Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-02

At the U. IS. Circuit Court Friday
morning, Judge Bradford presided. In
the case OF Jacob Il. Wagner and others
vs.. John K. Meyers of Dover, motion
was made that the restraining order
heretofore issued be reipstated, the com
plainsnt, in court Offering to sign the bill.
The motion was denied by the Court, who
refused to go into the merits Of the case
until the 18th OF August next, and also
refused to reinstste the restraining order.
The army worm is reported to be doing
much damage in the neigh borhood of
Belvidere, New Jersey.
Five colored men were drowned by the
upsetting OF skiifs on the Mississippi
river at Mayersville, Mississippi, during
storm on Saturday evening.
During fight between Martin Grogan
and George Sundalch, in St. Paul, on Sat-
urday, the former was killed by a young
son OF Sundaloh, cutting his throat with
q shovel.
A fire in Minneapolis, about 1.30 o'clock
yesterday morning, destroyed Dvenner,
Stair & Everett's Wholesale crockery
house, and Fold x Griilith's carpet stores,
in the Syndicate Block, causing a loss
estimated at $235 200.
The murdered body Of Richard Moring
was found on Thursday on his farm in
Nottoway county, Virginia. Two colored
men with whom he had trouble the day
before are suspected of the crime, and
one of them has been arrested.
food in the Allegheny river on Sat
urdsy, caused by d heavy rain, did dam
f.,I a. MEN
known to have heeD drowned. Much
damage was done in portions of Connec-
ticut by thunder stOrms the same day.
A Lake Shore train rAu into n siding
from an open switch near Erie, Pa, on
Saturday morning aud telescOprd 3
freight train. -Four train men were
severely ujurei and number of passen-
gers were bruised.
The steamer Lniwig, from Hamburg
for Quebec, is given up for l0at, being
about 30 days ont. She was formerly the
steamer Iiansa, and was built at
Greenock, in 1861. She had full crew,
rs cabin passengers and few in the
steersgs.
While men we're casting roll in A.
Garrison q 20. Is foundry at Pittsburg on
Saturday, the saId being wet scattered
the molten metal, weighing ton, in all
directions. william BRrkholt was fatally
burned aud died soon after. Five others
were badly Injured, but will probably
recover.
Charles IL. G9gel president OF the Ipde-
pendent Ice C npauy of Baltimore, was
arrested in th St city on Saturday on Il 9
charge of having forged endorsements on
notes drawn to his order which were dis
counted by the National Union Bank of
Baltimore. Gogel was committed in de-
fault of SIS ,0uO bail He is 4 young mau.
In the Polk case at Nashville, on Sat
urdsy, Judge Ali-n ogerruled the motion
for new trial, and aertencsl the pfis,
orer to 20 years. Imprisonment at hard
labor In the penitentiary, aud to pay a
fine Of $366,00 An appeal was taken
to the Supreme Cnnrt and bond OF
SIS 600 given.
H. ia understood that the President of
NJ, xico has sent 10 Carlos Rivas, in LON
don, . power Of attorney to settle with
the British holders of Mexican bonds.
| Only SIS, zoo, 900 in bonds are to be
Issued the additional amount first agreed
| upon for the expenses of the bOndholIefs'
committees will not ba issued. The cou'
pons will begin to bear interest July lst,
| 1854.
A special agent sent by the interior
| Department to investigate alleged frauds
| ia elections recently held by the Seneca
| Indians In New York State, is preparing d
report. He will say that "a few OF the
| Indians sold their votes for 10 and q
cents to the victorious party" and thai
"this caused the minority to complain" "
| He thinks, however, that Sin spite O.
these facts the Interior Department has
not the right to declare the election void. y
The fastest run ever made over th'
| Bound Brook road was made Friday by
the special train which took President
Arthur from Secretary Frelinghuysen Z
summer residence to New York. Tn,
run from Somerviile to Jersey City
"a 7.10 miles, was made in 42 minutes
of which four minutes were wasted in
draw bridge delay. On the down grad
between Westtield and Crawford on,
mile was run in 40 seconds.
The liabilities of the Ward Iron Com
pany of Niles, Ohio, which suspend ied ol
Thursday, are estimated at $500, 900, an'
the available assets at about So, 600. Th
company consists of Mrs. Eliza Ward
who, it is said, put $50, 900 into the con
eeru during the last six months. L. b
| Wards Russia sheet-iron mill, in Niles
closed yesterday; the store of Church
Mcfarland was taken possession of b
their creditors, and Dslzeli & Co. mad
assignment. James Ward, who manage
the Ward Iron Company for his mother
has disappeared.
The Sprague property at Central Fall'
Rhode Island, was sold at auction Fr
day. The mill estste of the u. S. Fla
Manufacturing Company was sold t
Alvin jerks for 100000. Mr.. Jenk
bought the personal property, spare ms
chinery, stock in process OF mauufactur,
&c, for 81, 900. He also bought the 81
perintendsnt's house for $2, 500. A ston
building, two cottages and 300, 900 feet {
land were sold to the Valley Falls con
papy for $J, 100, and the Home prir
, works building and land were bid in b
the Union Wadding Company, OF Paw
tucket.
: A very bold robbery WAS attempted
Hoboken on Friday morning. Thrt
men followed Thomas J. Smith, cashi'
of the First National Bank of Orange,
j., (who was starting hOmeward wit
: $4,000 belonging tc the bank, which
carried in hand satoheD into a Del
ware Il LackawanuR car. The car vi
. already half filed with passengers al
MIR. Smith was obliged to go near ii
centre to find seat. As he WAS abol
to sit down, one of the men who had fo
lowed him dealt him heavy blow on Il
l. back of the head with piece of lei
9 pipe and followed this up with thr
'' more blows, while one Of his conrad
II tugged at the sstchel trying to tear
= from Mr.. Smiths grasp. Mr.. Smit
J however, did not lose consciousness al
j. held on to the sstohel until 9th
y passengers on the car started to
3 aid when the robbers dashed out of Il
. car, followed by two bullets from a pa
y seuger's revolver. The thieves jump
into a wagon and drove oil, chased by {
the male passengers in the car, !
three of the robbers were finally caugl
n- and their leader proved to be eXPOlit
of man John Nugent, notorious for suppOs
v. completely with the Manhattan bank rO
r. berry. Nugent vas the officer on the be
le ip which The bank was i0rtte6 that nigl
"A aud he Was tried on a charge OF bel
" implicated in that robbery. lie was {
ie Quilted, but dismissed from the force
consorting with thieves.