Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-07-25
NEWS SUM MARY.
THE WOHli nF nFTHEEIREFIEND-
DEATH OF EX.GOV. SWAMI OF
MARYLAND-OTM NEWS.

i Washouts occurred on Monday along
the Chicago and Northwestern line in
Wisconsin, and on the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore and Western tracks near
Appleton, and on the Wisconsin Central
Road at Theresa. The tele yraph lines
everywhere are in bad condition. The
Milwaukee river has risen more than
four feet above the danger line, whole
sale stores are flooded in many places,
and lum Der is floating from the yards
near the mouth of the river. At Grand
Rapids, Wisconsin,, the storm caused
the destruction of several buildings.
A water famine is threatened III St.
Louis. Only "a feet of wa'er rem aims in
the reservoir, by which a large portion
of this city is supplied fordrinklug pur-
poees, and the pumping capacity OF the
works is not equal to the requirements
of the present warm weather. In conse-
quence of a communication from he
Board Of Public Improvements the May
or yesterday issued a proclamation stop
ping all street sprinkling,t the washing
of sidewalks and the use of hand hose.
| Thomas Swami, Ex-Governor of Mary
md, died last evening at his home near
Leesburg, Virginia, aged u years. He
was Representative from Baltimore in
the Forty second, Forty-third, Forty
fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses, being
during his last term chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. He
was at one time President of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company.
The notorious Captain Payne applied
to Judge McCrary, at Keokuk, Iowa,on
Monday, for an injunction "to restrain
General Pope from interfering with the
settlement of the Indian Territory" 1t
was agreed that printed briefs should
be submitted by the 10th proximo.
A tornado demolished the house Of
Eugene Henry, near Eaton Rapids,
Michigan, on Monday. Mr. Henry
was seriously injured, and will probably
die. Three of his children were killed,
and his wife sustained severe injuries,
but may recover.
1t has been decided in Santa Fe to
continue the celebration of the "tertio-
millennial" of New Mexico until
August 10Th. The historic pageants of
last week will be repeated on the 9th
and 10th proximo.
A fire at Memphis, early yesterday,
morning, destroyed the stores OF
Stewart, Gwynne & Co., H. f Sharks
& Co., f. W. Brede Il Co., and John
Reid, causing u loss estimatet! at
100000.
Thomas Custard, brakeman, was
killed by falling from freight car at
Window, Ohio, yesterday. He had been
q circus acrobat and it was his first trip
as a brakeman.
1t is thought the bond call to be issued
by Secretary Folger before the close
of this month will be for twenty-five
millions.
Tie jury in the Polk case were not
charged yesterday, as expected. The
charge will probably be delivered to-
day.
The buildings on the McGill estate
aud two other dwellings at Charlotte
town, Prince Edwards island, were
burned on Monday. Loss, $4,000.
Spencer's planning mill and the dwell
ing at Parrsboro. Nova Scotia, were de-
stroyed yesterday morning by all incen-
diary fire.
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and two dwellings, in Peti zodiac, New
Brunswick, were burned on Monday
night by sparks from an engine.
Hardy, the Polk City murderer, was
taken from the Jail at Harlan, Iowa,
early yesterday morning by a masked
mob of about fifty men and lynched.
Madame La Prize was killed by
lightning in the cellar of her house at
St. Jean Chrysostom, Quebec, last Sat
urday.
William T. Carleton the well known
electricians, died in Brockton, Massa-
chusetts, on Monday night.
Captain Webb, the English swimmer,
perished yesterday in attempting to
swim the whirlpool rapids at Niagara.
A block of stores at Caledonia, Ohio,
was burned on Monday. Loss, $50, 900.
Commodore LETTERS, U. S. n, died in
Washington on Monday night.