Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-26
IN GENERAL,


the mails.
The powder works OF George Miller =,
Sumney town, Montgomery county, b.
blew up Monday afternoon. Que msr
was killed.
A decision in the United States Dist,to,
Court at Chicago holds national hanL
stockholders liable for the debts IN ,ha
amount of their stock.
Hardy, the Polk City murderer v,,
taken from the jail at Harlan, Iowa earl
Tuesday morning by masked moh y,
about SO men and lynched.
The New York aud New England mil
way bridge ACROSS the south branch a.,
the Pawtueket river, near Coyen,,v
Rhode Island, WAS burned Monday.
Thomas Mcguire, awaiting trial IA,
murder in Chicago, cut his throat yestsr.
day morning, with pocket knife, in hi.
cell. He is not expected 10 survive.
Colonel King has sold his ranch and
cattle, near San Antonio, Texas, ia,
"a, 900, 900 to an English syndicate. TM.
il said to be the largest ranch in thu
world.
Two unknown men were struck and
killed by a Loug Branch train nss,
Wavsrly, New Jersey on Saturday might.
They were walking to Delaware to pick
peaches.
In trying to save woman who wa,
walking ON the railroad track at Wood.
side, Long Island, on Sunday night
Deputy Sheriff Quinn was killed 6y
locomotive.
The Rev. II. o. Hoffman, edi.or of ths
| Independent of Bloomington, Illinois, WA,
whipped on Saturday by a woman NAMED
Pritohard, whom the paper had spoken of
| as a "dudsss."
John Albrous, a middle aged man
was found Tuesday dying OF starvation
in a field, near Passaio, N. Y. 1t ia
| believed that ne had been without food
| for three weeks.
Thomas Custard, a BRAKE man, wm
killed by falling from freight car a.
Window, Ohio, Tuesday. He had been
| circus acrobat, and it was his first trim
| as a brakeman.
A fire at Memphis, early Tuesday
morning, destroyed the stores of Stewart
Gwynne 4 Co., Ii. B. Sharks & Co., +,
W. Brede & Co., and John Reid, eau lug
a loss estimated at $2o0, 900.
The five upper floors OF the Munro
Publication Building in New York, were
burned out Sunday afternoon, and the
three lower floors were damaged by water.
The loss Is estimated at $500, 900.
George Kilmer, German baker, Of
Allentown, Pa, robbed his loom mate Of
money and clothing on Saturday. In
making his escape from the city he was
run over on the railroad and killed.
| George Kane, Henry shstfsr and
Worthington McCulloch, young men from
Frostburg, Maryland, were drowned by
the capsizing of boat in the PotomsC
river, at Cumberland, Monday after
noon.
A fire in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
Monday morning, destroyed Henry K,
Stoddard's large stables aud the Gibson
House. Twenty six horses perished III
the stable. The total loss ia about
$4,000.
The Patent Office Tuesday issued 81
patents, "a designs, 10 trade marks, IL
labels and one reissue of patent,
Thirty-hvs patents and designs and two
trade marks and labels were issued to
foreigners.
The Treasury Department, few days
ago, received draft ON a Western bauk
for Vi 800, "oonscience money" from al
"Unknown Debtor" The amount has
been collected and placed to the account
OF "C0nsciencs."
, The Niehaus statue OF Garfield to lie
placed in the Capitol at Washington, has
been accepted by the Ohio State c0ululs
+ sion. The hight of the figure is tast,
! and it represents Garfield rs about to I'D.
dress an audience.
A. p. Dorsey, young conductor on
I one of the street railSayh OF Baltimore,
committed suicide Tuesday afternoon
by throwing himself into the Noun
Royal RESERVOIR, at that city No caust
for the deed is assigned.
R The total exports from Canada DARN.
g June amounted III value to go, Us 52G
' and the total imports To il, t9u,65l. lat
collection of inland revenue dunng tht
month amounted to $504 .23s, aud tAt
T. customs receipts to 81 800, 440.
The Master Masons' and Builders a.
sociation OF Chicago, which made suca
: prolonged light against the Bricklayefs
g Union early this summer, decided ~ con
a cede certain later demands of the uniOl
n respecting the employment of ncn-uniOI
4 wofkmen.
. AT deddes, New York, Monday after
noon, eight men entered blast furnac
l. to construct new lining, when the oil
i lining, consisting OF 100 tons of brick al
mortar, fell upon them, killing all I'll
: party. All the victims were married an
u leave families.
q A storm at Asbury Park, New Jersey
Monday afternoon, unroofed four hotei
h badly damaged two others, upset vehicl,
;. and lamp posts, and altogether caused
a loss at that place and Ocean Grove est
It mated at $40, 900. A colored waiter
b one of the hotels was drowned.
r Vice Chancellor Bird, at Trenton, Ne
!, jersey, on Monday granted an applicl
d tion for a receiver for the City Potter
y Company, made on behalf of Jamt
Yates, founder of the company. Th
y pottery had been idle for nearly yea
!, and the assets OF the concern were nOmi
. nally sS4 600, its liabilities $50, 900.
/. A couple named Sullivan, over 60yesl
o of age, have been committed to jail {
Somtiville, N j., for having burned Ii
Is house and barn Oh their farm near Bonn
d b ook They confessed their uilt, ssyir
n they fired the buildings to obtain the il
r. surance money, being ignorant of the ia
e that 1t would go to the holder Of NOR
I; gage on the pr 'mises.
The fourth annual reunion OF Ii
u United Sta "a Christian commission bega
at AsburY Park on Sunday. Monds
= !, the following officers were elected for Il
u en uing year: President, George
! Stuart Of Philadelphia Vice Presiden
u Philip q Gillett of Jacksonville ; Seer
tary, the Rev. ]. o. FOSTER Treasure
= Gen. Clinton B. Fisk.
IL Lsnk Of funds TO dtfray expenses h
% caused the Hill Investigating Commits
e to declius the journey to Chicago. Di
triet Attorney Bliss Of Missouri, vi
/, questioned yesterday about allegt
IL frauds in the ST. Louis Federal Buildin
but refused to answer. A witness crit
e cised the estimates of Mr.. Steinmet
& whereupon the latter called the witness
liar.
y The drowning of Nellie Rosen berg, ag,
la, daughter of Charles Rosenberg
4il2 Hinton street Philadelphia, is r
ported from Atlantic City. She ",
bathing with her almost ims.uarahe COZ
panipn, Maggie Wssser, q Philsdelph
eirl of her own age Mike Brsdtoid
> the Lifts Auard sucueei, Il in sayiry MAgci