the things expected The growing winter
wheat crop this year, covers 3,0i9 G3l
acres against 2 $40 $50 last year, and from
present iudIcatlous "a good fair average
yield al least" is anticipated.
Louis Grumme, aged 30 years, a soap
manufacturer, committed suicide il
Chicago OH Sunday night He made "A
, small cuts on his LETT wrist, but failing tt
sever an artery, hanged himself from q
2 cross beam His shirt front bore darl
stains, supposed to be from poison.
female servant in Westminster Ontario
committed suicide on Sunday by sa'urauI
her clothes with coal oil and then stttul
them ON fire, -.."
? A telt gram from Milwaukee reports tl
wreck, On Sunday, of the propeller 81
1I1aRS, 10 miles out in Lake Michigan
rhe a ,senger4, who took to the vessel
small boats, wero pick-d up by tugs o
succeeded in reaching shore. Some OF til
r rescued were badly frost-bitten. The 81
Q .Al5anS left Milwaukee on Sunday morn
! iug TO cross the lake, ard was found, whe
9 y miles out, to be leaking badly, havln
been cut through by the ice.
{ Two men were killed and three iujurt
: on Saturday by n nitro-g ceriue exploso
: near Knzua in the Bradford oil regol
: Pennsylvania. \ party went FROM ku ~
to see an oil well torpedoed, aud fort
y quarts OF nitro glyofr ine, put into barr
:. 10 tie tbawsd 10y steam. exploded Will
!; hey were looking on Tie killed Wi
4 Andrew Laster, the engineer, and D.
= Cushing, the postmaster OF tho village
. The State authorities of Florida ha'
4 entert d into d contract with Coryell'
Jacksonville, and A. b Lindermap, repr
-enting capitalists Of Philadelphia and ~
, Francisco to drain Lake Okeechobee,
+ southern Florida The scheme, If success
. fully carried out, will reclaim l2,OOO "
! acres of excellent sugar lands II territOl
) about as large as The STATE of New JeiSt
' The bodies of two recently burt
females were exhumed by "bndy snatt
rra" in a cemetery Mt Alexandria, Nng'nl
i on Wednesday week. The sexton 81
:, pristd The robbers before they could Ia
i Oh the bodies, but the misoreants escape
n i@o negroes were arrested Thursday
d suspicion.
:, The Lsdyard block at Grand Rapit
n Miehiean. was surued on Sunday pigl
a Loss $50 600, Mrs. Rose Lowe, "
/ occupied rooms in an upper story, petish
i ~ suffooation. Ile pistol and gun facto
n OF Charles 5. Shattuck. at Hattie
t Massachusetts, wa turned Monday 10
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