Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-13


Mrs. Julia P. Smith, the novelist, was
killed by q runaway accident at New
Hartford, Connecticut, Friday morning.
Kelley and Black wood, injured on |
Thursday by an explosion Of gas at the |
Fair Lawn colliery, near Scranton, died
Friday.
Henry Dickinson, colored, was hanged
at Plaquemine, Louisiana, for a murder
committed last April in drunken
quarrel over cards. lie said he WAS
going to heaven direct"
Little Chief, a Cheyenne Indian, has
sent to the Secretary of the Interior an
appeal for new suit OF clothes, in which
he says; 81 don't care much for grub,
but do like to dress in proper style. l
want the best white hat you can purchase
in the market"
The schooner yacht Explorer, from
Goderich, Ontario, for Cove Island, was
lost on Thursday, during a gale, with ali
on board, namely Captain Charles Woods,
John Mcdonald, NJ. Heale and Walter
Crane, son Of Albert Crane, of Chicago,
who WAS on pleasure trip.
lad in Sohellersburg, Bedford county,
Pa, attached to rafters two ropes, each
with moose, for gymnastic exercises.
lie put his feet in one moose and his head
in the other to suspend himself horizont-
ally. The rope holding his feet broke
and tho boy met death by hanging.
The Rev. ]. W. White, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Milroy, Pa, was
ing Swedenborgian doctrines. The Rev.
I Of Dnt
nounced that he held the same views and
asked for his dismissal, which was
granted.
A number of genuine COW boys, with
the customary Announcements, revolvers,
no." appeared Friday in the streets
of Chicago. The Chief of Police, krog-
ing their reputation, ordered them TO be
arrested. They submitted quietly, ex-
planning that they had 'just arrived
with lot of CATTLE" The police, how
ever, took charge of their weapons dur
ing their visit.
The total value of our imports OF mer-
chandise during the IL months which
ended July 31st, 1888, WAS 37l4 236, 7lg,
against S73S, OBJ ,773 during the preceding
II months. The total value of orr ex-
ports of merchandise during the II
months which ended on July 3lst last,
was 1921, 615 ,955, against $742, 1876, 1873
| during the II months which ended July
3lst, 1882.
On Thursday some hunters on the
Chattahoochee river, near cambridge,
Ga, were attracted by flock OF buzzards
to the hesdless body of nego, lying in
the edge of the water. The body was
afterwards identified as that of Frank
Fountain, who was implicated in the
attempted outrage on white lady, for
which LAWS Warren was shot dead IL
his cell, week ago, by masked men.
Fountains head has not been found.
Little doubt exists but that he met death
at the hands Of a band of farmers who
started in search of him after killing
Warren.
Captain r. +. Francisco of the steam
tug Edwin Hawley, which was run into
and sunk few nights ago by Jay
dould's yacht Atalsnta, filed his report
ia New York Friday with the local
board Of steamboat inspectors. He lays
the blame on the master of the yacht
One OF the persons interested in this col
lision said he had been told by we'll
known pilot that Jay Gould's standing
order as soon as he went on board his
yacht was to let her go for all she was
worth and to stop at nothing. 1t was
also stated that the ATLANTA had plenty
Of sea room if she had only made use oft
1t is now stated that the number of
natives killed by the recent volcanic
eruptions at Bantam, Batavia and Lam.
Hong, Java, ia estimated at ,0O0. The
llmber of Europeans lost is unknown.
| 90 nd ha n1Vn 40
Telok belong were saved. Terrible dis.
tress prevails at Telokbelong, as it is
unappr0aohable by the sea owing to tbs
bay being filed with banks of pumica
stone. The telegraph line from Batavia
to Telokbelong was destroyed. II is now
certainly known the Lloyd steamer
Straits, thus showing that they are pavi-
gable.
Judge Lawrence, Fret Comptroller o
the Treasury, said Friday, with .rsier
, ehee to published statement that III,
expense accounts for some of the oficis
pleasure trips of this summer would NEE
, With objection in his office that he knew
= Of no ground for such statement. II,
Fsld he did not know of any accounts to
such trips that would come under Iii
|
J vessels Of the navy and OF the revenue
marine service was not Increased hy tn,
5 presence on board of Goyernmen
oihoals, and he knew of u
= other item OF expense of thes.
=; trips outside of the salaries Of tn
r officials themselves. With these he hRt
: nothing to do. He added that it hG,
i long since been decided that so long a
d the name of Government employee wa
L carried on the rolls of department hi
:; salary could not be withheld from hin
Z on any pretext. He cited the casts o
- two prominent tili1ials who had not beef
4 at their desks-one of them for eight snt
;, one for nine months-but whose sslarie
- had been paid TO them during all tina
time.
) Mabel Smith and her niece, Roxy will
son, rivals for the baud OF a farmer wurti
r $40, OoO in real estate, attended conntr,
? party in Pierce county, Ga, Thursda,
a night. The farmer was there and SO al
. tentive to Miss Smith that her niece be
=. came iniuristed with Jealousy Mis-
n Wilson'S brother, who was present, shsre,
, in his SISTERS anger and, while the-
were all dancing in thu same set, seor-tl,
put an open knife in her had sud
i NoANig iaiFiuR tub hulis dUOVe lit
u head the infuriAted woman spranl
- upon her aunt, aud at til
first stroke almost disembcweled her
Before the Mortified spectators ooult
Recover from their astonishment sh
y raised the knife again and plunged it t.
the hilt in the young woman's breast
70 cutting cash which laid open her dres
and exposed bleeding wound to tn
}, vitw of everybody around. Withou
d waiting to SEE the effect of the wound tn
i murderess sprang like tigress towar,
l. the throat OF Ler aunt's lover, but wa
e seizsd and disarmed before she coult
e accomplish her purpose. The youul
81 woman's brother made no attempt I,
- interfere while the tragedy was bein,
3 enacted, and after it was over calml,
walked away, and has not been sect
ia since.
e MIR. Ussery, one OF the wealthiest citi
u 4sns of Luling, Texas, was murdered
a Thursday in his own residence by
|. young man Damed Sam Brown. User,
n had two daughters. Last week tn,
!. alder one eloped with man whom Mr.
% D-srry considered worthless and who's
= sHll he violently opposed. At the sam
% t'ms Bruwu, whom the father r+gsrie,
As no heiter than the other cue, trisd l.
% zeal away Gussie, the younger daughter
but was foilsd by locks and bars A