Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-06
NEWS SUMMARY.
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Miss Ch'oe Ann Violet died In Alex
Andria, Virginia, on Wednesday night
from Fthe effects of fast begun sixt,
!sys ago, rtuder an insane del nsion tha
God had commanded her to kill hersel
by fasting. She drank water, and sew
eral times small quantities of milk wers
surreptitiously introduced into the wat
or, while beef extract was lately pi ven
as medicine, but 1t Is bsliovud .i.. 80.
entirely without TODD for forty three
consecutive days.
The three murderers Of the Gibbons
family were yesterday, by order OF
Judge Brown, conveyed from Catletts.
burg to Maysville, in KENTUCKY, for
safe custody. They were put on board
the Vt amer Mount aih Boy under qua
of militia. An exasperated Iuob plr-
sued the vessel in another and faster
steamer, but after going some dis.
tance thev gave up the chase on leavn-
ing that the prisoners were strongly
guarded.
| A fishing schooner arrived yesterday
afternoon at Pigeon Cove, Massachu-
sets, with five of the crew of the
wrecked schooner Almon Bird, picked
up 40 miles east of Cape Ann. There
were eight OF the shipwrecked crew,
but three of them died from exposure.
The survivors are badly frozen, and
two Of them may not recover.
The latest advices from Central
America indicate that in the event OF
war between Mexico and Guatemala.
all the other Central American States
will join against Mexico. The popular
feeling in Central America upon the
subject is strongly expressed In an arti-
Gle in La Paz, the principal newspaper
in Honduras.
Five hundred kegs of powder stored
in a wooden building at Okaloosa, Iowa,
were exploded yesterday by the folly of
three boys, who used one side of the
powder house az target for rifle prac-
tice. The boys were killed, and damage
to the extent of 930, 900 was done by the
explosion. The shock was felt for q
distance Of 80 miles.
The annual report of the State Com
missioner in Lunacy, of New York,
shows that, on September Both last
there were 10,062 lunatics, IT'S idiots,
and 648 epileptics in the various in.
stitutious of that State. This IL $50
more than at the corresponding date in
1880.
Thirty.two Pullman Palace sleeping
cars were sold at auction yesterday in
Baltimore, under decree of court
growing out Of the suit between the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Pull.
man Palace Car Companies. About
$l6O, 900 was realized.
1t is roughly estimated that the Gov
ernment has thus tar disbursed for wit
! ness fees and mileage IN the Guiteau
trial 81, 500 for witnesses on the Govern.
meEt side and 81, 294 for those on the
defence. Many witnesses are yet to
paid.
The house of Amos Coakling, in Ar.
lington, New Jersey, was robbed on
Wednesday night Of jewellery, silver
plate and Government bonds to the
amount of abOnt 500 The valuables
were locked in safe which was blown
open.
The mail wagon running between the
post office and railroad depot in Lock
port. New York, was robbed on
Wednesday night of letter packages
for Buffalo, Binghamton, Elmira and
adjacent points. There is no clue to
the robbers.
In portions of Massachusetts, yester-
day morning, the temperature ranged
from Zero to eighteen degrees below.
Heavy sQow fell in Virginia during
Wednesday night, and good sleighing
is reported at Lynchburg. The snow is
! seven inches deep at Richmond.
James A. Melvin, nearly 60 years Of
age, has been arrested in AEdover, New
Brunswick, on the charge of bigamy
1t is alleged that he ha, been five times
married, and his first two wives are
dead and his last three living.
Hanlan, the oarsman, left Toronto
yesterday afternoon for New York,
whence he will sail for England, to row
his match with Boyd. He proposes to
row with Trlckett on Toronto Bay Oh
August lst from $1,000 to $1,000 side.
Two east-bound freight trans ON the
Pennsylvania Railroad collided yes
terday morning in Lancaster. An
engine and a number of cars were
wrecked, blocking the road for several
hours. No person was hurt.
James Gordon Benefits new iron
steam yacht Polynia, built at New
burgh, New York. was aunched yes
teriay. She is 246 feet long, rs wide
and IS deep, and is intended for ocean
travel.
The New York Legislature yesterday
adjourned until Tuesday, the House re-
naming still unorganized. The Dem
ocratic members say that they believe
an organization will be effected on
Wednesday next.
Wallace & Cranston, cotton factors
and guano dealers, of Augusta, Georgia,
have made An assignment. Their la
bilities are estimated at $780, 600; as.
sets, in notes and accounts, $3.50, 900.
The Lincoln National Bank, of New
York, and First National Bank Of
Salisbury, Pa, have been authorized to
begin business. The former has Q cap
itsi Of $500, 900, and the latter $4,000.
A State convention of the "Radioal
Temperance" people Of Iowa will meet
in Desmoines on the Goth inst, to fur
ther the prohibitory amendments to the
State Constitution.
The insane department Of the poor.
house of Macon county, illinois, was
burned on Wednesday night. All the
inmates are accounted for except two,
and these are believed to be at large.
A delegation of colored ministrels
from Maryland called upon the Presi-
dent yesterday, and urged the reten-
tion of Colonel Thomas as Collector of