Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-22
THE NEWS OF TPE WEEK
BY A MURDEROUs BURGLAR, AND
AN OLD MAN BEATEN.


olubeu ny Inc 1865
The discovery of new gold field il
lower California is reported "muoh riche
than thUse already explored"
Albert Slade Sunday morniog dropped
dead in the Ettrioks Methodist Church /,
Petersburg, Va, while about TO engas
In prayer.
A telegram from Queb says "a nugge
of gold weighing 20 ounces aud valued
1850 has been taken out of the river Gil
bert at BeGuce."
William Frisch, managing editor of tht
Baltimore American has inherited 80, 00t
torins IN money, aud Jewels worth s ,O0l
forns from an uncle in Germany.
An order from the British war depart
ment, abolishing the shaving regulation
in the army, was Thursday promulga
to the garrison in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
r. Newton Rowell Of Batavia, New
York, who shot Johnson L. Lynch o.
Utica, upon finding the latter IN
Mrs. Rowell's bed room, has been indicted
for granddaughter.
The trial of James Mutt for the murder
OF N. L. Dukes will begin at UniOntown.
Pa, the first week of December. Daniel
w. Voorhees, of Indiana, will be one oil
the counsel for the defense.
William Il. Wills and his wife Norma
of Washington, have been disbarred from
practice before the Pension bureau after
an examination of charge that they
had used deceptive circulars in their bus
iness.
Our total exports of provisions, tallow
and dairy products during the II months
which ended Cd October 3l5t amour nted
in value to $9S, ,333, 3,6l1, against
$50, ,795, DAB during the preceding II
months.
The suit Of the widow of General
Cotton against Messrs. Stanford, Ctocket
q Huntington, involving s5,OgO,0O0, was
opened at Santa Ross, California; ,ou Tues
day. 1t is expected TO occupy three
months.
A Baltimore judge has Just decided that
man is liable nnder Law of Maryland
for slsnderous words uttered by his wife,
and Mr.. Scho!es of that city has had to
pay $l06 because Mira. Scholss had eaid
unkind tbinPa OF Mrs. MaUhe.
1t is rumored that an army captain of
high social standing has gotten himself
intO trouble by ar0usinF the Jealousy OF
lldian hur habts on lho frontier, auG tile
investigation that may follow Is likely to
reveal n bad STATE ot moraia among the
frontier gerriaong.
The Treasury Depst.nsu o. Saturday
received NJ sntIe-t ticatgf clpy af th. last
will ot Marcy J Gould %. Port and, daine,
bequsath,us 10 tbs United State5 certain
property to be disposed OF "a All ia pay
iug ths national dsbt TINS .Xsct val1e
OF Nancy's hequsst is Lot known.
Frederick N Ker, eash'sr fpr Ireston,
Kean & Co., bankers, Chioa, o, who Ned
in February last, 5000 hort in his
accounts, a. wGs captured Eiler long
chase in Peru, South America, was con-
vioted on Saturday aud sentenced to 10
years In the peniteutiSty.
The new Nj 4. church at Madison
avenue and sx.ieth street, New
York, (Dr. Tifsoy'a), was dedi-
Gated Sunday Afternoon. The uost OF
the building and ground Was 1858, ,00O,
OF this sum sl50,u had been plsd1 ed
at the outset, sud &92 900 OF the lalsuoe
wss subscribed Sunday.
Two machine guns for General Grant,
Intended 50 prrseIts to the Vloaruy OF
China aud the Mikado Of Japan, lave
Just been oomplated at tuo warks OF
Pratt x Whitney, in Hartford, Conn.
They are the makers improvement. On
what was formerly known aa the Gardner
gun. II 10 stated that they havs b en
fired 81 She rate OF 70g shots y minute.
"A tire broke out yesterday week Ia the
freight warehouse of ths Norfolk 4
Western railroad vt Norfolk, Vugtuis,
which destroyed 1000 bales ct 90 on, bO
car loads of lnmb-r, IL cara and u large
quantity of mpctlsneOus trtight. Tuo
loss ia estimated Al $3.50, 900. Several
men were injured, but MT dangerously.
The origin Of the fire ia uGkno~r
Near Malvern, Iowa, on Friday, Julia
Robinson, years OF age, started 20 urass
high railroad trsstle bridge spanning q
crekk. A train approached, sud tn su
ginesr not seeing ner iu TINT to sack up
she lay down between the rails. When
the engineer saw her he motiousi to her
to keep guiet. She kept Htil until tour
cars had passed, when, thinking the dau-
ger over, she got up, aud was knocked
into the creek aud dangeroualy injured.
Two trains on the Illinois Central rail-
road collided near Bradford, Tenn,
Saturday evening. Both trains were
wrecked and q cOlorrd porter, o telegraph
operator and an express messenger were
killed. The collision was caused by
some unauthorized person pulling the
bell cord of the south bound train, ~
Greenfield, In response to the signal the
engineer pulled out, leaving tGe con
ductor at Greentield and meeting e pOrth-
bound train at a sharp curve between
Greenfield and Bradford.
Trinity Cathedral, in Omaha, Nebraska,
one of the finest Protestant Episcopal
Church buildings in the United States,
was cOUsecrated Thursday. Bishop CLARK
son, its founder. otlluiated, aud was
assisted by Bishops 5westmsu OF Toronto,
and Garrett of Texas, and q large number
of ministers. The cathedral is gothic in
architecture of the English pointed style,
and built of Illinois olive limestone. The
building and its decorations viii cost
over 100000
Brother o. Q'COuueli, lay member of the
Society Of jesus, was killed yesterday
week by falling from second story
window o: Loyoia College, At Baltimore.
He acted as carpenter, ana was putting
in pane OF glass, when hy fell from the
window to the court yard below. lie died
before physician came, but not nutil the
Rev. Father Clarke, who was the frat to
reach him, had given him the loat absolu
ton. The deceased waa 10 80 rs of age,
and had been lay Jesuit for As years,
The bill striking ont the word "male"
from all election laws passed the council
OF Washington territory legislature, in
session at Olympia Tnurs lay, by vote
OF 75 1t passed The lower house several
weeks ago by 10 to II usiority. GOV.
Newell hs7 expressed the intention to
sign the bill, and there ia no doubt II will
become Law in the regular time 60 days.
The first opportunity the women viii
have to vote Till b. a. ths general elac-
tior next November.
Four disguised men broke into the
house of Peter Olsen, an old bachelor,
miles from Denver, COL, on Wednesday
night week. After searching in vain for
0lseu's money, they proueeued 10 torture
Olsen to maks him disclose its hiding
place, finally building tire and rossting
his feet, but even this did not open
Olsen's mouth. The robbers then got
into scuflls, during which the stove was
overturned, disclosing boxes containing
5000, which the robbers sook and left.
Olsen will probably recover.
A passenger train on the Fox river
branch of the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy railroad was stopped near
Streator, Illinois, Friday morning by
coal car being unloadsd on the main
track Whila waiting a fraiubt train moi