Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-12
IN GENERALS


from an excursion steamer, nesr Wssl
ingtop, North Carolina.
Henderson Lee, colored thi,t ma.
taken from officers in the wooda nav.
Monroe, Louisiana, early Monday mo,a
ing, and Ign ched by mob.
AT Potosi, Mo, a negro, " ho h "a waIL.l
about for three or four days after pn,tira
two bullets through his brain ia ransi,s
astonishment among medical men.
The temperance men have bsep into.
ished by the action ofthe Liquor Dealer.
Association Of Erie, Pa, who are pross
cutting members who are violating M.
liquor law.
Guiteau's .sister, Mrs. Sooyille Ia.
brought suit against her divorced h,'
band asking that hs bs restrained frn,.
visiting her place Of abode aud d.franI
ing her OF her property, and that h. Il.
compelled to contribute to her snnno,,
and to give her Guiteau's effects.
Myron Bowling, Youngs bowling a,a
Alfred founRs we're arrested Tuesday
at Schenectady. N. Y, on A claw a..
covered four weeks ago, for the slleg.l
wreokipg OF a New York Central train a,
Watervlist. ON June 18th, 1873, by which
a brakeman WAS killed.
The Atlantic and Cult Coast Canal AMI
Okeechobee Land and Drainage Con'.
psny, composed mainly OF Philadelnlj.
capitalists, Tuesday received from M.
State of Florida an award of 535 Az
acres OF land located in the southern nor
tion OF the peninsula, for their rpclama.
tion operations in that State.
Bridget Reilly, widow with six
children, who had been "assisted' /,
emigrate to Canada, whence, after wan.
dering about for several weeks, ali.
driited to New York, applied TUESDAY
to tue Commissioners OF Emigration lar
passage back to Ireland. She was turnyd
over to the State Board of Charities.
James Clinton, Is years old, and
companion named Harry Gaskins, Tuea
day trespaHsed on property in Baltimor-
county, few miles from the city. John
Maguire, the gardener, ordered them on
the place, when Clinton drew pistol and
shot and killed Mcguire. Clinton wa,
arrested.
A telegram from Chicago says the prom.
osition of Peter McGeogh to settle al III.
rate of 80 cents on the dollar is likely ia
fall through. Several heavy creditors
have refused to sign such paper, and IL
is said that George Rldredge Il Co., whose
clsims amount to $4,000, demand full
payment.
Bertha Heyman, the "Confidsnce
Queen" is prisoner in Jersey City
awaiting requisition from New Yook on a
charge of swindling. She has but lately
completed term on Blackwell's Island
having, as is alleged, continued her
operations even during her imprisonment.
- Monday an Italian baby was born in
one of the shanties for the West Shore
laborers, at Amsterdam, N. Y, with
set of upper teeth. 1t is perfectly
natural otherwise. The father, Francesca
Curioillo, considers the phenomenon An
evil sign, aud is 40 distressed that lie has
given up work and gon. To suheneotN,iy
consult friends.
Since John w. Garrett has been abroad
1t has been learned that German syndi.
cate has become Interested ia the pro.
spective b. x o. Atlantic cable. 1t il slso
intimated that petroleum pipe line Ia
Baltimore, to compete with the STANDARD
Oil Compsny's line, is in contemplation,
and Mr.. Governs name Ia associated with
the enterprise.
The Richmond State, which ia owned
and edited by Richard 4. Dsirne, one Of
the principals in the recent B.irne- Elsm
duel, deplores the attempt made by some
of the Northern press to secure the IT,
moval OF United States District Attorney
Shelley Lswis, Mr.. Ean's second on that
occasion, on account OF his psrtiui, alton
in that affair.
At Macon station, on tn. Alabama
Central railroad, Tuesday, r. man named
Carpenter was shot in the head three
times by his brother in law, A. ".
Smyth. Smyth soon aiterward shot him
sell twice in the breast. It is thought
both men will die. 1t appears that Car
penter i'll treated his wife, who was
Smyth's sister.
In Coryell county, Texas, few days
ago, the Rev. Mr.. Singleton aud his
nelghbor, N. NJ. Moore, had quarrel
over some triing matter, wherenpOn
Singleton drew revolver and shot
Moore tire. times, one ball entering his
arm, another his hand aud third His
back. 1t is thought the latter wound
will prove fatal.
The French Astronomers who were sent
to Caroline Island, in the South Pacific,
to study the solar eclipse of May Gth,
arrived in San Francisco Tuesday. They
report iiuding red star, which IL id
believed will prove a new discovery.
They noticed several new features in the
corona, chiefly white prominenoes, snp
posed TO be vapor or white clouds.
The Illinois State Entomologist reports
that vast numbers of the Hessian fly are
now in Il dormant condition so low down
iii the stalk that they are left behind in
the stuhhls when the wheat il cut. This
is true ui the entire winter wheat region
of Illinois lie advises that the stubble
be burned ~ the earlieNt date possible, or
else the Infested fields he plough-d deeply
and rolled.
The local election in Annapolis, Mary
land, Monday, Resulted in tue CHOICE OF
D.. Claude, Democrat, for mayor by J6
majority. The Democrats also elected
their candidate Tor city councillor by Il
majority. W runucii,nan tlactrd, three
were Democrats and two Republicans,
there being one tie. As it was the lirrt
time for many years that the Democrats
carried Annapolis, they INDUCED in
torchlight parade at night.
Mixtures of "rock and rye" have here
tofore been taxed by proprietary stamps.
NOW that stamps are no more, Commits
si1ner Evans decides that dealers in this
nosttum must pay the special tax of $25.
lie has ordered the preparation of a cir
cnlar on the subject Should this cirou-
lar lie isaued it will carry confusion TO
numerous merchants who never dreamed
they were subject to q special tax.
Reports from great number OF points
in the West and Northwest state that
general change for the better In all the
crop prospects had taken place during
the past two weeks, owing to the oessa-
ton of rains aud the advent of hot
weather. The spring wheat and oat crops
are unusually promising, and are both
now nearly assured. 1t is believed that
the corn crop is rapidly coming up to its
condition in 1857.
President dowen of the PHILADELPHIA 4
Reading Railroad Company, denies that
there is any truth in telegram from
Boston relative to that road seeking su
entrance to Boston through the Pennsyl-
vania, slatington Il New England railroad
aud proposed railroad bridge across the
Hudson river at Storm King, above Wet
Point. The Pennsylvania, Slatington ~
New England, road shorter In proper
ton than its name, is negotiating for q
with the Reading road, but
the latter road is not moving sin the mat
ter, as the telegram from Boston implies.