Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-06
IN GENEhAL.

sunday, destroyed WUjf5 crookery store,
near the scene of Saturdays fire, and
spread to Joseph Levy's stationery store,
the ell of Hanselps saddlery. which re-
mained standing from Saturdays fire, and
J. H. Scotts oil and lamp store. Loss,
| $i35,G00 The fires are attributed TO in
cendiarism. The Commercial House, in
North Adams, Mass. was burned Sum-
day morning. Loss, $4,000. A fire at
st. Charles, Missouri, on Saturday, de-
stroyed the Cosmos newspaper office, and
the Opera House, containing, on the first
floor, drug store Loss, 100000. The
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Canton, Ohio, WAS burned Snnday.
LOSS, $45 600. The fire started during
service, but the congregation left the
building quietly, and no one was injured.
The hotel at Mount st. Vincent, in Central
Park, New York, was burned Sunday.
Loss about 100000
Mrs. Hart, sc years of age, was mur-
dsred by her son, at North Augusta, Ont,
on Saturday last Her body, horribly
inangled, Was discovered on Wednesday
in barn. John Ferguson was shot dead
by his wife, in Il disreputable lodging
house, In Detroit, yesterday morning.
Both were drupk, and he threatened to
kill the woman. Ferguson had served q
term in one of the penitentiaries of Penn
sylvania for robbery, and. besides his
Detroit wife, he is said to have had one in
Elizabeth, Pa, and another in Denver,
Colorado. The Pennsylvania wife has
three or four children. Dorcas Brickheld
a widow. shot and killed her brother. in
law, Thomas Bricktield. at Francisco,
Ohio, on Wednesday night. They had
been quarrelling during the day.
James Augustine, living with mis- family
near Otis, Indiana, was visited last Friday
by his nephew, Henry Augustine, from
Chicago. Henry tried vainly to get the
family ''to drink from bottle, which
proves to have contained poisoned
whiskey." About II O'Clock at night he
got out of bed, and, going to the bed room
of his uncle, fired at the latter and Mrs.
Augustine, fatally woundipg both. He
then killed Christian Augustine, one OF
the sops, and slightly wounded James, the
younger con. The latter got the revolver
from the murderer and locked him in the
kitchen, but he escaped and had not been
captured at last accounts. Mrs. Augustine
died Sunday. 1t is supposed robbery
WAS the object as Augustine kept con-
siderable SUM of money in his house.
A meeting of leaders of the Socalistic
party was held Sunday, in Chicago, TO
consider the question of future action and
organization. The speakers conceded
that the local Socialistic organization has
failed 10 effect any thing toward the
amelioration of the condition of the work
ing men, but 1t was considered that this
might be accomplished by a national
eff )rt, and the local party twas virtually
reorganized with view of forming part
of National Socialistio movement" 1t
was finally decided after debate, by vote
Of 25 to "a, that ''the agitation should be
continued as political and economic
movement"
An express train Oh the Old Colony rail
road, in Massachusetts, ran off the track at
Weymouth, owing to the breaking of q
switch. rod, on Saturday afternoon, and the
baggage car was VIZ cked by being thrown
against the station. The building was
also badly damaged by the locomotive
crashing into it. Two men were seriously
injured. Twelve cars of freight train on
Nashua * Rochester railroad, in New
Hampshire, were wrecked by running OF
the track near Sapdown. on Saturday
morning. The cars were filled with
merchandise for New York. No person
was injured.
The plow mandatory of B. D. Buford
& Co., in Rock Island, Illinois, vas de
stroyed by fire last Friday night, with the
pattern shop and store rooms. The loss
is estimated at $3.50, 600. Four hundred
men are thrown out Of employment.
fire in New Orleans on Saturday nigh
destroyed ii. Hansells saddlery, Isidore
Levy 81 Co.'s orockery aud S. Coben'i
clothing store, and Theurer IL Becker's
warehouse, causing total loss of nearly
$3.50, 600. The tannery of Ffoske &
Gallun, in Milwaukee,, was damaged by
fire on Saturday morning to the extent OF
S2l, 600.
Mrs. Sophia Trechen, wife of Frede
rick Trechen, a wholesale tobacco dealer
of New York, committed suicide by hang
ing, at her residence in Hoboken, New
Jersey, Last week. Her husband hso
begun proceedings for a divorce. Elle
Higgins, aged Is years, banged herself
near Scranton, Pa, last week, becaus,
she had been threatened with prosecution
for obtaining goods under false pretences
In Cincinnati last Thursday $500 900 was
subscribed q few minutes after the open
ing of the books for the formation of {
company to introduce Maxima Electric
Light into Cincinnati, Oovington ant
Newport. 1t is proposed TO begin by light
ing manufactures and end with priyat,
houses.
Richard Longford and Smoley Ryan
under sentence for illicit distillation, es
capped from the Jail at Greensboro, Nortl
, Carolina on Friday evening. They sawed
off the hinges of their cell door, ant
when the jallor went in to attend to them
they placed him in the Cell and escaped.
A train on the Rhinebeck .S Oopnecti
cut Railroad was thrown down an embank
ment by broken rail, about three miles
from Rhinebeck, N. Y, last Thursday
The mail car caught fire, and half the mai
bags ware destroyed Four or five mer
were injured one severely.
Au east bound emigrspt train on th,
Union Pacific railroad parted in two nea
Lodge Pole station. Nebraska, Thursda,
morning, and the separated portion
colliding, eight cars we've wrecked. Five
passengers were injured, none fatally.
j. W. Milne, "a years of age, for nesrl.
eight years employed in the Pocasse
National Bank at Fall River, Massachu
settH, disappeared last Friday night witt
81. 200 of the banks money. He has
young wife and four We, ks.old babe
Mrs Elizabsth Rainey, a poor woman
was found froz4n to death in her room, il
Jersey City, Friday morning. Eliza H
Jones was found frozen to deeth at he
home, in Prince George county, Virginia
on Thursday night
A man giving the name of j II. Barton
was arrested in Quebec on Wednesday TO
offering for sale 81 900 United State
bond, said to he one of number recent,
stolen in New York. He was held TO
extradition.
The contract for new steamer for tb
Old Colony Steamboat Company has beer
awarded to John Roach & Son, OF Chester
The new boat will be larger than the
Bristol or Providence. and will cost nesrl.
81, 900, 600 ....
The Treasury Department last rhursds,
RENTED checks amounting to 81, $500
on account OF the redemption of The sixe
of 1880, which mature to-day. Abou
81 600, 900 Of this loan yet remained unre
deemed.
There were distributed from the Unitet
J States mints $3l0,993 in standard slve
r dollars for the week ending Decembe
3lst, against $207 9sS during the CORES
ponding week of 1879.
Intense excitement continues at Socorro
New Mexico, owing to the failure t.
J arrest the assassin of Oonkling, editor o
tha Gam Tho ouoa 1oipra mama JaonI