Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-30

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%ne Commissioner OF Internal Reyenn
has issned Instructions for the investiga
tlnn OF the reports that several officers il
The upper part of Sonth Carolina are sys
tenatieally swindling the Government b,
hiring persOus to put up old stills In re-
mote places, and then capturing th,
material in the night time, and obtainn,
the Government reward of $50 for sucl
seizure. 1t is alleged that but few of tn,
stills captured in the mountains hav,
been used for illicit distilling.
Sam Kee, Moy Wing, Mob Tom, MOI
Dock and Sam Wsh, recently imprisoned
in the penitentiary at Trenton, New Jer
sey, for an assault upon one OF their fel
low oountrymen in Paterson, threaten t,
sue the State prison keeper and the board
OF inspectors for heavy damages for de
priving them OF their queues. They
claim "that the constitution declares thai
that no person shall be deprived of the
privilege of worshipping God according
to the dictates of his con 1ciepce, and thai
the qusue is an element OF Chinese re-
| ligion."
The Mutual District Telegraph Com
| parry in Baltimore has been bought out
by the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Com.
pary. The price paid is understood to
be !53 900. The transfer WAS made three
days sgo. The Mutual was local com
pany, with three offices, on Fayette, Rich
mond ard Butaw streets, aud 35 messen-
ger boys. All the service goes to the
purchaser, and Baltimore & Ohio signs
have supplemented those Of the Mutual.
Mr.. George West, president of the
Mutual, has retired entirely from the
service.
While Mrs. Susan Munson and her IL
year old daughter were walking through
a lonely and unlighted street in Fair
Haven, Conn, on Saturday night,
Thomas Clark, farm hand, attempted
to assault the daughter. The mother
attacked him vigorously, and he turned
upon her and stabbed her, the kniie cut
ting her wrist. Finally mans voice
answered the cries of the woman, and
Clarke stabbed the daughter in the hip
and fled. He was arrested later. The
women are in critical condition owing
to nervous shock and loss of blood.
A lsughable balloon ascension was made
on Friday from the Avenue Park,
Brooklyn. The balloon was at first loaded
with two reporters and the roprietor of
the park, Captain Weber, besides the
aeronaut, Edward Damn, aud ballast.
When the word was given to "let go" the
balloon 0bstinstely refused to rise. First
one of the reporters crawled out, then the
other, then Captain Weber, and still the
air ship stuck. 1t was not until all the
ballast had also been thrown out that it
slowly arose, sailed gently along for three
miles and then dropped into a tomato
patch.
An uprising took place on July 2jth at
Fort Lberte, Hayti. The insurgents
were few in pumber and wers put to
flight. The political situation is I'M
changed, A severe battle was fought
before Jaotnel on August Sd. Hundreds
of men were killed. The insurgents
claim that the battle resulted in great
victory TOY their forctR. II is stated by
Government officials that IA prisoners OF
war wers ahot BY the insurgents on the
day they made their attack. A Govern
olent decree was issued on August 9Th,
declaring Mirasoane, Jeretnis and Jaemei
in state of blockade, and closed to
foreign commerce.
The dad body of William Nolie,
ierauEed tailor of Newark, N. ! was
iouDd tied by the neck to q stake in
desolst9 apot OF West Meadows, between
Newark and Elizabeth, on Thursday
afternoon. 1t was evident that the man
had strangled himself, bat whether he
had found the stake where it was or
whether he had act il up himself oond
not be easily determined. 1t was only
set in the soft mud about a foot ard the
weight OF the man's body had pulled it
over TO an aDgls o: about 45o, but 1t yet
held his head in the air. Nolte was not
an Incorporate man, hut is thought to
hsye been suffering from Bunstroke.
Andrew Burt, city marshal and Charles
Watkins, city w&ter master, of 0sdeu,
Utah, were both ahot Saturday afternoon
by d negro whom they we're trying 10
arrest. The negro WAS armed with rifle
and revolver. He shot Burt with the
rifle, aud Wilkeus wrenched it from him,
W hen ha drew his revolver and fired at
Wllkeus. The pistol being turned away,
tie slot did Iot enter the abdomen, at
which IL was aimed, but passed through
the left arm. The marshal is dead.
The shot went through his body from the
left side, out at the right and through his
the city jail aud took the negro from the
police and hanged him. His body was
then taken down aud dragged through
the streets. Great excitement prevailed
for some time.
Acting Postmaster General Hstton has
written a letter on the subject of appliea-
tions for leaves of absence for letter car
riers in which he says: "WithOut enter
ing into the question of tine right OF let
ter carriers, under the law, to leave of
absence annually, it is sufficient to state,
in reply, that present appropriations for
the tree delivery service were not made
with a view to any allowance for this
purpose, and it is insufficient to meet the
current and ordinary and reasonable
demands upon it for additional carriers
aud promotions of carriers and incidental
expenses. The application for leave OF
absence for carriers must therefore be
declined, st least till Congress provides
in the appropriation sum sufficient to
meet the expenses of granting vacation
to 20 large body of men,"
A case OF wholesale poisoning among
negroes living in the suburban town of
Forestyille, Ga, has just come to light.
Three families living near Walter Prioe's
house had fallen out with Prics's wife.
few days ago she told them they would
be- sorry for it before Saturday night.
Thursday morning Walter Price carried
home n vessel filled with lager beer and
some flour. Neighboripg negroes were
invited to drink, and Hour was dis.
tributed among them to make
bread. Nine partook of beer and
bread, and every one was soon
after made very sick. One woman
named Ella jenkins started little six
year-old child to the city for doctor, and
died before the child returned. The child
was taken sick and died before diuner.
Three of the remaining seven ara in a
critical condition. DTs. Hammond and
Thomas Holmes administered antidotes
for arsenic poisoning, as every symptom
was that of arsenic poisoning. The wife
of Price was also poisoned, and she says
her husband did the work, as he wanted
to get rid of her. A postnortem exami-
nation was held ON the dead woman, aud
her stomach is to be analysed by Prof.
Lyme. Price pretended he was poison, d,
but the physicians decided otherwise, and
he was committed to jail on charge of
murder.
A religious war is reported from Lake
Vile, little town on the border OF Lake
WonOnscopOmac, Conn. The Rev. Henry
j. Lynch, priest of the Catholic church
there, last October erected a GROSS IL feet
high in front of the church door, bearing
a nearly liie-sized figure of Christ, This
emblem aroused some of the people,
among them nearly all of the store
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