Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-20
IN GENER III.

Tor nazlnB.
Cadet L. B. Bird Of Wisconsin, charged
with hazing, has been dismissed from the
Naval Academy.
The United States iron-olad Mianto-
nomah, now at New YORK, has been
ordered out Of commission.
Emanuel Cleaber, aged years, was
Monday awarded $4,000 by sheritf's
by dog.
During parade of tiremen In Paterson,
N. a., Tuesday, the silk and cotton mill
of K. & Ii. Adams WAS damaged by fire,
with its contents, to the extent OF $45, 600.
From August Sd, 1882, to June Both,
1883, there arrived at Boston 80, 059 i'm
migrants, Of whom $3.50 were assisted,
and of the latter l 1928 remained in Mas
saohusetts.
The barque Aquidneck, from Rio
Jsnsiro WAS quarantined at the mouth OF
the Chesapeake Monday, having had
three cases of small pox on the passage
and one death.
A negro, who, though persistently de-
nying his identity, haa been fully
recognized as Sam Pine, the assailant of
Miss Stooum, is in custody at Danbury,
Connecticut.
Five COW boys made cowardly attack
on Mexican merchant near the frontier
on Friday last. They killed him, but at
heavy cost. Two OF their number were
killed and one wounded.
The steamer Saginaw left Cleveland on
Saturday night, with party of exour-
sionists, for round trip to Detroit and
back. She has not been heard Of since,
and it is feared she was lost In the storm.
The Ungar murder trial in Zanesvil)e,
Ohio, came to an unexpected termination
Tuesday morning, Strieher, the boy
whom Ungar was accused of numbering,
having turned up alive and well In New
York.
The first through freight train from
| Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon,
over the Northern Pacific railroad, started
| Monday afternoon, via the Eastern,
Albany 4 Northwestern railroads. 1t
| consists OF ten cars OF canned corn.
The failure was announced Tuesday
| of A. & Il. Wallaoh, importers Of bottoms
and manufacturers Of fancy leather goods,
in New York. Their liabilities are stated
at 1926, 900; assets, chiefly book accounts
and notes, with SONS real estate.
Herman Kat, liquor dealer Of Brook.
Ign, has begun suit against the Rev. DR..
John d. Wells, Presbyterian minister,
for alleged libel, claiming %, 900 damages.
Katt asserts that Wells published a
circular rejecting upon his character.
Judge Donohue, in New York, Mon
day annulled the marriage of William
Turk to Amelia M. Salmon, Turk having
alleged that he was compelled to marry
the girl by threats from her father and
brother, that they would shoot him ii he
refused.
Captain Stevens and three others, re-
ported to be lost in the steam barge Oak
land, which foundersd in Lake Erie
escaped upon raft, and were picked III
Tuesday morning by tug. They .hac
been "a hours in the water, and wer,
nearly dead from exhaustion.
The Rev. James Kemlo, Methods
, minister Of Newark, N. j., while visiting
, his mother-in-law in New York, Tues
: terday afternoon, quarrelled with his
wife and drove large butcher knife init
/ her throat. He then cut his own throa
and jumped from fourth-story window
to the sidewalk below. 1t is believed
neither can survive.
3 The repo ri was received in Washington
Tuesday OF Revenue Agent Thoma
! Powers, who has been investigating tn,
i. alleged seizures of ''shsm" stills ii
South Carolina. The report exoneratef
officers OF the internal revenue service
but says there were three cases OF seizur
3 Of '.sham" stills in which deputy mar
shals were involved.
: Conrad Schmidt WAS In saloon a
n Newark, IN. J. Tuesday night, out of none,
and suffering for liquor. One of the me-
present agreed to pay for all the whisk
he could drink providing he would tax
: it by the beer. glassful. He was urged +
t drink three glasses, which he did, whe
. he asked fer water and was refused
. They gave him glass Of beer, and afte
drinking it he staggered out of the doc
If and fell dead.
n The New York Euening Post says that
y jewelry house in Maiden Lane, Ne,
il York, has just imported the iargea
diamond ever brought to this country
4 1t is an African stone weighing IL
n carats, which will probably be reduce,
a one-third in cutting. 1t will be In
n possible to decide the color and value {
A the gem while it remains in the rough
# The weight of the famoue Koh-i-noor
a l02t oarats ; before cutting it was 1856.
l. The English barque Britannia, Lfro,
IS Morant Bay for Montreal, with a cargo
i sugar and rum, was totally wrecked o
d Sable Island on the Sd inst. The Car
!, tain's wife and three children, the frs
Y and second mates, and six of the ore,
1t were drowned. The Captain and thre
Of remaining sailors were savei and hav
arrived at Halifax in the Government
steamer Newfeld. The survivors manage
Y to get on raft after the vessel broke NJ
a the Captain having two OF his childre
u with him, but the little ones died upo
L. the raft.
Ie Major Mc9rsth of the United State
1t Secret Service reports that unknown pei
z. sons have recently passed worthless bill
1t upon tradesmen in Boston. ''These bill
are headed Irish Republic and purpo,
il to be signed by John O'Mahoney, ager
IN for the Irish Republic, and B. Drawtilliar
10 +. 5. +. (probably standing for Finar
N Secretary Fenian Brotherhood). The
g are dated March 18th, 1866, and promis
Il ak months alter the acknowlsd Judgement G
= the Irish Republic to pay the bearer 81
/ The bills would readily be taken for 8
- United States Treasury notes"
Frederick Mann, mere youth. pleade
= guilty to. murder at 81 Or, inal, Quebe
. Monday and was sentenced to be Lsppe
october 18th next. He killed four men
s o2rs OF the Cook family, at Little Ridsar
/. last winter, beginning with the eldes
II laughter, whom he first criminal
IT assaulted. The mother eomiug to loo
after her daughter WAS next slain b
] dsAn, who followed this mp by KILN
me rather and oHe of tho boys with a
Vi axe. lie was trying to kill another boy
i, when two other sisters came upon tn
s. scene and, though both were wounded
& they succeeded in driving eff til
IF murderer.
d Mrs. T. Ii Wallace Of Cincinnati, VIII
II says she is the 0i ly lineal dasoendent b
J. the fourth generation of King Williar
n Webber of Holland, has put forth clair
even more stupendous than those G
9 Anneke Jaus and the Sprii ger heirs. He
10 claim covers the same property claime
. by the Jams heirs, the Trinity ohnrel
o property in New York, to which she as
a serts prior right, ard she also aver
d that she is entitled to an enormous 90
u tate which her ancestor left in Holland
l. she estimates her prospective property a
. $le5 ,OOO, 900, but abe does not want I
DO to hard on the present possessors an,
L will compromise with them for S66,
n 600, 900.