Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-10-04

George Wallace, colored, was hanged
for murder Friday in Savannah. He
denied his guilt.
The price Of pig iron is lower than 1t
has been for over four years. There is
much interest and anxiety as 80 the
future N aniiested in the trade.
Sswney Younger, Reuben King and
Isaac Evans, young colorpd men, were
hanged Friday in Chatham, Virginia,
for the murder of William f. Sheppard,
committed last month. All three pro-
ties led their innocence,
Three alleged COW boys who attempted
to rob an express train at Coolidge,
Kansas, on Saturday morning, but were
driven oil after they had shot the engi-
neer and fireman were captured late in
the afternoon aud placed in Dodge City
jail. "a
Part Of Doris 'Interoeeanic Circus"
was thrown into a ditch, on the Missouri
Pacific railroad near Bonneville, Missouri,
| on Thursday. The band wagon and
| chariot were demolished and two
attaches, brothers, named Thomas, were
badly injured.
| u,
consisting of two engines and IA cars,
went down through the paint trestle near
Shippenville, on the Pittsburg &
Western railroad, killing brakeman
named Mccoy, and seriously injuring
three othes persons.
John Roach has presented to the Score.
tary OF the Navy bill for $2l, 600 for
taking care OF the United States steamer
Roanoke from 1877 to date. The Secre-
tsry, 1t is said, thinks the bill "some-
what EXCESSIVE" and will not approve il
unless it ia considerably reduced"
Mrs. Joseph Bryant, young woman
who had been secretary for Dir. o. 4
Newton, the prominent and wealthy
Cincinnati physician, who committed
suicide, two weeks ago, took her own lif,
at Pittsburg, on Saturday, with NOR
phta, Grief over DR.. Newton's death wa.
the cause.
In New Orleans last evening, Georg,
Mctioh sent for DR.. W. g. Ryan, saying
that his wife was sick. When the Doctor
reached the house Mrs. McGoff denied
that she was sick. McGotf, becomin,
angry, fired two Intellectual shots at RyaI
and then shot himself in the breast, in
uiotinR dangerous WOUND.
An inspector in the New York Custom
, House Is under charges of having black
mailed cabin passenger on the Arizon,
, by threatening to make trouble for hin
} iu OBTAINING his baggage. He was given
it ia charged, two sovereigns, but was no
satisfied. The case is to be thorough,
| investigated, the surveyor says.
The Polish congregation at Nantico Ike
,, Pa, is trying to depOse its priest, Fathe
Gramlivis. Recsntly 900 members petit
toned Bishop O'Hara to have him re
moved. Sunday he was met at th,
a door Of the church by excited members
who refused to let him enter to celebrat
= high mass. They accuse him Of fnanoia
: Encouragement.
/; Reports from ITO points in Texas indi
Il cate that the top crop Of cotton will, wit
!. a few exceptions, be total failure. TIL
worms are appearing in large numbers
= and in the northern part OF the Stat
early frosts are apprehended Althoug
& the prospect is better than it was mont
a ago, the yield ia expected to fall muc
q below that OF last year
II A drawing for prizes in the 1926, 90
lottery, under the auspices OF the Orang
9 lodges of Ottawa district, took place o
% board a steamer on the American side {
the St. Lawrence river on "Wednesday
- The provincial laws are very strict i
II regard to gift enterprises and lotteries
% and in order to evade the Canadian La
the projectors of the scheme chartered
e steamer at Brookvills, where the
If embarked, and after stsaming int
" American waters proceeded with thei
g drawing. The capital prize OF $l,0O
= was drawn by a clerk in a music store |
70 Ottawa. The $500 prize was drawn by
10 New York lady.
8 Griffin, Ga, ia excited over th
spectacle of decrepit white woman
% over 80 years of age, dragged through tn
:; public streets with shaokles OH her hand
and feet and chained to a common dunn
70 cart driven by negro and drawn by
q mule. The woman in question, Mrs
y Bush, ia a hard character, who was fine
IL for drunkenness and disOrderly conduct
W She was given the alternative of pawn
the fine or leaving town. She did tn
latter but soon returned, upon which sh
m was ordered, in default OF paying tn
m fine, to work II out on the streets, in aC
IT cordance with an ordinance of the cit
a council. The police turned the woma
, over to the street supervisor, who 81
Il her tolwork with the colored street handt
"a She refused to work, and the negroe
Of seized her, threw her into the cart an
carried her back to the guard nous,
- On hearing Of this Judge Daniel ordere
!, = that she be chained to the rear end
u the cart and that it be driven back to til
=, place where the work was being don,
~ In this manner the procession went dow
y Beyond street, and was witnessed b
a hundreds of people. number of ladie
y at the Curtis House saw the humiliatin
70 spectacle and were 30 moved by
y, &c that they urged gentleman
% endesvor to have the woman released
~ Accordingly writ Of habeas corbus wa
IL sued ont, and the execution Of an
" further order OF the police judge r,
strained until further action.