Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
IN GENERAL.

John Kohler, aged As, a saloon. ka.a
committed suicide on New York f.r,.,
boat Tuesday. Domestic trouble was ~,
cause. A'
A block of frame buildings in Al.vsa
iria was burned Sunday morning saa
an infant, . months old, persisted IN a a'
of the houses. que
Benjamin and John stiggers, brotba,
were shot dead while commi,,,,..s
robbery in Henry county, ohin e
Monday night. v"
The flax mill of John Casely & suus =,
Ind. was struck by ltnl,
ming on Monday night and burned ~
ground. The loss is s35 ,0Oo. ""
A recent ''expedition" nnd.r,L,.
against the Chinese laborers at MAN,
Lake, California, has proved fruitl.ss sna
the Chinese have resumed work.
Two young men named Tren, an,
Strickland fought with knives mn %.
highway in Scott county, Missouri ~.
Sunday, aud Strickland was mor,.IIa
wounded.
About $50 o'clock Tuesday mornin.
a slight earthquake was felt at Murr.ss
Bay, Quebec, and heavy shocks w.ra tli,
at Les Eboulements and Llslet, in IN.
same Province.
The noted stallion, Abdallah H.
brother to Goldsmith Maid and If G, n,
record as u trotter and sire, died =,
poison, at his owners home in William.
town, Missouri, few days ago
The Galveston Pacific Nartnw ,,....
Railroad Company was organized in az
weston on Saturday with Il capital s,a's
of $75O,0OD. The road will RIM 5ro",
galveston to Victoria, San Antonio and
Canargo.
William McCaiIrey, one of the trn.,...
of the Roman Catholic Church nf M.
Lady of Mercy, i'll Brooklyn, fell dead In
the vestry of that church Snndav
morning after helping to take IN t6s
collections at mass.
The extensive building of the Collin,
White Lead and Oil Company. in II
Louis, caught fire shortly before nli,lptyLt
ON Saturday, and was almost entirely in
flames about half an hour later, Tbs
loss is estimated at sl2O,0UO.
AT MARQUEE, Texas, on Saturday .
druggist named Frank administered mor
phine in mistake for quimine, to his tire.
children, aged respectively 4, & and :
years. The youngest is dead and tile
others in critical condition.
John Riley, lr.. has confessed that h.
was one of the gang who assaulted and
caused the death of the girl Potter, near
st. Catharine's, Ontario. A coroner.
jury has rendered verdict Of willml
murder against him and three Others wIo
have abscondrd.
John Enrich, an ex-policenan and ex
saloon keeper in indianapolis, Monday
shot and wounded his wife and fath.r.j1.
law and then committed suicide. His wifi.
had applied for a divorce. Her condition
is critical, but she is expected to Recover.
Her fathers wound is slight.
The Reformed Episcopal tirn4raI
Council closed its sessions in New York
Monday. 1t was decided to hold the
next Council in Baltimore, in May, 1883
| Bishop Nicholson of Philadelphia was
reelected Presiding Bishop, and Iosepl
X. Wheeler of Philadelphia, Secretary
Dennis Dannahy, aged % years, was
run over on the railroad, at East buffalo,
| New York, on Monday. The engineer
says he was lying on the track, and upon
examining the body immediately after ii
was run over, it was found To he cold
which would prove that he was not
killed by the train.
| William Fisher, a young man tron
Leadyille, where he was largely interested
in mining properties, disappeared last
| Thursday in San Francisco. lie had
yachting proclivities and was last seen
with sailor boarding house runners on
the river front. 1t is supposed he was
kidnapped as a sailor, there being $
scarcity of ships hands.
A terrific thunder storm passed over
the northern part of Lebanon county
Pa, Tuesday afternoon. John Sarge, a
brickmaker, was killed while working in
a field near Jamestown. severe thnn-
der storm, accompanied by large hail
passed over Pittslield, Mass, on Mon,lay
afternoon. Henry Clossman, a teanstsr
was killed by lightning.
The wife OF John Hacker, while sitttl.
on her doorstep at Elma, near Buffalo, Q
few days since, was seized by join
llochmeir, n neighbor, who dragged llr
to n tree and pounded and kicked IIe
into inscnsihility. Her husband and SUI
going to her assistance, lloehmeir lied
but was subsequently arrested. The out
rage grew out Of dispute lptwrsl
Hacker and llocllmeir in regard to
boundary line.
A check on the birmingham Natona
Bank of FraminghauI, Massachusetts,, to
$4,000, dated New York, May 23h, ISL
and signed "George Haven" was pre-
scented at that bank on Saturday. Mr.
Haven pronounced the signaturea forser,
and cautions the public against recrvn
any check dated on or about May 23d, a
New York, and purporting to have been
signed by him.
A locomotive exploded in Nashville, u
Saturday morning, killing the fireman
Charles lIandeman, and car inspector
named Finch. The latter was half
mile distant, but piece Of iron, weishln
nine pounds, struck him ON the shoald''
and trayersed his entire trunk, can:in'
instant death. Another piece Of lroll
weighing 200 pounds, passed through tw'
cars loaded with corn, and then knoeSe'
down the corner of house.
Michael Weiss, aged Is, was trn"nr'
while watering n horse i'll The ltlHsi
river at Bethlehem, on Tuesday. Ed"I
r. Bum, travelling salesman, was kli'r
Tuesday afternoon by falling from VI
fourth story Of hotel in Cincinnati
James German was killed by falling dow
| I. 4 Ia, RHOl
Island, Tuesday morning. WilIlaI
Fielding, aged 80 years, Waterman al
mill in Leicester, Massachusetts, va
killed by falling from tllird-story WIN
dow on Monday night. ..-..
A Kuklux gang, in Darke county, oh''
recently shot down two men ut Their "n"
at night in that county, and have hotl'lr
two men living near Palestine, IN Ffen'
county, to remove on pain OF dea'V
George Latiner, an intirm and aisT
culUred Baptist minister, was shot h"a
near Little Rock, on Saturday, y!
drunken ruiian, named Newsan, hr''l'''
he refused to kneel down and llAN
Newson's bidding. The in'lfhFf'
escaped. The half-deeomposrd body o.
man was found in the woods at Wln"H'
near Chicago, on Friday, with eNldrh'
; Of murder upon it, Tn" head hal l~ ',
; cut of, and the trunk was covered WI
nnderhrush. Anthony bom!r wa ,I'
and fatally wounded by ''torg" Riley ~
latter being drunk, in the Nashville '''
way blacksmith shop at Louisville "
Friday. Two robbers, named Milton aN
King, were killed at New liramlrlS, lrNA'
on Saturday, while resisting arrest WI
was shot dead by United States MatShi
Martin, the other by Martins l2-y"ar-'"
son,
Two Notable Trees. ST.. e..