Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-10-04
IN q ENERAL.

Paul.
The total cnimsgc 81 tho United Ststss
mints during September wag valued at
", 276, 210, irclndiDf 2 $50, 600 STANDARD
dollars.
Telegraphic advic-s from Port.an.
Prince say that siuos this outbreak of thu
rebellion in Hay,i $40 nou-es have been
burned.
A violent wind AMI rain storm pre-.
vailed Tuesday afternoon IN ihe country
sround Petersburg, Virginia. Trees.
fences aud telegraph poles were blown
down.
An elidemiu of blsok smallpox ia re-
ported in Tapsohuia, in ,he Mexican
State OF Chiapas. IL Il population Of
10000 about 200 have Arcade died.
The Mississi. =, Layes Interstate Con.
vention has resolved that the ,r prove
ment ard protection OF the RIVER aid its
banks was a matter Tor the care of the
National Government.
Pillsbury & Bulburt's elevator, at liar
wood, Dakota, burst Tuesday under tn.
pressure OF 80 900 bushels OF wheat. 1t
ia thought II the weather keeps good
most of the wheat can be saved.
v
in northern New Hampshire and Yer.
mont Tuesday afternoon. at st. Johns.
burg, Vermont, the apple trees and the
telegraph poles were damaged by the
weight of snow.
The offenHe of Naval Cadet Tenant
has been graded as 'annoying fourth
class mat" A court martial has been
dispensed with in his case, and he bss
been sentenced to seven days solitary
confinement on the SaDtee. Similar
action will be taken in the other recent
cases of hazipg.
The Department OF Agriculture has
issued a circular calling "a convention of
rep -asen'a''v's Of ell classes interested
| in u i=..ei indusut,a the United
Stat " TO meet in Chicago on the 18th
AL i5,h II November ''inr conference
connect ing contagious diseases among our
domeltic animals"
Acc nil, Z 10 the New York World the
most deceptive counterfeit ever made has
lust l., an detected. 1t is silver dollar
that iu liz and weigi is like the genuine
blanc dollar. A quick ear can detect
that It's ring is halt d note higher than
the &. uuire coin. 1t resists acid, how.
ever, for it consists Of /, base centre
plated with 80 cents worth of silver.
TIL big ciucifx at Salisbury, Conn,
after having caused the boy cottiug by the
Catholics of the Protestant sturekeepers
there has led to division in the local
Democratic party, and there were three
tickets voted Tor at the own election
Monday the Republican, the Democratic
aud the anti Roman Catholic Democratic.
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Thirteen members of the Polish Cath
Ollie congregation at Nanticoks, Pa, who
on Sunday barred out Father Gramlewioz
and his adherants from the church, were
arrested Monday. 1t isa stated that
Father Grsmlewioz recently laid before
the Bishop his accounts. They were ex-
amined by council, and, being found
correct, he. was exonorated from the
charges made against him.
William Squires of Paterson, N. j on
Sunday went hunting in Bergen county
in the neighborhood of Dundee Lake
His dog got on the track of the New York
Susquehanna x Western railroad, and
Squires rushed toward the animal to take
it out of the way Of an approaching
train. The locomotive struck both. The
dog was instantly killed and Squires was
thrown down an embankment. He was
, picked up, but died few hours after
i ward from internal injuries.
At Comsnche, Texas, on Sunday, the
congregation Of the Baptist meeting house
i went To creek after the sermon was
over, to witness bsptisms. Two brothers,
, Robert and William Butcher, who re-.
: NAMED in the meeting house, qusrreled
, with man named Harris and the latter
shot Robert dead. William then struggled
for the possession of the gun with Harris,
and beat the latter on the head 30
I savagely that his recovery is doubtful.
3 The cause of the quarrel is not reported.
The statements recently made that the
holders of the first mortgage bonds of the
Nickel Plate Railroad Company would
8 combine with the holders Of the
s24, 000,O 900 Of stock which Mr. Wander
. bilt does not control to defeat that gentle
1 mans influence in the road are thought
r to be premature. Several New York
bsl kers recently stated that the plan
h., would he feasible, but it WAS very doubt
r full If i; would be taken up, as Mr.. Van
=, derbilt's position iu the company gives
+ Its securities the value they have.
/, Tuesday afternoon a man apparently
of respectable appearance, walked Into
q BrowD's gun store, Pittsburg, and asked
r to he Shown some revolvers. He was
4 han ded uue which he said was too small,
h ard asked for u larger one. H. paid for
u 1t, aud requested the salesman TO fill II
Il with cartridges This done he placed
/. the weapon agsinat his right temple and
. pulled the trigger. The bali went
| oh Ia hoo L. en-
/ few uiinntes la one of his pockets was
a found temperance pledge, signed c.
Phillips. This is the only clew to his
;, identity.
o For the first time in the history of the
i British maritime provinces the "cat-O'.
II ninA'tails" was used on the back Of q
:. civil prisoner at Halifax, on Monday
v ev-nipg. Andrew Doyle, who was con.
Is victed last October of an assault upon
. six-year-old girl, received the punishment
y IN the yard of the county Jail, tie was
d sentence to nine months imprisonment,
u during which TINA he should receive %
iaslts on the hare back The whipping,
| which was administered in the jail yard,
. was performed ty q sailor belonging to
, the war ship Griffin. There we're only
4 six persons present, including two news
y paper men An iron triangle, consisting
+ Of thrse bars, each All ut 3 Test in length,
, was erected in the yard for the purpose.
little blood was drawn ard the culprit
T. began to yell at the thirteenth stroke.
I john Carling of Phillipsburg, N. j. /, in
| ~ eiaploy IT the NV Jersey Central, on
: Friday last wap ia h u tin, position
examining TIE brake beam of = gondols,
"hen the tain started ani h, wheels
passed over bia chest THIS was
III the pr ."roe NJ several railroad
men, who v,uch to-, Va, tinth If ii e story.
T. After tue wheel. psasea over him, Car
q ling drew himself rom the track 90 was
soon on his fret A few Eln u'e7 later he
walked to the aspot, several hu dred
, yards diHtan', Ard When carriage came
a To convey hin tn his home, Ls at
Hrst refused to enter Il. Since then he
. has paced ths floor of his room, eats
heartily, and complains of nothing ex
a cept an occasional pain from a brok Ell
wrist' CaflinR IL man of medium hight
. weighs about 40 pounds and IL about 80
years of age. The weight of the car is
not less than $4,000 pounds, and the
marks OF the tiange of the wheels are
plainly to be seen on his breast.
AT Monmouth, ILL.,, Tuesday morning,
= the wife and daughter OF ]. W Bailey,
a travelling agent for plough company,
. we're found dead in a corn field with their
threats cut from ear to ear. The mother
| was about AZ and tina danphtar l6.