Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-27
formally opened In New York Thursdsy

also send telegrrm to the Commercial
Association of Rio Janeiro.
At Erie, Pa. ,on Wednesday week, three
brothers named Charles, Ferdinand and
William Weber, interrupted wedding
10y forcing themselves upon the company
land acting dissgreeably." They were
finally ejeoted. When Mr.. and Mrs.
Thaler, at whose instance they were put
out, entered carriage the .Webers at
tackled them with knives and clubs,
dangerously II not mortally wounding
both. The three ruthaus were arrested.
William Rockefeller, President of the
Standard Oil Company, said Thursday in
New York, that neither that company
nor any Of its affiliated interests, nor any
person connected with the management
of any OF these companies, have now or
ever have had any interest in or oonneo,
lion with the business OF taking up Indian
reservation or other lands for grazing
purposes, and are not interested in any
Western cattle companies or land
schemes.
While Sells Brothers circus was ex-
hibiting at Norfolk, Va, Saturday after
noon, one of the attendants detected a
negro boy, named James Ferguson,
crawling under the canvas. The man
ran to the boy, jumped on him with both
feet and quickly kicked and crushed him
into insensibility. The matter created
great excitement and large crowd
gathered which enabled the circus ruff An
to disappear before the police could secure
him. The boy died.
At Lexington, Ky, Saturday sight, Col.
R. s. Strsder, well-known horseman,
shot and killed Bradford Foster, negro
employe. Strnder was told that Foster
had turned a stallion In with valuable
| tilly, and, procuring a shotgun, he went
to the stable. Foster ran away, firing at
Strader before leaving. He returned
shortly afterward, and while advancing
on Strader the latter fred twice, killing
Foster. Strader gave himself up and
was admitted to bail.
A young lady in Savannah set trap
for an impertinent admirer last week
The man in questlon, who claimed to be
a commercial traveller for New York
house, and who was unknown to the
lady, had written several notes asking
the privilege of calling on her. She
| granted the request, acoeded to his fur
ther request for stroll and, when a
little way from the house, proceeded to
comhide the fellow with such vigor that
he took to his heels.
| A terrible hurricane at Nassau, U. p,
1 on the 9Th inst, blew down many houses
and wrecked 30 vessels. Sixty lives are
reported to have been lost. Among the
vessels damaged was the brig Peeress,
Captain Dowse, from Sagua for the Della
ware Breakwater, which put into Nassau
in distress, fell over and was seriously
damaged. The schooner Mary Jane and
Elizabeth, Captain Gaskell, from Balti-
more, August 9th, fell over, filled and
sank In port. She will probably ba a
total loss.
Mosler, the murderer of Wenzel and
Knight, was taken from jail at Cheyenne
Thursday morning, and hanged to tele.
graph pole. Secretary Morgan and Mayor
Craig interpo5ed without effect. The
brute's cries for mercy was agonizing, but
he had no mercy shown him among the
spectators. The one cry was, "Kill the
brute |" "Hang himl' He was asked if
he wished to say anything before being
strung up, but WAS glum and refused to
talk, except to pray for mercy, knowing
that his death was at hand and that he
merited 1t.
MIR. Dean of Atlanta, Ga, made up his
mind to marry Miss Bette Speer. Her
relatives spirited her away to Rome, Ga
Dean followed and found the young lady
in her big brothers. house, surrounded
by the family. The big brother advanced
to eject the intruder, when Dean drew a
revolver and announced that he WAS
going to have Miss Bette or die at her
side. The big brother didn't appreciate
looking down the dark muzzle, and 80
allowed the lovers to retire in peace.
They were married, and Thurtday re-
turned to Atlanta.
Edmund A. Bailey,a young lawyer and
stenogrspher of Washington who wGs
employed by District Attorney Cofkhill to
interview Guiteau, and who subsequently
sold copies of his interviews to the New
York He,aid for 81, 800, has absconded
after signing other persons' names to
notes upon which he is supposed to have
realized about $40, 900. The receipt of SC
much money from the Herald seemed to
upset young Bailey, and he launched out
into a course of extravagant living which
he could not keep up very long. This
caused him to resort to forgery, in which
be became very expert.
The postmaster at New Orleans has
notified the Post Office Department In
Washington "that he has been ordered
: by u State court to deliver mail matter
addressed to the New Orleans Nationa
Bank, intended for the Louisiana Lot
> terry Company" and he has asked fol
, | instructions as to what he shall do. HI
| has been directed to obey the order unit
il shall be reversed or modified and Il
J consult with the United States Distrio
Attorney at New Orleans. The latte
official has been directed to remove tn,
. case from the State court to the Fedora
: court and to move at once for dissolu
/ tion of the injunction.
9 The projectors of the New York Bos
Il ton inland railroad soheme, now clain
/, that Messrs. Linn & McCarty have con
r tracted to build the road between New
a York and Boston, work to begin within
three months and to be completed within
g three years. The capital required @
t Linn & McCsrty under the terms of tn
Z, contract is understood to be ahou
0 $50, 900, 900 for the 100 miles Of road t
. be built. The Connecticut river will b
3 crossed by suspension bridge at Middle
# town. The road will be 30 nearl
3 straight that the line on a map will shot
n scarcely any curves. AT SONS points 3
or 40 miles are TO run without til
y slightest deviation. -...-
o Two of the citizens of Towsontowr
% Md, went out the other day to fight
h duel The conditions were that eao
q man should walk 100 PAGES in opposit
1t directions from common starting poin
a then wheel and fire. As the principal
-e started on their first walk, they espied
1t constable approaching the epot. TIL
constable happened aloug accidental
Ia and knew nothing of the impending due
le but the duelists at once quickened thei
Il walking into tirst-rate running, and hay
W not been since seen. The astonished col
le stable, surmising that some terrible daI
le ger was imminent also ran and halte
le not until he reached the shelter of tn
to nearest farm house.
d. In Vernon, Wis.,, live twin brother
IL named Conlin, as like as two peas
outward appearance but unlike in ohara
r, ter, one being moral man and Il
ut other regular scapegrace. Last Wedne
o. day week,,th soapegrace appeared before
rt magistrate in company with a your
Id lady named Melinda Pope, and the twai
i'd were united in marriage. Since the
il, Melinda has made the terrib
,'s discovery that she has marie
ifs the wrong man. She had fixed her affe
lis tions on the moral Conlin and that
Ie. was the one whom she was marrying, al
IL, row she finds herself married to ms
ne whom she did not want and Is al