Delta chief., 1883-11-21

| Crook and Averill.
Mary Henderson, wife of James
Henderson, was fatally burned by her clothing
catching fire at an open CRATE, at Knobnoster,
NO., on the 18th.
T. j. Healy, an Irish member of par
lament, was blackballed by the law students
in Dublin debating society which he cndeav-
ored to join, on the 18th.
The trial of O'Donnell for the re-
25th Judge Pryor was granted an interview
with his client on the 18th
Meetings in Ireland, either of Ma
tionalists or Orangemen are to be discouraged
by the Lord Lieutenant, who hopes, in this
way, to keep the peace.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has or
dered all the clocks and watches in its service
changed on November 18th to mark the time
Of the 18th meridian.
General Sherman arrived at his home
| in st. Louis on the 18th. He passed the morn
ing receiving callers, and in the evening pub
| lie reception was rendered.
The potato crop of 1888, according
to the Bureau of Agriculture, Is l15,oCO,0U
bushels, and the crop Of corn is about 10000
900 short of that of last year.
Three cases of sheepskins, each con-
tanning an explosive machine, which were ap-
parently BELLS SLED with percussion caps, were
seized at Birmingham on the 18th.
An exploding boiler, in Smally 4
Harris saw-milI at Moscow, Texas, on the
18th, killed d. Cooper, fatally hurt J. l.. Jones
and dangerously injured two Others.
Commodore Wilkes denies the report
that grandson OF his lost his life II sheep
ranch In Utah. He says there Is such per
son the one described in the dispatches.
Cole. who was stabbed with dagger
by Joel Fowler ut Soeoro n. NJ, some time ago.
died on the 10th. There was much excitement
In the town and Powier's guard WIS strength
ened.
The repair shops and store houses
OF the Boston and Providence railroad AT Bos-
ton, were burned on the 10Th. Los- 81, 900. -Four
hundred men were thrown out Of employment
thereby.
At West Lebanon. Pennsylvania, Jo-
seph somer quarreled with his father about a
cat and ended by shooting the old man twice
killing him instantly, and afterwards killing the
servant girl.
The freight warehouse belonging to
the Norfolk Il Western railway, a: Norfolk,
Va, was burned, together with iargr guam
THY OF baled cotton, lumber and esrs, on the
Esth Loss, s5Oo00O.
William Brockway. Nathan s. Fos-
ter and Lewis s. Martin, the most notorious
countcrfeiters In America, were caught In New
York on the !a.h, with spurious diez, bo,s,!S
and other evidence.
o. A. Carpenters examination upon
the charge OF being Zorn Burns murderer, took
place on the 10th and ended In his release upon
$40, ,OcO bonds for his appearance for the next
term Of the Court.
Five hundred laborers. who were
employed to work on the Canadian Pacific
railway, reached Montreal In = destitute sou-
dition, and have prosecuted that company for
wnges and damages.
The half-brccds. who have been ma
rauding in Dakota, have been captured by
Lieutenant Bell, and taken to Fort Buford
line, where they belong.
John Alfred Burgan. who was form
crly manager Of the Union Bank Of Birming
ham, Eng, has been sentenced TO fifteen
years imprisonment for falsifying accounts and
forging bills Of exchange.
II il understood that the Canadian
Postmaster General will submit some amend
ments Of the postal laws to Parliament, to pre-
ven. the circulation Of lottery Tickets and
circulars through the mails.
The Steamer Tallahassee, from Sa-
vannah for New York, reached her dock In the
latter city on the 18th with her cargo in flames
They were finally cxtinguishcd after causing n
oss OF 10000. Fully insured.
The spiritualistic libel suit Of the two
Ticc brothers against Jonathan NJ. Roberts, ed
itor and proprietor OF the New York Mind and
Matter, resulted In verdict for the plaintiffs
for 5000 each. The action was for the rccov-
cry Of $4,000
The four hundrcth anniversary of the
birth Of Martin Luther was observed In the
principal cities throughout the world. At Els
Icbcn, a statue Of the Reformcr was unveiled
and his pulpit In St. Andrews Church deco
rated with lnurcls.
The Russian newspapers have been
ordered 10 stop discussing the probabilities Of
| a war with Germany, while Dctiirrs, the Rus