Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-04-02
NEWS ST N MARY,
A ONGREhAMAN'S FUNERAL
TRAIN ACCIDENTS WHEAT
PROSPECTS.


Special dispatches received in
Chicago from all parts of the winter
wheat growing sections are discourage
ing, the severe and continuous cold
weather, and in some places the fly,
having caused injury to the crops IN
Ohio the crop is estimated at not inore
than 70 per cent. of that of last yar,
and in Illinois 75 per cent. The report,
from Iowa, Kansas and Missouri are
more favorable In California the
estimate is IS per cent. of an average
crop.
| The funeral Of Thomas H. Herndon
late Congressman from the First Dis
trlct of Alabama, took place yesterday
afternoon in Mobile. The services took
place in the Government Street Prcsby-
terian Church, Rev. Drs. Burgett and
Flynn officiating. There were present
Senator Pugh and Representatives Pry-
OF, Forney, Herbert and Shelley. The
remains were escorted to the cemetery
by the military, fireman, County and
Fort authorities, and various benevolent
societies.
In anticipation of the enforcement of
the ordinance in Chicago, requiring
the overhead cables to be removed on
May lst, the Western Union Company
has begun TO string nrial cables, each
containing IS copper wires. 1t is esti-
mated that four such cables will BE-
used in the busiest portion of the city.
They will be placed on poles 30
feet high, and so attached that they
can be thrown to the ground in case of
fire.
At Pittsburg, Penna., on Saturday
afternoon, thirty seven barges, contain.
ing 45O, 900 bushels of COAL broke from
their moorings and were swept down
the river. Two steamers and number
of barges, with 247 600 bushels of coal
were sun k by the runaway barges. Sew
eral tow-boats started in pursuit of the
runaways, but at last accounts, those
that escaped sinking We're pretty well
down the Ohio river"
Charles ilghman, (orJohn Dillman),
who cut his wife S throat, near Heck
town, Northampton County, last Thurs
day, was arrested near Shenandoah
yesterday morning, and will be taken to
Easton to-day. He is supposed to be
insane.
predicting that the world would 90 to
smash this year, but this should not
deter people from keeping on hand DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup, the great house
hold remedy for coughs and colds.
Charles Baldorf, aged 10 years. son of
banker of fremont, Penna., shot him.
self through the heart on Saturday
morning while lying in bed. 1t is said
che had got into trouble with girl
from neighborng town."
Two trains on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad collided on Saturday morning
at Catasauqua, and an engine, twelve
cars and the station building were
wrecked. No person was severely in
jured.
BY a collision on the Vandalia Rail-
road, near Brazil, Indiana, on Friday
night, William Hennett, fireman, was
killed, and William Brannon, engineer,
dangerously injured.
The "severest snow storm of the
season. ragged at fredericksburg,
Virginia, on Saturday. Vegetation Is
not sufficiently advanced to be injured
by the storm.
y mall storm, accompanied by high
wind, did much damage at Starkville,
Mississippi, and the surrounding
country, on Friday night. Gin houses
and fences were blown down.
The tug boat Polar Star burst her
boiler opposite Belmont, Missouri, on
Saturday afternoon Four men were
and two killed.
II is announced that all the members
OF the Brick layers Union in Chicago
will strike to-day, because of refusal
to increase their wages.